trendsetter
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The model and musician, 27, was unveiled as creative director last September by founder Louboutin, who appears to be preparing to hand over the reins to the Gen Z trendsetter.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Army basic-training instructor, he became a trendsetter in California’s 1960s alternative culture, hanging out with Ken Kesey, designing multimedia happenings and, in 1968, launching the Whole Earth Catalog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
She was a noted trendsetter known for her fabulous on-screen outfits and, more recently, for sharing her style on Instagram, where she amassed 2.6 million followers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Eyes are on Florida this year because it has such a large population and tends to be a trendsetter for Southern states, said Daniel Mallinson, a public-policy professor at Penn State Harrisburg.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2024
As it turned out, the reckless, freewheeling ways of the First National Bank of Midland made it a trendsetter in the American banking industry during the eighties.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
“They’re trying to be trendsetters without realizing: Guess what? Boomers, you’re not the trend,” he said.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
Now, trendsetters are wearing Alo Yoga matching workout sets or Vuori joggers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Allardyce believes the Frenchman, and his fellow dead-ball trainers, are trendsetters.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
That could have led to Treasure Island becoming an arts island, to say nothing of the treasure that the board then would be able to raise from Silicon Valley trendsetters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Iowans, they said, took their role as political trendsetters seriously.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
