fashion plate

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • May 5, 2024

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

Mike was anything but a fashion plate back then.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 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