trendonista
n.— «“The trendonistas still flock to Barneys, but it’s just to eat lunch and buy a lipstick,” said Leslie Wright, a fashion-forward executive at Bonhams & Butterfields, the art auctioneer. “That way,” she continued, “they can still drop into conversation that they spent all afternoon someplace chic.”» —“Yes, I Look Fabulous, but Inside I’m Saving” by Brooks Barnes in Los Angeles New York Times May 18, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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