fashionista

English

Etymology

From fashion +‎ -ista. Compare earlier Sandinista, Peronista, Guardianista.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfæ.ʃəˈnɪ.stə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfæ.ʃəˈni.stə/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɪstə, (General American) -istə-->

Noun

fashionista (plural fashionistas)

1. A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.
   • 2008 July 17, “High Style: Are you a Porter person?”, in Toronto Star, page 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.

2. A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.

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

Derived terms

• recessionista

Translations

a person who creates or promotes high fashion

• Russian: диза́йнер (ru) m (dizájner)
• Spanish: fashionista c (United States)

a person who dresses according to the trends of fashion

• Arabic:

  Gulf Arabic: فاشنستا (fɐʃɐnɪstə)

• French: fashionista (fr) m or f
• Portuguese: ovelha (pt) f
• Russian: мо́дник (ru) m (módnik), мо́дница (ru) f (módnica)
• Spanish: fashionista c (United States)

See also

• frugalista

References

• 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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʃjoˈnista/ [fa.ʃjoˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: fa‧shio‧nis‧ta

Noun

fashionista m or f by sense (plural fashionistas)

1. fashionista

Further reading

• Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense