Fashioners

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who create or design garments and accessories for wear
2. Those who shape trends and styles within the clothing industry
3. Craftsmen or artisans responsible for constructing and tailoring outfits and fashion items

Etymology: "Fashioner" is an ordinary English compound: the noun "fashion" plus the agent suffix "-er," so it simply means one who fashions things. The base word "fashion" traces back through Middle English "faciou(n)" and Old French "façon" to Latin "factiōnem," a noun from "facere" ("to make, do"), which is also the source of "factory" and "faction" in their own separate paths. That makes the root of "fashioner" a verb of making, not of style. The suffix has its own long road. It descends from a Proto-Indo-European pattern meaning someone associated with an activity, passing through Latin "-ārius" into Old French "-ier" and then Middle English "-er," while Old English "-ere" ran alongside it. English speakers used this ending freely, so "fashioner" joined a large family of agent nouns such as "baker" and "writer."

Synonyms: designers, creators, tailors