fashion plate

1. An illustration advertising the newest or most current trends in style and fashion. She had a keener eye for designing attractive fashion plates than for fashion itself. Do people really dress like the women they see in fashion plates? Some of those styles are just outrageous. Tara is a talented artist—I'm sure she could capture the spring trends in a fashion plate for your magazine.

2. By extension, a person who wears the most stylish and fashionable clothing available. In this moneyed area of town, it's not uncommon to see fashion plates parading themselves along the main streets at any given moment. Look at David in that three-piece velvet suit! I had no idea he was such a fashion plate. A: "I wish I could take a pair of scissors to that awful dress she's wearing." B: "I know. She's no fashion plate, that's for sure."