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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The polka dot manicure has been embraced by some of our fave nail trendsetters this summer, Cardi included.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 July 2025
The sun shone on Friday as a chic crowd of fashion trendsetters took over Duryea’s in Montauk for a seaside lunch celebrating the new Riviera collection from fashion
label Baobab.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Instead, as Apple heads into this year’s showcase, the company faces nagging questions about whether the nearly 50-year-old company has lost some of the mystique and innovative drive that turned it into a tech trendsetter.
—Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
See all the action from glam chair to the greens below from the trendsetter herself.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 9 June 2025
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 July 2025
The sun shone on Friday as a chic crowd of fashion trendsetters took over Duryea’s in Montauk for a seaside lunch celebrating the new Riviera collection from fashion
label Baobab.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Instead, as Apple heads into this year’s showcase, the company faces nagging questions about whether the nearly 50-year-old company has lost some of the mystique and innovative drive that turned it into a tech trendsetter.
—Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
See all the action from glam chair to the greens below from the trendsetter herself.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 9 June 2025
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“Trendsetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trendsetter. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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