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As Fashion Week continues on, we were considering how ruffles, origami structuring, and flounces have remained popular on the runway. With fascinating tucks, pleats, and folds, many designers have enchanted us with their ability to both defy and embrace gravity.

Georges Chakra is an example of a designer who has reinvented the trend. In rich tones of plum and eggplant, he created structured collars and folds in shimmering textiles. While other designers were tightening their belts, this Lebanese designer was stealing the show. Fortunately, his reluctance to skimp paid off and his full-skirts, cascading pieces, and opera-gloves received a standing ovation.

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While the rest of the world is forecasting gloom and doom, fashion has been projecting a more vibrant outlook. New York Fashion Week has only just begun and we already notice prominent accents of hot pink, rose, and lavender. Adam by Adam Lippes presented glossy hot pink pants counterbalanced by a tough leather jacket. A tailored jacket, a silk tee-shirt dress, and a preppy plaid also made their way down Adam’s runway in shocking shades of pink. Everything was coming up roses at Georges Chakra, Verrier, Preen and Nicole Miller, too. Is this a new surge of optimism or a salute to Barbie’s 50^th? Either way, our blonde plastic friend is well prepared for this trend.

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