fashionista

noun

fash·​ion·​is·​ta ˌfa-shə-ˈnē-stə How to pronounce fashionista (audio)
: a designer, promoter, or follower of the latest fashions

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After selling out in a flash the first time, fashionistas are given another chance to acquire what might become this season’s hottest designer bag. Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 19 Mar. 2025 For millennials everywhere, two of the most glamorous and terrifying fashionistas of the 2000s were the hosts of TLC’s What Not to Wear, Stacy London and Clinton Kelly. Constance Grady, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025 As previously reported by Newsweek, many millennials have clung to skinny jeans, while Gen Z fashionistas embraced looser fits. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 The tennis pro and her girls posed together and wore matching outfits for their very first family campaign 3 Comments Serena Williams is raising two mini fashionistas. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fashionista

Word History

Etymology

fashion entry 1 + -ista (as in sandinista)

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fashionista was in 1993

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“Fashionista.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fashionista. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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