fashionista
[ fash-uh-nee-stuh ]
/ ˌfæʃ əˈni stə /
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noun
a very fashionable person, especially one who works in the fashion industry.
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Nearby words
fashion plate, fashion victim, fashion-forward, fashionable, fashioner, fashionista, fashiony, fashoda, fasnacht, fassa, fassbinder
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fashionista
/ (ˌfæʃəˈniːstə) /
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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