fashion plate
Example Sentences
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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
He would grow to become something of a fashion plate, but his aunt, Trina Allen, said he wanted nothing to do with suits like the one his grandma dressed him in for Easter one year.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2021
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
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
