fashionista

[ fash-uh-nee-stuh ]

/ ˌfæʃ əˈni stə /

noun

a very fashionable person, especially one who works in the fashion industry.

Words nearby fashionista

fashion plate, fashion victim, fashion-forward, fashionable, fashioner, fashionista, fashiony, fashoda, fasnacht, fassa, fassbinder

Origin of fashionista

1990–95; fashion + Italian or Spanish -ista -ist

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Example sentences from the Web for fashionista

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British Dictionary definitions for fashionista

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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