fashionista
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Etymology [edit]
Coined by Stephen Fried in Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of the Supermodel Gia in 1993[1]. It is a combination of fashion and the Italian, Spanish or Portuguese suffix: -ista. Compares to other -ista neologisms such as Sandinista, Peronista, Guardianista.
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fashionista (plural fashionistas)
- A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.
- 2008, "High Style: Are you a Porter person?" Toronto Star, 17 Jul., p. L1,
- Toronto fashionista Suzanne Boyd, editor-in-chief of the soon-to-be-launched Zoomer magazine, recently moved back to Canada after living in Manhattan for the past four years.
- 2008, "High Style: Are you a Porter person?" Toronto Star, 17 Jul., p. L1,
- A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.
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References [edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989 (rev. Sept., 2002).
- "Mirror, Mirror: How Stylish People Don't Describe Themselves" by Penelope Green. "New York Times", Section 9, Page 1, Column 1, Style Desk, July 4, 1999.
- Notes:
