Fashioner vs Fashionista - What's the difference?

fashioner | fashionista |


As nouns the difference between fashioner and fashionista

is that fashioner is one who fashions something; the maker or designer while fashionista is a person who creates or promotes high fashion, a fashion designer or fashion editor.

fashioner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who fashions something; the maker or designer.
  • * The Holy Bible:Revised Standard version - Wisdom of Solomon, chapter 7:21-22 [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=549732957&textreg=2&query=+fashioner&id=RsvWisd]
  • *:I learned both what is secret and what is manifest, for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me.

    • Synonyms

    * creator * producer

    Antonyms

    * destroyer

    Anagrams

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    fashionista

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who creates or promotes high fashion, 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.
  • A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.

    • Derived terms

    * recessionista

    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. English words suffixed with -ista