fashionist

English

Etymology

From fashion +‎ -ist.

Noun

fashionist (plural fashionists)

1. (archaic) fashionista (A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion)

   Synonyms: hipster, trendy; see also Thesaurus:fashionable person

   • 1650, Thomas Fuller, “Of the Clothes and Ornaments of the Jews”, in A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted thereon, London: […] J. F. for John Williams […], →OCLC, book IV, section VII (Of the Riot and Luxury of the Jewish Women before the Captivity), paragraph 3, page 113:

     In the firſt place vve may conceive many of theſe ornaments vvere onely temporary, as uſed by the Fashioniſts of that age, vvhich, aftervvards diſuſed, both name and thing came to be aboliſhed. […] For inſtance, it vvould poſe a good Antiquary to deſcribe the exact faſhion of Herlots, Paltocks, Gits, Haketons, Tabards, Court-pies, Cheveſailes, and Gipſers: barbarous names, vvhich may ſeem to carry a Spell or Conjuration in the mention of them. Yet all theſe vvere kindes of garments, commonly uſed in England ſome four hundred years agoe.

References

• “fashionist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.