fashion plate

Example Sentences

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Nan Kempner sat nearby and so, too, did the fashion plate and philanthropist Judith Peabody, crowned with her signature bouffant nimbus.

From New York Times

Professor Green was something of a fashion plate herself, often exuberantly dressed in vintage or handmade treasures, and often sporting a hat.

From New York Times

But Drake achieved total domination only by building on groundwork Kanye laid in an earlier era less hospitable to adventurous fashion plates with gently eccentric flows.

From Los Angeles Times

So I tell every director, "You better get a wide shot that shows a full body on these clothes, because these clothes tell a story. They're not just beautiful fashion plates."

From Salon

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