fashion plate
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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