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the glass of fashion and the mold of form

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the glass of fashion and the mold of form

A much-admired person. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia refers to Hamlet as such. Look at that socialite—she is just the glass of fashion and the mold of form.

See also: and, fashion, form, glass, mold, of