noun
- people who deal in or promote fashions; merchants or promoters of fashion trends
Usage: plural form; often used critically or dismissively; archaic or literary
Examples
- The fashionmongers of Paris dictated what the wealthy would wear each season.
- Critics dismissed the fashionmongers as mere profiteers with no artistic vision.
- Fashionmongers have always sought to convince consumers that last year's styles are obsolete.
- The fashionmongers in Milan controlled the global luxury market.