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fashionista

[ fash-uh-nee-stuh ]
/ ˌfĂŠÊƒ əˈni stə /
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noun
a very fashionable person, especially one who works in the fashion industry.
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Origin of fashionista

1990–95; fashion + Italian or Spanish -ista-ist
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British Dictionary definitions for fashionista

fashionista
/ (ˌfĂŠÊƒÉ™Ëˆniːstə) /

noun
informal a person who follows trends in the fashion industry obsessively and strives continually to adopt the latest fashions

Word Origin for fashionista

C20: from fashion + -ista as in Sandinista
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