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cool hunter

British  

noun

  1. informal a person who is employed to identify future trends, esp in fashion or the media

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A self-styled cool hunter, she goes by the handle niki_wujie and is from Zhengzhou in central China.

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

Gordon has a certain notoriety in the trend-spotting industry: she was the original cool hunter, the subject of the famous 1997 New Yorker profile.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's a certain myth floating around about trend watchers: the myth of the cool hunter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Black, 26, is what's called a "cool hunter," a marketing expert who is looking for "the Next Big Thing," he says.

From Time Magazine Archive

People were fed this line that if the cool hunter found it, then six months from now you would have a rip-roaring business.

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