The Collaborative International Dictionary
Modist
Modist \Mod"ist\, n. One who follows the fashion.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
modist
"follower of fashion," 1837, from mode (n.2) + -ist.
Wiktionary
modist
n. (context archaic English) A follower of fashion.
Usage examples of "modist".
Lady Maddon (she is the slender, graceful buty who is called the 'Willow Wand' by the gentlemen who are her servants)—she saith that this girl is a coarse thing and has so little modisty that she is proud to show her legs, thinking men will admire them, but she is mistaken, for gentlemen like a modist woman who is slight and delicate.