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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Our fashionista for this review is Winnie, the rescue bulldog. Ayrika L Whitney, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 The style that was once prized by ’90s-era models has had an absolute chokehold on Gen Z fashionistas this past summer (causing a subsequent surge in search by 1,280 percent on the e-commerce platform Depop, from May to July 2025). Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025 In August, Vogue described how fashionistas and celebrities are affixing Labubus to their expensive Birkins and Chanel bags. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025 Best for Budding Fashion Designers Your resident fashionista—the one who picked out their first-day-of-school outfit weeks in advance—can design the latest runway trends with their very own design studio. Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 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 18 Oct. 2025.

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