fashionista
English
Etymology
From fashion + -ista. Compare earlier Sandinista, Peronista, Guardianista. Piecewise doublet of earlier fashionist.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfæ.ʃəˈnɪ.stə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfæ.ʃəˈni.stə/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɪstə, (General American) -istə-->
Noun
fashionista (plural fashionistas)
- A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.
- 2008 July 17, “High Style: Are you a Porter person?”, in Toronto Star, page L1:
- Toronto fashionista Suzanne Boyd, editor-in-chief of the soon-to-be-launched Zoomer magazine, recently moved back to Canada after living in Manhattan for the past four years.
- A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.
- Synonyms: trendy, voguie; see also Thesaurus:fashionable person
Derived terms
Translations
a person who creates or promotes high fashion
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a person who dresses according to the trends of fashion
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See also
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989 (rev. Sept., 2002).
- "Mirror, Mirror: How Stylish People Don't Describe Themselves" by Penelope Green. "New York Times", Section 9, Page 1, Column 1, Style Desk, July 4, 1999.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faʃjoˈnista/ [fa.ʃjoˈnis.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: fa‧shio‧nis‧ta
Noun
fashionista m or f by sense (plural fashionistas)
- fashionista