Fashionista
[fash-uh-nee-stuh] /ˌfæʃ əˈni stə/
noun
1.
a very fashionable person, especially one who works in the fashion industry.
/ˌfæʃəˈniːstə/
noun
1.
(informal) a person who follows trends in the fashion industry obsessively and strives continually to adopt the latest fashions
noun
a person working in or deeply involved with the high-fashion industry, such as a designer, model, photographer, buyer, writer, wearer; a devotee to clothing fashion
Word Origin
fashion + Spanish -ista (agent noun)
Usage Note
informal
n.
by 1996, from fashion + -ista (see -ist). In the same sense were fashionist (1610s, alive as late as 1850); fashion-monger (1590s); fashion-fly (1868).
noun phrase
A well-dressed person, esp a stylish one: The present-day racketeer is a veritable fashion plate (1920s+)
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