Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who designs, models, or markets high-fashion clothing or who is an ardent follower or consumer of the latest clothing fashions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
creates orpromotes highfashion ,i.e. a fashiondesigner or fashioneditor . - noun A person who dresses according to the
trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Just as the label fashionista evokes an entire lifestyle, so, too, does the term foodie.
Martha Stewart: Food Is the New Fashion Martha Stewart 2011
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Just as the label fashionista evokes an entire lifestyle, so, too, does the term foodie.
Martha Stewart: Food Is the New Fashion Martha Stewart 2011
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Oh, and if you are asking me to link to your latest me-too "fashionista"-type site that has NOTHING to do with dresses or vintage but is instead all crappy overpriced handbags, celebrity sunglasses, and embellished jeans: who do you think you're fooling?
January 2008 2008
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Oh, and if you are asking me to link to your latest me-too "fashionista"-type site that has NOTHING to do with dresses or vintage but is instead all crappy overpriced handbags, celebrity sunglasses, and embellished jeans: who do you think you're fooling?
In Which I Answer Some Random Questions - A Dress A Day 2008
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Jefferson Antiporda, Reporter A plot was allegedly being hatched to shorten the term of Chief of Staff Victor Ibrado and to replace him with a general who would support changing the Constitution to allow Philippines - Once in a rare while, Malacañang can be a place for 'fashionista'-watching.
WN.com - Articles related to Vick To Repay $416,000 To Pension Plan 2009
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It takes way too much effort to dress up all of the time - I could never be a "fashionista" - all I would do all day long is dress and undress.
Fashion World of SL 2008
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Why is it Miley Cyrus gets trashed for inappropriate fashion, but Taylor Momsen, who is a year younger, gets called a fashionista?
WN.com - Articles related to Madonna turns photographer 2010
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Why is it Miley Cyrus gets trashed for inappropriate fashion, but Taylor Momsen, who is a year younger, gets called a fashionista?
WN.com - Articles related to Madonna turns photographer 2010
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Why is it Miley Cyrus gets trashed for inappropriate fashion, but Taylor Momsen, who is a year younger, gets called a fashionista?
WN.com - Articles related to Madonna turns photographer 2010
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Despite being known as a fashionista, the actress says she's much more of a tomboy at heart.
ImNotObsessed.com Vera 2010
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This is how we got “fashionista” – coined by Stephen Freid in a 1993 biography of the supermodel Gia – and “amazeballs”, first used publicly by the fashion blogger Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson in 2008.
From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them Steven Poole 2020
saigalt commented on the word fashionista
someone who is chic and loves to be at the relevant end of the current fashion trend !
June 17, 2009
mhalligan commented on the word fashionista
Fashionista is the modern term for Yuppie Douchebag.
January 12, 2010
alexz commented on the word fashionista
An Atlantic article about the person who invented 'Fashionista'
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/04/i-apologize-for-inventing-the-word-fashionista-20-years-ago/275048/
April 21, 2013