designer

designer

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de‧sign‧er¹ W3 /dɪˈzaɪnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]someone whose job is to make plans or patterns for clothes, furniture, equipment etc:
    an interior designer
    a software designer
    dress/fashion designer
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ types of designer
   ▪ a fashion designer (=for clothes) the well-known fashion designer, Giorgio Armani
   ▪ a dress designer (=for clothes for women) Christian Lacroix was one of Paris's most flamboyant dress designers.
   ▪ a top designer (=a very good and famous fashion designer) She always wore clothes by top designers.
   ▪ an interior designer (=for the colours, materials etc inside people's homes) The apartment's previous owners had hired an expensive interior designer.
   ▪ a graphic designer (=who designs the way pictures and words look in books, magazines etc) He's been working as a graphic designer for two years.
   ▪ a software/program designer (=for computer programs) Software designers are working on a new operating system.
   ▪ a Web designer (=for websites) The software allows Web designers to embed small programs into their webpages.
   ▪ a garden/landscape designer (=for gardens) A landscape designer was commissioned to design the garden.
   ▪ a furniture designer The tables and chairs were made by the furniture designer Robert White.
   ▪ a costume designer (=for clothes for the actors in a play) He spent eight years as a costume designer for TV commercials.

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designer² adjective [only before noun]
made by a well-known and fashionable designer
    designer clothes/jeans/suits etc
    designer label (=an expensive brand from a well-known designer)