accessorist

noun, adj — 3 senses

accessorist

noun

Etymology From accessory + -ist.

1

One who makes accessories.

  • The accountant, the secretary, two salesgirls, the cutter, the retoucher, the accessorist and the manager were all there.2001, Dominique Manotti, Rough Trade:
  • After very rapidly earning the professional title of Paruière (Accessorist) to the Haute Couture, which meant that more than half of my annual trade was with the haute couture (a term designating the important Paris designers who sell original custom-made fashions in their own salons), I also became a designer for a small knitwear firm.2004, Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions:
1 more example
  • Once an accessorist for Oscar de la Renta, today he makes and sells his bold and bright objets from this showroom-atelier.2011, Barrie Kerper, Paris: The Collected Traveler:
2

One who wears accessories.

  • It is a message to be read by others in order to decode the identity of the accessorist.2005, Edward P. Comentale, Stephen Watt, Skip Willman, Ian Fleming & James Bond: The Cultural Politics of 007:

accessorist

adj

Etymology From accessory + -ist.

1

Of or relating to accessories.

  • The girls should have looked very alluring, straddlin' the Gold Wings or draped over the handlebars - every accessorist dream.2010, Rich Hall, Otis Lee Crenshaw: I Blame Society:

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