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

Styles is such a magnetic onstage performer, provocative interview subject and fearlessly androgynous fashion plate that his records have come to feel like missed opportunities — the least personality-driven expressions of his otherwise compelling celebrity.

From New York Times • May 20, 2022

Barbie Gilbert is no Pamela Anderson look-alike or a celebrity fashion plate, as earlier Barbie iterations usually were.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2021

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