fashion plate

Example Sentences

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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

The man at the counter, a slim Cape Cod fashion plate with tanned arms popping out of his tank top, looked me over gravely, lowered his voice and confided something amazing.

From New York Times • May 11, 2022

A drab housewife becomes a Paris fashion plate, then meets her ex-husband.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2021

Mike was anything but a fashion plate back then.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2020

I fiddle with the curly mass of my bangs and slouch down, feeling like the plainest girl ever next to the fashion plate that is Katherine Deveraux.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland