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fashion plate:

Definitions:

  1. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
  2. a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress

Examples:

  1. 9 ) . Dr Alice Mackrell , a costume historian specializing in the history of fashion plates , is also the author of several books , including Art and Fashion ( ISBN
  2. th January 2005 - 9 th April 2005 at Chertsey Museum A group of exquisite fashion plates dating back to the 18 th century will be on display . These engraved images
  3. frivolous royal leader and her belief in simplicity and demure elegance is echoed by the fashion plates of the day . Gone were the flamboyant fashions of the mid- 1830 s with
  4. . 46 DAY CLOTHES 1929 By 1929 the line had begun to soften as this fashion plate shows . The dress is cleverly cut to cling to a figure more rounded and
  5. DRESS 1967 Modern industrial invention entered fashion in the 1850 's This dress from a fashion plate of 1867 has its wide triangular skirt supported on a steel with ' artificial crinoline

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