Meanings
plural stylistas
- informalA stylish person.
‘There’ll be a lot of running around, so bring flats as well as your killer heels.’ ‘Your killer heels’. Mona Armstrong thinks I’m a stylista who owns killer heels. I’ve really pulled the cashmere over her eyes.
2016, Rosie Nixon, chapter 3, in The Stylist, London: HQ, →ISBN, page 432 more examples
Pam frowned as she eyed me and my jersey. Whatever. Volleyball jerseys are formfitting and cute—unlike the oversize basketball or football ones. But Pam is such a stylista, she wouldn’t be caught sleeping in what I had on.
2009, Debbie Rigaud, chapter 2, in Perfect Shot (The Romantic Comedies), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 18Imagine you’re babysitting for a very fashionable little kid, which is thrilling because you, too, are a stylista. When it’s time to choose her outfit for the day, you furiously comb the drawers for the cutest stuff you can possibly find.
2012, Halley Bondy, “Getting Kids Dressed”, in Don’t Sit on the Baby: The Ultimate Guide to Sane, Skilled, and Safe Babysitting, San Francisco, Calif.: Zest Books, →ISBN, section B (Essential Skills), page 48
Origin
From style + -ista, after fashionista. Piecewise doublet of stylist.
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