As female empowerment messages continue to thrum through fashion, trust Christopher Kane to give his a scientific and subversive edge.
“Sex in nature,” David Attenborough intoned over the throbbing beats as Kane’s models stalked the concrete underbelly of the Tate Modern in one of his most glamorous and focused collections to date. It featured prominent shoulders, leggy silhouettes, praying mantis T-shirts — the female sometimes eats her partner after coitus — and more lace crotches than in all the strip clubs of Soho.
The latter he agglomerated into armor-like bodices on little black dresses or ones with long pleated lace skirts. Despite the lurid source material, they made for striking and unabashedly steamy clothes and high-heeled shoes, the latter with crotches as tongue-like vamps lapping over the instep. (Crocs, the unsexy and ungainly footwear Kane recently paraded, made a disappearing act.)
Kane has a habit of spinning out too many ideas. Here he kept them on a tight leash, sticking mainly to jewel-toned brocades and lace, some prim white cotton and glossy silks. Bands of crystal outlining shoulders, arms and bodices added more glitz. There was a soft edge to this collection, too, in the form of a fluttery white dress pieced together from small

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NICOLE MILLER CLEANS HOUSE: In an effort to do her part to reduce plastic refuse, the New York designer has lowered the boom in-house on staffers to do a better job of recycling. She first made her case in the company’s internal newsletter about four weeks ago. By using refillable cups instead of throwaways, the 80-person company has reduced plastic trash by 100 percent in that time, Miller said.
But the designer is not new to recycling, having made various efforts through the years. Hangers and plastic bags are among the necessities that are used again and again. Filtered water was offered to the company’s 80 staffers years ago. Miller said, “I was very frustrated by the huge pile of plastic cups in the recycle bin every night. I got on everyone’s case about bringing their own coffee cups and cold drink cups. And the more I got into it the more issues there were.”
Miller has also used the newsletter to remind employees about using a refillable water bottle at the gym and having mesh bags at the ready for grocery store and other shopping. The Seventh Avenue office is eliminating plastic cups and bowls in favor of paper or glass

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After a two-year trip abroad — to Paris and then Shanghai — the extravaganza and hype machine that is the Victoria’s Secret fashion show is returning to New York.
In a series of posts to Instagram Monday, the brand touted: “Start spreading the news…the #VSFashionShow is back in New York City!” The posts pictured the brand’s “angels” toting their wings about town, hailing a cab, emerging from the subway and passing through Grand Central Terminal.
Together the three posts racked up 1,400 comments in just a few hours — illustrating the reach of the event, which is preparing for its 23rd outing.
For the 2016 production in Paris, the brand imported 70 tons of equipment, 18 miles of cable and 51 of the world’s top models.
Last year, the show ran into other complications in Shanghai, when visas were denied to Katy Perry, reportedly after her perceived support for Taiwan, and Gigi Hadid and others.
Having the show in New York should avoid those kinds of difficulties, but the big question for the business is whether the show can help bring some vigor back to the brand, which has been casting about for direction and looking to reverse a trend of sales declines in its stores.

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Sculptresse wants to showcase the breadth of its collection, which is why it has launched a campaign called “The Fit. The Form. The Feeling.” It features models Precious Lee, Riley Ticotin and Jourdan Jerome wearing everyday lingerie basics and more fashion-forward options. The line, which was launched in 2013 from the designers behind Panache, ranges from 34 to 46 band size and D through K cups.
Sculptresse also worked with influencers on videos to be featured on social media platforms. Georgina Home of Fuller Figure Bust, Charli Russon of Curvy Girl Thin and journalist and author Bryony Gordon are filmed speaking about how they feel when they wear the brand in order to underscore that its assortment is functional and sexy.

“This is a way for us to champion women of all shapes on how a gorgeous bra that fits can give her confidence and power,” said Anna Shnir, sales manager at Panache and Sculptresse. “These amazing images combined with social influencers speaking openly and honestly about their experience with lingerie is a great way to start the discussion — lingerie comes in all sizes, and it can both be pretty and functional at the same time.”

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DALLAS — It seems that Dallas and Neiman Marcus can’t get enough Oscar de la Renta.
On Friday, the house was featured for a record fifth time at the prestigious 10 Best Dressed Women of Dallas Luncheon at Neiman Marcus’ downtown flagship.
The retailer has underwritten the fund-raiser for 44 years for the Crystal Charity Ball, a high-society, all-women nonprofit that will disperse $6.5 million among eight children’s charities in April. Friday’s event will contribute $900,000 to that.
The anachronistically named luncheon is a cornerstone of the philanthropic social calendar that consistently attracts billionaires Gene Jones, Nancy Rogers, Nancy Dedman and Annette Simmons plus more than 500 other well-heeled women. Laura Bush has been a regular guest since she and former President George W. Bush retired to Dallas in 2009.
The 10 best dressed — Anita Arnold, Delilah Boyd, Lisa Cooley, Jennifer Dix, Tucker Enthoven, Cate Ford, Cara French, Amy Hegi, Kimberly Whitman and Piper Wyatt — were honored for their civic contributions along with Robyn Conlon, who moved into the charity’s “hall of fame,” and honorary chair Norma Hunt, who was one of the original 10 best dressed at the inaugural luncheon 45 years ago.
All 12 honorees plus the event chairs and a

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DIVE IN STYLE: Leading swimwear specialist Arena has partnered with Swedish former Olympic swimmer Therese Alshammar on a capsule collection of swimsuits. The range of four pieces combine high-performance features courtesy of a partnership with Italian fabrics’ company Eurojersey, a longtime partner of Arena.
The capsule is part of the brand’s fall offering, named Body Lift, made of 100 percent of Eurojersey’s innovative fabric Sensitive FIT. The fabric is equipped with body-sculpting and shaping features to enhance comfort and it employs 32 percent of the patented Lycra Xtra Life fiber for higher resistance to chlorine, sunscreen lotions and heat. Lycra marks its 60th anniversary this year.
“This collaboration proves the difference between the supplier-client relationship and a real partnership…we’re not only combining our products but also merging development and marketing strategies, as well as sharing the companies’ values,” said Andrea Crespi, chief executive officer of Eurojersey, who also serves as the president of Sistema Moda Italia’s sustainable committee. “We often forget that what really matters is the product’s value also considering that today we need to be fully sustainable, meaning we have to sell value, in the form of a well-made product meant to last forever and deliver the notion that this

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