Vera Wang brings darkness, mystery to the runway

NEW YORK (AP) — Vera Wang brought a dark, brooding, almost eerie atmosphere to her runway show at New York Fashion Week, with exaggerated proportions like sleeves that extended past the fingers and dangled toward the legs.

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Politics take front row seat at New York Fashion Week

NEW YORK (AP) — The presidential election cast a long shadow over New York Fashion Week, with politics taking a front row seat. Some highlights:

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Hood by Air takes on New York Fashion Week with a wench

NEW YORK (AP) — Shayne Oliver, the soft-spoken provocateur behind Hood by Air, teamed with a porn video site and declared “Never trust a church girl” on the back of one look during a New York Fashion Week show Sunday that upped the ante for cool kids.

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Tommy Hilfiger puts on a really big show; Thakoon returns

NEW YORK (AP) — Many designers like to add some theatrical flair to their runway shows. But taking over a whole New York City pier to stage a carnival? That's something Tommy Hilfiger would do. And he did. Designer Thakoon Panichgul returned to the fashion week schedule after some time off. Some highlights from New York Fashion Week:

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Hilfiger turns Fashion Week into a carnival _ no, a real one

NEW YORK (AP) — It's often remarked that New York Fashion Week feels like a carnival. Designer Tommy Hilfiger decided to take that idea to its most literal conclusion, erecting a real-life carnival on a pier at Manhattan's South Street Seaport to display his wares.

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India acid attack survivor redefines beauty at NY Fashion Week

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Indian model scarred in an acid attack challenged perceptions of beauty as she strutted down the runway at New York Fashion Week to promote a ban on the sale of corrosive substances used to maim thousands of women and children each year. A smiling Reshma Quereshi, 19, opened the FTL Moda show on Thursday to applause in a long-sleeve, white gown with embroidered appliques by Indian designer Archana Kochhar during her first trip to the United States. The buzz and glamour of the event was a world away from Allahbad, India, where she suffered severe facial burns and lost an eye two years ago after being attacked with sulfuric acid by her estranged brother-in-law and two men.

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Fashion Week Watch: Collections by Kanye, Kiley and Kendall

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fashion Week kicked off a day before its official start with Kanye West debuting his latest Yeezy collection far outside the Manhattan fashion fray and Kendall and Kylie Jenner talking about their own collection.

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Target kicks off Fashion Week with sing-along event

NEW YORK (AP) — Target kicked off New York Fashion Week with a sing-along event Tuesday night at a custom-built piano lounge the cheap chic retailer created, attracting such celebrities as Christie Brinkley, Kendall Jenner and Queen Latifah.

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NY Fashion Week: Men’s wraps up third round

NEW YORK (AP) — Congrats, New York fashion world, you made it through your third stand-alone fashion week for menswear.

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Kendall Jenner morphs into ‘goth goddess’ for Marc Jacobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Kendall Jenner has turned herself into a “goth goddess” for fashion designer Marc Jacobs' new fall campaign.

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