fashion plate

noun

1
: an illustration of a clothing style
2
: a person who dresses in the latest fashions

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My fave is the fashion plate with the big New Romantic hair and the white silk ascot — picture that guy getting past the bouncer down on Main Street. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2025 The design also did away with conventional fashion plates, so the superstructure has no structural pillars, increasing its flow and supersizing the sea views from just about anywhere on board. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2025 Forget following trends or playing it safe: these forward-thinking fashion plates navigated the step and repeat with a unique point-of-view. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024 Ever the fashion plate, Tolbert, 59, wore a ballcap advertising one of his favorite beers and a white T-shirt. Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fashion plate

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fashion plate was in 1851

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“Fashion plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fashion%20plate. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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