- Gallery: New York Fashion Week F/W 2012
- Simple, somber and serious
- Gossip Girls, Olsen twins at NYFW
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Fashion Week ends with a roar, swell and spiffy looks saluting that bee's-knees decade.
NEW YORK - This year's New York Fashion Week ended on a decidedly flapperish note.
Designers dotted their collections with cloches, menswear styling, plush furs, and velvet gowns with a chicness that hasn't been appreciated since the Roaring Twenties.
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Simple, somber and serious
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Elizabeth Wellington: Fashion Week feels more like a sporting event than the industry-only style fete it once was. And it seems that this corporate influence is translating to the runway.
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She puts faith in her show
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Elizabeth Wellington: Local designer Carmelita Greco has invested more than $250,000 in her label and hasn't turned a profit. But she believes the collection she will debut Tuesday night will signal a new beginning to her struggling career.
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Designers wave the flag
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Elizabeth Wellington: New York Fashion Week starts Thursday, and it appears the runways will be popping with a fashion flair that's unmistakably all-American.
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Viewing Fashion Week from the not-so-cheap seats
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For people willing to pay, skybox seats offer unobstructed views of New York's famous fashion runways. There's comfortable seats, a chandelier overhead and style mavens.
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Philly dresses up at Academy
- Hollywood has nothing on Philly's big dress-up nightThe city's doyennes stepped up the glamour at Saturday's Academy of Music Anniversary Concert and Ball. Some dresses were dead ringers for gowns worn by celebrities on red carpets past.
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Stressing the dress
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Elizabeth Wellington: Fashion is focusing on pants this spring, but the new Free People boutique scheduled to open on Walnut Street Friday will be all about the dress.
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