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| From left: Marc Jacobs, Vera Wang, J. Mendel, Matthew Williamson, Peter Som. |
(1.) You’ll Get Reacquainted With Velvet.
The fabric of your childhood dressy-dress
was everywhere.
It has Anne Rice tendencies at Peter Som, but
Vera Wang brings it
safely to sunrise with
a chaste olive suit.
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| From left: Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Proenza Schouler, Doo.Ri, Zac Posen. |
(2.) You’ll
Borrow From the Boys.
And think about Savile Row. At Ralph Lauren, the menswear trend meant gray; it meant pinstripes; it meant three not-so-easy pieces. For something
less literal, throw a
tweed jacket over Proenza Schouler’s mod,
Paco Rabanne-y
chain-mail tunics.



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