Ashley Nell Tipton

I feel like there's not enough clothing out there to show our personality and just to be comfortable and to be fashion-forward and to be a trendsetter. There are a lot of clothes out there for the straight-size woman to be able to show that, but in the plus-size industry, I don't feel like it's there just yet.

American Designer

Afeni Shakur

I think that Tupac was the trendsetter, the high mark. What we hope his music will continue to do is to at least encourage people away from mediocrity, because he was not a mediocre artist. When he was alive, people competed. There was a lot of competition, and a lot of the artists were better for it.

American Activist

Nick Cannon

There's so many people that follow the trend, and then it gets to a point where it gets a little stale. So, in music; I mean, whoever's the new trendsetter, that's who people follow.

American Musician

Kailash Kher

I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.

Indian Musician

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

The real trendsetters are the ones who rebel. Those are the ones who everyone in fashion eventually follows.

American Actress

Bebe Buell

Rock stars wanted to date the models, the trendsetters, the tastemakers.

American Model

Charles Oakley

I'm a trendsetter. I'm a leader, not a follower.

American Athlete

Prabhu Deva

Indian Director

D'Angelo Russell

Takeoff

Algerian Musician

Used when someone introduces new, original ideas or styles that others follow.

Innovation Context

Implies admiration and leadership; often seen as a compliment.

Positive Connotation

Often associated with cultural influence, such as in fashion, music, or art.

Cultural Relevance

 And this is a good thing. We need lots of options. Fashion, whether you like it or not, helps you project who you are to the world. Because of fast fashion, global trends actually get established much more quickly than they used to. And this, actually, is good news to trendsetters;

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 whether you like it or not helps you project who you are to the world because of fast fashion global trends actually get established much more quickly than they used to and this actually is good news to trendsetters they want trends to be set so that they can move product for

Trendsetter