tastemaker
noun
taste·mak·er
ˈtāst-ˌmā-kər 
: one who sets the standards of what is currently popular or fashionable
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She is one of the most powerful tastemakers in the fashion world.
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Keep scrolling to shop more of the tastemaker’s top picks on sale during Super Saturday below.
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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
The Prix Versailles, awarded every year since 2015, is judged by a global panel of tastemakers that, this year, included actor Emma Watson.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
The tastemakers did their dirty work, now Paul Thomas Anderson’s film will head into the New Year in the most dominant position of any front-runner in over a decade.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
But soon, the idea of the tastemaker was being undermined.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
The Prix Versailles, awarded every year since 2015, is judged by a global panel of tastemakers that, this year, included actor Emma Watson.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
The tastemakers did their dirty work, now Paul Thomas Anderson’s film will head into the New Year in the most dominant position of any front-runner in over a decade.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
But soon, the idea of the tastemaker was being undermined.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tastemaker
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“Tastemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tastemaker. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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