fashion plates
Always impeccably dressed
Fashion plates were illustrations in 19th-century magazines showing the latest clothing styles—detailed drawings that set trends before photography existed.
The term now describes people who dress stylishly and follow fashion closely: She's always been a fashion plate, never wearing the same outfit twice.
The phrase often carries a hint of superficiality.
- dandiesFashion-obsessed elegant men
- modelsScaled representations or fashion workers
- beauMale romantic companion
- Regency styleEarly 1800s British neoclassicism
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
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- fashionclothing, apparel, attire, garment, garments
- vintage fashioncorset, vintage style, vintage clothing, bustle, classic style
- ephemeratrade cards, postcards, ticket stubs, cigarette cards, boarding passes
- fashion artlookbooks, mood boards
- fashion photographyeditorials, lookbooks, spreads, tear sheets, runway looks
- fashion sketchescroquis
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