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
A drab housewife becomes a Paris fashion plate, then meets her ex-husband.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
She’s a fashion plate who loves the finer things in life; he’s a nudist.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2020
It’s a cheap dress and several years out of style, yet she makes it look like the newest fashion plate from Paris.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
