fashion plate

Example Sentences

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Corbyn stepping up to the political fashion plate is significant, as politicians have long used their clothes to semaphore many things.

From The Guardian

From Figueroa, head east along Alpine Street to Broadway, past grandmas pushing strollers and teenage fashion plates walking the promenade.

From Los Angeles Times

James Newton Demaret, crooner, wit, author, and fashion plate marked his return to tournament golf … with a neatly turned 70 for a 212.

From Golf Digest

Though Jennie always, but always, wears the best couture, she’s more than a fashion plate; she tears apart her husband’s parliamentary speeches and reworks them to her own taste.

From New York Times

Gaga was a fashion plate, a showstopper and not just an actor but a thespian, doggonit, all rolled up in a thousand yards of silk taffeta.

From Washington Post