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fashion plate
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noun
a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
an illustration showing the prevailing or new fashion in clothes.
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Origin of fashion plate
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby fashion plate
fashioner, fashion-forward, fashion house, fashion icon, fashionista, fashion plate, fashion victim, fashiony, Fashoda, fasnacht, FASSA
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British Dictionary definitions for fashion plate
fashion plate
noun
an illustration of the latest fashion in dress
a fashionably dressed person
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