different between fashionist vs fashionista

English

Etymology

fashion +? -ist

Noun

fashionist (plural fashionists)

1. (archaic) An obsequious follower of fashion.
   • 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine

     In the first place we may conceive many of these ornaments were only temporary , as used by the fashionists of that age , which , afterwards disused , both name and thing came to be abolished

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fa.???n?.st?/, (General American) /?fæ.??ni.st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?

Noun

fashionista (plural fashionistas)

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

Translations

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): /fa?jo?nista/, [fa.?jo?nis.t?a]

Noun

fashionista m or f (plural fashionistas)

1. fashionista