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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.

Origin of fashion plate

First recorded in 1850–55

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for fashion plate

dandy, dude, fop, swell, clotheshorse, fribble, sharpy

Examples from the Web for fashion plate

Historical Examples of fashion plate

She looked like a fashion-plate in a tailored gown and handsome hat.
Hester's Counterpart
Jean K. Baird
As usual, he was dressed with the precision of a fashion-plate.
The Angel of Terror
Edgar Wallace
Herewith is a photographic reproduction of this fashion-plate.
Following the Equator, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
However, I value it less as a work of art than as a fashion-plate.
A Tramp Abroad, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Clothes like a fashion-plate—got any fashion-plates in Chaudiere?
The Right of Way, Complete
Gilbert Parker

British Dictionary definitions for fashion plate

fashion plate

noun

an illustration of the latest fashion in dress

a fashionably dressed person

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012