trendsetter
Noun
Meaning
trendsetter (plural trendsetters)
someone who starts a trend, or makes one more popular
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My cut is blunt and futuristic, and Nicki Minaj started wearing that bob on her head after she came to my show, so at the end of the day, I know what I do, and I know what I possess, and I know who I am. I'm a trendsetter. The biggest form of flattery is imitation, so I'm flattered.
As Abe looks to increase national wages, for example, all eyes are on Toyota Motor, Japan’s traditional trendsetter (no such luck, really).
Early on, Chopt was a trendsetter, translating the fine-dining shtick of tableside knife work into the more everyday sight of hourly workers on the line using mezzalunas to obliterate white-collar professionals’ $13 salads into shreds.
It marks the first golf line from Palace, a London-based trendsetter in streetwear founded by avid skater Lev Tanju.
Capote, with his high-pitched voice and fey mannerisms, was as much a trendsetter as he was despised for being open and flamboyant in an age when gays were still closeted and hush-hush.
But for others, he is a trendsetter, an Internet wizard and a role model.