variants:
or trend-spotter
or trend spotter
plural trendspotters or trend-spotters or trend spotters
Definition of trendspotter
: a person who identifies and makes predictions about developing trends in the culture at large or in a particular field (such as fashion)
In the old days, trends would percolate through the population slowly via the "and-they-told-two-friends" network. Now trends spread virally, via e-mail and instant messaging, with professional trend spotters snapping at their heels, hurrying them onward ever faster.— Lev Grossman Last June, the trend-spotters—people whose job is to find out what colors, styles and moods are hot—camped out in the Riviera resort town, looking at store windows and watching what café society was wearing. The verdict: the cargo pant.— Jennifer Steinhauer
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The first known use of trendspotter was in 1938
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