Doo-Ri Chung
Chung, who earned her stripes in the atelier of Geoffrey Beene), honored her mentor by embarking on her own exploration of his favorite themes: shape, cut, and limits. The designer has a sense of draping that’s architectural, and an eye for bright but sophisticated color.

Thakoon Panichgul
A former editor at Harper’s Bazaar, Panichgul showed perfectly modernized minimalism in an earthy palette and a precise, elegant silhouette. Not since Calvin Klein have so many shades of beige looked so good: He’s also refreshingly unafraid to experiment with adornment—of the most restrained kind.

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