Meaning of cool hunter | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone employed to find the newest trends, especially by the fashion or media industry.

colloquial

Examples

“When Converse's cool-hunter DeeDee Gordon was in Los Angeles, she saw white teenage girls dressing like cholos, or Mexican gangsters, wearing tight white tank tops known as "wife beaters," a bra strap hanging out, long shorts, tube socks, and shower sandals.”

“Google Damien and you will find a director of music videos and commercials. Google Cayce and you will find “coolhunter,” and if you look closely you may see it suggested that she is a “sensitive” of some kind, a dowser in the world of global marketing.”

“Seventeen-year-old Hunter is a cool hunter employed by an advertising and marketing agency which has a transnational sporting goods corporation, thinly disguised as Nike, as a major client.”

“This is where the edgiest fashion happens (and where the major brands send their researchers and cool-hunters to sniff out the coming looks).”

CEFR level