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WHO RUNS THE WORLD?: Fresh off her win as Miss Universe, Iris Mittenaere was seated in the front row at Lacoste. The 24-year-old beauty queen, who hails from Lille, France, said she was attending a few fashion shows this week and will be walking the runway Monday at the Sherri Hill show. Mittenaere said that she will be working this year for the charity Smile Train, which helps children with cleft palates. After her reign as Miss Universe is over, she plans to become a dental surgeon.
Also in the crowd was blogger Aimee Song, who pens the fashion and interior design blog Song of Style.
 

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SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR: Add Lacoste to the list of brands opting out of presenting their collections in New York.
Lacoste creative director Felipe Oliveira Baptista told WWD the brand is vacating its Saturday, 10 a.m. slot on the New York Fashion Week Schedule and showing in Paris this September to celebrate the French brand’s 85th anniversary.
“It’s a homecoming, a bit of a change,” Baptista said backstage at Lacoste’s fall show. “I will miss coming to New York.”
This move follows a handful of other fashion brands that are choosing to show their collections outside of New York. Earlier this week Tommy Hilfiger, Rachel Comey, Rachel Zoe and Rebecca Minkoff staged shows in Los Angeles, which is becoming a popular city for fashion shows.
In an attempt to bolster its international presence, Proenza Schouler said it would begin to show its main and pre-collections together twice a year in July and January. The first show is slated for July in Paris during the haute couture schedule for the spring 2018 season. The next show will take place in New York on Feb. 13, as planned.
Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte are also shifting their show strategy overseas to Paris, where they plan to present

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“This is the hottest venue ever,” one woman said to another. “Why are they doing this to us? Where are the fans?” the other replied.
Inside the gallery at Skylight Clarkson Square, Jeremy Scott showed his fall collection on Friday night. Who would have thought that a man wearing a turtleneck bodysuit with straps hoisting his rear end upwards would be the most appropriately dressed? Well, perhaps it wasn’t that surprising. It was a Jeremy Scott show, after all.
“I love this swimsuit,” Kathrine Herzer of “Madam Secretary” said, pointing to her top, a Scott design. “I wish that’s all I was wearing ‘cause it’s really hot right now.”
Though most in the room were hot, Debbie Harry was just bothered. She sat with her legs crossed and hands folded over her lap, occasionally answering questions, though mainly observing as reporters jammed microphones into her face and photographers competed for the best shot of her. When asked for her predictions for the show, she was curt, but responded nonetheless: “Predictions for the show? I just think it’ll be fun and a little bit crazy.”
Ashley Benson of “Pretty Little Liars” seemed to know what to expect already. “When I was in the showroom, there was, like, crazy, insane

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The current political and social situation is deeply affecting fashion, not only in terms of business but also in terms of creativity. For an alternative to the pervading sense of anxiety, designers Eli Azran and David Rimokh said that, for their fall collection, they looked to the good times when girls used to have fun. In their relaxed, ideal world, women are rock ‘n’ roll. They sport silver suits and casually layer a chubby fox fur coat over denim overalls, as well as over patent-leather slouchy pants matched with a striped sweater. The casual, youthful collection also included a sweatshirt that incorporated a corset, as well as a metallic bomber jacket worn with striped denim pants.
 

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The Club Monaco team sure knows how to make a big deal of a rather basic fashion event. In this case, it was to celebrate Caroline Belhumeur’s spring collection for the retailer, on sale now. Kleig lights on the sidewalk, its Fifth Avenue flagship decorated with floor-to-ceiling trees and flowers, elaborate catering with an assortment of wines and a slew of models wearing these newest looks. And all the hoopla was rewarded with a packed crowd of photographers and young bloggers with mobiles held high.
“A documentary I saw that followed the way music travels inspired this collection,” said the designer, who cited England, Spain and Romania as inspirations. The gypsy spirit was evident in lots of long, tiered skirts, peasant blouses and even in a structured pantsuit, shown in a floral pattern that came from a Romanian scarf print. “I like to have sculptural shapes to offset the gypsies,” said Belhumeur. “It adds an urban edge; and that’s where we are, after all.”
The men’s wear was designed to complement the women’s collection and, as a result, featured masculine takes on the floral patterns so prevalent in the feminine offering. The nine men’s looks, according to Matthew Millward, vice president of

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“Gypsy Grunge” was the inspiration behind Nicole Miller’s fall lineup, as she worked tarot cards, constellations, dragons and mystical symbol motifs on a range of cool bomber jackets and embellished dresses. Backstage, Miller said this collection is for “my downtown girl who went to get her fortune read by a tarot-card reader, and then went out on the town and ended up getting Chinese food.”
She must have had a good fortune. The collection was youthful and fun as Miller mixed quirky printed dresses and plaid boyfriend shirts. Key looks included a plaid asymmetric bomber dress with an occult symbol shirt, a floral jacquard high-low dress worn over a gray shirt and a plaid shirt tied at the waist, a dragon-embroidered bomber over a star-and-floral dress and a reefer coat with patches over a bandana-embellished jogger.
Although some of the prints and embellishments leaned a little kitsch — such as a fortune cookie print — overall, it was a fun and lively show.

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For fall, Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia explored the intersection of British and Indian culture under the British Raj era of 1858 to 1947.
The label’s cocktail and evening gowns took an opulent turn this season, from the show’s opening look — a golden taffeta coat dress nipped at the waist and splashed with metallic thread work — to the architectural silk mikado gowns that followed, some decorated with Swarovski crystal bugs.
Most looks featured long blouson sleeves, with a few plunging necklines and sheer accents revealing glimpses of skin. If some styles felt slightly overwrought — as in a ruffled, embellished taffeta skirt worn with a ceremonial headpiece — a few dresses featuring English rose prints and embroidery captured a more delicate sense of romance and femininity.

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Jason Wu was feeling a tinge sentimental for fall. To mark the 10th anniversary of his collection, he brought his runway back to a place that means something to him, the St. Regis Hotel, a bastion of classic, enduring elegance, where he had one of his first “big” shows in 2010. “It’s very symbolic to me,” he said backstage before the show, caught alone in a moment of calm, wearing a black hoodie and watching a live video feed of his guests pouring into the gilded ballrooms.
He clearly felt comfortable there, and the collection looked right at home in the setting, too. In fact, to reflect on 10 years of Wu and assess where he is in his career now, he’s arrived at a place of confidence and equilibrium in his work and momentum in his business. (His soon-to-launch fragrance scented the air.) The clothes made this point in a lovely way. The goal wasn’t to shock or razzle-dazzle, but wow with grace and glamour.
Split 50-50 between daywear and cocktail, the show opened with a black dotted jacquard top, cut a bit boxy, and matching pants, and made its way through modernized men’s wear — a deconstructed plaid shell over a matching

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