fashion plate
noun
1
: an illustration of a clothing style
2
: a person who dresses in the latest fashions
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Just a few days later, she was seen wearing the viral platform Ugg boots–a style adored by Gen-Z fashion plates.
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Alex Kessler, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
Margot Robbie has gone from Chanel darling to daring fashion plate in a relatively short space of time.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
In addition to her musical prowess, Laufey is a blooming fashion plate, regularly wearing ultra-feminine pieces.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
Robbie—whose relationship with Chanel is definitely not without its detractors—reaffirmed her fashion plate status with stylist Andrew Mukamal, truffling out a look originally modeled by Claudia Schiffer at Karl Lagerfeld’s SS95 show for the French house.
—Hayley Maitland, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2024
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
Much has been made of Jennifer Lawrence’s collaboration with stylist Jamie Mizrahi, which has seen the actor develop into a real fashion plate.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2024
The actor and fashion plate quickly adopted the trend, wearing Miu Miu’s take to the Venice Film Festival as well as to the premiere of My Policeman.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
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
Alex Kessler, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
Margot Robbie has gone from Chanel darling to daring fashion plate in a relatively short space of time.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
In addition to her musical prowess, Laufey is a blooming fashion plate, regularly wearing ultra-feminine pieces.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
Robbie—whose relationship with Chanel is definitely not without its detractors—reaffirmed her fashion plate status with stylist Andrew Mukamal, truffling out a look originally modeled by Claudia Schiffer at Karl Lagerfeld’s SS95 show for the French house.
—Hayley Maitland, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2024
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
Much has been made of Jennifer Lawrence’s collaboration with stylist Jamie Mizrahi, which has seen the actor develop into a real fashion plate.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2024
The actor and fashion plate quickly adopted the trend, wearing Miu Miu’s take to the Venice Film Festival as well as to the premiere of My Policeman.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
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
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