fashion plate
Example Sentences
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Stella, it can safely be said, was not a fashion plate.
From New York Times • May 5, 2024
It was Margaret, the rebel, who was renowned as a fashion plate in Dior and other designers, and her influence on Elizabeth was tangible.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022
Barbie Gilbert is no Pamela Anderson look-alike or a celebrity fashion plate, as earlier Barbie iterations usually were.
From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021
A drab housewife becomes a Paris fashion plate, then meets her ex-husband.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2021
As usual, I thought I was quite a fashion plate!
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
