How to Use fashion plate in a Sentence
fashion plate
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Yet, it's been a whirlwind year for the young fashion plate.
— Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 13 Sep. 2021 -
Leave it to Head to deliver us Shirley MacLaine as a fashion plate.
— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2019 -
That’s the kind of self-assuredness that fashion plates tend to have in common.
— Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2023 -
Brock Lesnar has become a fashion plate in his latest run.
— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 -
The fashion plate of the offensive line is Max Garcia, teammate Josh Jones said.
— José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Always the fashion plate, the model stepped out in a polished fall look that broke a long-standing color rule.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023 -
Moves up to the front and looks over at the soundboard, standing at the back almost alone, a fashion plate in his sky blue mohair cardigan and plum wide-legged pants.
— Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022 -
Dizi Sara is an institution [in Tehran] with an owner who is straight out of a 1970’s fashion plate.
— Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2017 -
George wore a sleek three-piece navy suit with a crisp button-up and black dress shoes, while Amal—ever the fashion plate—chose a slinky slip dress worthy of such an event.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2022 -
Other mayors have been fashion plates, from the dandy style of 1920s Jimmy Walker to the restrained bow ties of David Dinkins.
— Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024 -
The red and white color combination on her hull gives her a distinct look, as does her glass fashion plate.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023 -
An army of Fairbanks replicas - courtesy of the Neal Hamil Agency - modeled the fashion plate's most notable get-ups from galas past.
— Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2018 -
Make no mistake, Garretson does get to play MacGraw as a fashion plate, but there’s much more to the character than that.
— Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 10 May 2022 -
Blair is a world famous actress, someone with MS, a goofball, a beauty buff, a fashion plate, and a fierce mother.
— Keah Brown, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2021 -
Beware of the consequences of making your daughter a fashion plate.
— Katherine Manuel, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023 -
And much like the real-life Mr. Chalamet, his character is nothing short of a fashion plate.
— Todd Plummer, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021 -
The New York fashion plate knows the department store, a relatively new institution in New York that opened in 2019, like the back of her hand.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022 -
The fashion plate showed off an off-the-shoulder top, Tabi Mary Jane shoes with bobby socks, and a furry belt that was strapped into her divisive yet chic jorts.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 18 June 2022 -
From Figueroa, head east along Alpine Street to Broadway, past grandmas pushing strollers and teenage fashion plates walking the promenade.
— Jordan Michelman, latimes.com, 21 June 2019 -
The hue was unexpected, even for a fashion plate like Middleton, and an ideal marker for the arrival of spring.
— Maria Ward, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2018 -
Twenty-two-year-old Timothee Chalet, the internet’s new woke boyfriend, has proven himself to be quite the fashion plate, too.
— Sam Reed, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2018 -
Her sophisticated nod to Stone singles her out as a fashion plate with something to say yet again.
— Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2022 -
Robert is warm and voluble, with a fringe of steel-gray hair and baggy jeans; Michelle, who is sixty, is more of a fashion plate, in leather boots and hip tortoiseshell glasses.
— Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 -
My friends’ captions, loaded with exclamation points, hailed the budding fashion plate as their queen.
— Janet Mock, Marie Claire, 6 Aug. 2018 -
But model and all-around fashion plate Lourdes Leon has figured out how to balance out a psychedelic piece.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2020 -
Already known across the pond for her fecking funny turn on Derry Girls, the actress became a household name and fashion plate in the States thanks to Bridgerton's bodice-ripping success.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022 -
And speaking of watches, football’s fashion plate has another new one.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019 -
For starters, the yacht is equipped with transparent fashion plates that allow natural light to fill the sprawling four-deck interior.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023 -
The death of English actress, singer-songwriter, and Gallic fashion plate Jane Birkin at the age of 76 has deprived the world of one of its most luminous and unconventional idols.
— Erik Morse, Vogue, 20 July 2023 -
Few men in Hollywood are as much of a fashion plate as Timothée Chalamet is.
— Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2020
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