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Connor will be returning to Harvard after spending time working at Slate, the online magazine, as the “fray editor,” moderating the online discussion forum...
National politicians have also taken an interest in the fray...
...have enough disposable income to drop $200 on a shirt let their parents' generation tell them how to dress? Perhaps because the next design oligarchy has not yet clearly emerged. But during Fashion Week in New York City last week, three younger voices made themselves heard over the fray. Marc Jacobs reimagined retro futurism with a bunch of nifty jumpers-and-tights looks. Nicolas Ghesquiere, who designs for Balenciaga, presented difficult but fascinating ensembles, some resembling sea anemones in thigh boots. Narciso Rodriguez championed the pretty with impeccably proportioned dresses and evening gowns. Let the spending begin. --By Belinda Luscombe
Adrover, 37, regards clothes as a vector for social change. Trouble is, sometimes the message gets lost in the fray. After he showed a delicious meze of Middle Eastern--and African-inspired silhouettes in September 2001, two days before the Twin Towers fell, he says he was accused by the tabloids of sympathizing with the enemy. "No one says anything about [designers such as] Michael Kors except 'Great skirt,'" Adrover says. "We have great skirts too. For us they say, 'Maybe there's a Taliban connection.'" To make matters worse, the Leiber Group, the luxury-apparel conglomerate that had acquired...
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