Definitions

fashion plate

NOUN

well-dressed person

Synonyms

WEAK

best-dressed clotheshorse dandy dude fop fribble sharpy snappy dresser swell

Example Sentences

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Stella, it can safely be said, was not a fashion plate.

From New York Times • May 5, 2024

Trinitie is no less of a fashion plate than her husband, favoring elaborate hats and designer dresses.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 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

As usual, I thought I was quite a fashion plate!

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata