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fashion icon

British

noun

a person or thing that is very well known as being highly fashionable

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II cultivated the style of a fashion icon and dressed according to a mantra: “I have to be seen to be believed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Men's Fashion Week kicks off in Paris on Tuesday and will feature six days of trend-setting catwalk shows, a farewell at Hermes and tributes to late Italian fashion icon Valentino.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Kwei points out that "she didn't want to be known as a fashion icon".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

The 2025 Victoria Secret’s Fashion Show may have marked her professional modeling debut, but Reese has long been a fashion icon.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

When Aunt Melissa arrives home from work thirty minutes later, Pierre is a fashion icon.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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