trendsetter
noun
trend·set·ter
ˈtren(d)-ˌse-tər 
variants
or less commonly trend-setter
plural trendsetters also trend-setters
: one that sets a trend : someone or something that starts or helps to popularize a new fashion, style, movement, etc.
a trendsetter in the fashion industry
Every ten years or so, for a different set of reasons each time, cultural trendsetters rally behind one musician with whom they sense a bond and who then comes to symbolize jazz to the mass media.—
Francis Davis
Francis DavisThe county has become a trendsetter in other types of environmental legislation …—Chemical & Engineering News
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a closely watched trendsetter in women's fashions
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By February 25, 2025 12:58 PM EST Apple shareholders rebuffed an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into joining President Donald Trump's push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce.
—TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
New York Fashion Week brought out the city’s trendsetters in functional and fashionable looks.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Feb. 2025
What has been a hit amongst the A-list trendsetters recently?
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
This year’s Midas List Europe trendsetters are investors who capitalized on early investments in companies that have continued to demonstrate adaptability and resiliency in uncertain times.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
New York Fashion Week brought out the city’s trendsetters in functional and fashionable looks.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Feb. 2025
What has been a hit amongst the A-list trendsetters recently?
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
This year’s Midas List Europe trendsetters are investors who capitalized on early investments in companies that have continued to demonstrate adaptability and resiliency in uncertain times.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Trendsetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trendsetter. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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