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Hillary Clinton, style icon? The unexpected inspiration for women’s spring fashion
Washington Post ^

Posted on 09/16/2016 1:13:52 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Hillary Clinton, style icon? The unexpected inspiration for women’s spring fashion

By Robin Givhan September 16 at 12:57 PM

NEW YORK — The designer Derek Lam was perched on a wooden chair in a penthouse suite of the Greenwich Hotel that looked as though it had been air-lifted from Santa Fe. Dressed in white jeans and a dark shirt, he was describing the inspiration for his spring 2017 collection, and the words that he used again and again were “strong” and “independent.”

Specifically, he’d been inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe, the artist who was so often described as “handsome,” a polite way of saying that she was not a great beauty. But that striking face of hers, alongside her formidable body of work, made her an icon nonetheless.

It was her strength, off-putting at first but eventually embraced, that captivated Lam, he explained. And there it was at last in this city’s hectic fashion week, when audiences couldn’t even be sure whether they’d be seeing fall clothes or spring ones on the runway — finally, a thread that connected so many disparate collections.

Strength.

In the latest round of fashion shows that ended Thursday, there were countless iterations of men’s shirting, various shades of orange and a surge in platform shoes. Proenza Schouler, in particular, dazzled the eye with hand-woven dresses, canvas and leather jackets, and an intarsia mink coat that looked great no matter what season it’s intended for.

So go ahead and invest in oversized shirts and and blazers because that trend isn’t going away. Pants are still roomy, the dresses are emblazoned with prints and the fabrics range from lace to velvet.

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That's deplorable.........
1 posted on 09/16/2016 1:13:52 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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Why would women want to wear horse blankets?


2 posted on 09/16/2016 1:15:43 PM PDT by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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The Coleman Collection, available exclusively at Cabela’s.


3 posted on 09/16/2016 1:16:55 PM PDT by cyclotic
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4 posted on 09/16/2016 1:16:57 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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Looks like an upcoming shortage of the material used to make seventies throwback drapes.


5 posted on 09/16/2016 1:17:07 PM PDT by dirtboy
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The Lounge Lizard look


6 posted on 09/16/2016 1:17:26 PM PDT by butlerweave
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So potato sacks are now all the rage?


7 posted on 09/16/2016 1:17:26 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Make phone calls. Knock on doors. Write letters. Or wake to a nightmare in November)
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So it's a what to wear while you're dragged into a van line ?
8 posted on 09/16/2016 1:17:30 PM PDT by moehoward
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Roy G. Biv
9 posted on 09/16/2016 1:17:38 PM PDT by Sybeck1 (Remember the Court)
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Mao Jackets for everyone! Required!


10 posted on 09/16/2016 1:18:21 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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Big ol’ coats and pantsuits do not say “Spring fashion” to me.


11 posted on 09/16/2016 1:18:37 PM PDT by pnz1 (#IMNOTWITHHER)
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12 posted on 09/16/2016 1:19:01 PM PDT by maggief
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You can’t make this s**t up!


13 posted on 09/16/2016 1:19:10 PM PDT by CdMGuy
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14 posted on 09/16/2016 1:20:16 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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Notice how wide Hillary’s lower body is nowadays??? Wow, it really flares outward down there..


15 posted on 09/16/2016 1:20:53 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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The Boston Whaler look...


16 posted on 09/16/2016 1:21:32 PM PDT by Bobalu (Trump Is The Bitch Slap This Country Needs)
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The unexpected inspiration for women’s spring fashion should include metal poking like things creating bulges at various parts of the body.


17 posted on 09/16/2016 1:22:14 PM PDT by Scooter100
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Captain Kangaroo pockets.


18 posted on 09/16/2016 1:23:29 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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So tents & saddle blankets are now the style?


19 posted on 09/16/2016 1:23:57 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Gamecock

20 posted on 09/16/2016 1:23:58 PM PDT by Bobalu (Trump Is The Bitch Slap This Country Needs)
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