Fashion plate

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A picture, usually a full-page advertisement, showing the latest fashion in clothing.

    "By turning the skirt and adding a ruffle of rhyme you would hardly recognize it as vers de societe with neatly shod feet and a fashion-plate illustration."

  2. 2
    a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who dresses in especially stylish fashions. broadly

    "I'm no fashion plate, and don't dress to impress."

  4. 4
    a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"By turning the skirt and adding a ruffle of rhyme you would hardly recognize it as vers de societe with neatly shod feet and a fashion-plate illustration."

Etymology

Initially produced as engravings.

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