Fashionista

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /fa.ʃəˈnɪ.stÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ɪstÉ™

Origin

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

Full definition of fashionista

Noun

1. 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.
2. A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.

Derived terms

• recessionista