fashion plate
noun
1
: an illustration of a clothing style
2
: a person who dresses in the latest fashions
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From his first appearance in the comic strip sporting a flower on his collar in 1950, Charlie Brown’s faithful friend was always a fashion plate whose clothing reflected his personality and fantasy life.
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
But oh, does Sorrentino know how to apply liberal splashes of visual lushness to this pretty fashion plate of a movie that’s perfumed like one of those ads in a magazine.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Here, nine shape-shifting looks that paved the way—and continue to do so—for modern-day fashion plates daring to do things differently.
—Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
Lambert has his finger on the pulse and transforms any client into a real fashion plate.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
But oh, does Sorrentino know how to apply liberal splashes of visual lushness to this pretty fashion plate of a movie that’s perfumed like one of those ads in a magazine.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Here, nine shape-shifting looks that paved the way—and continue to do so—for modern-day fashion plates daring to do things differently.
—Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
Lambert has his finger on the pulse and transforms any client into a real fashion plate.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Fashion plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fashion%20plate. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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