Definition of tastemaker
: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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Red Bull launched its artist development program Sound Select in 2012, aiming to break buzz-bands and upcoming artists with help from local tastemakers in different cities across the country.
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Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders feel about being black.
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The producer of Idol School, and K-pop’s primary tastemaker, is CJ E&M Corp., which is part of the $17.7 billion CJ Group conglomerate that began as a sugar company and expanded into biotechnology, logistics, and entertainment.
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The sort of socio-political tastemaker who not so long ago denied the problem, has moved on to dissembling about it instead.
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Comic-Con, which attracts hundreds of thousands of fans of all ages from across the globe, is often considered a key launchpad for new fall shows, with the outspoken fanboy crowd seen as early tastemakers.
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Fredette and his fellow tastemakers begin by drawing up a list of 200 potential offerings, which are culled and refined until typically only three to five remain.
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The Los Angeles singer has been on tastemakers' radar for the past few years due to his beguilingly sparse vocal songs.
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It could be said that upscale Lake Oswego owes it reputation to tastemakers like Sundeleaf.
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First Known Use of tastemaker
1954
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Definition of tastemaker for English Language Learners
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: a person whose judgments about what is good, fashionable, etc., are accepted and followed by many other people
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