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A model presents a creation by Gareth Pugh during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept. 26, in Paris.
"Hard femininity," was how Gareth Pugh described his show, inspired, he says, by the rawness of Latin American cockfighting.
Sure enough, black nappa kimono looks opened the collection swirling stiffly and authoritatively — with one model in a two-foot mourning veil.
However, the raw shock-factor — Pugh's signature — was short-lived for once. It soon gave way to a series of softer, elegant and more mature looks in sweeping vermilion, black fringing and pale dove gray.
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A model presents a creation from designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's Spring/Summer 2013 collection during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain on Friday, Aug. 31.
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Spanish fashion designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada walks the runway at the end of the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid Spring/Summer 2013 at Ifema on Friday in Madrid, Spain.
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A young model reacts as he wears a creation by Swiss-Korean fashion designer Youn Chong Bak, as part of the Smalto collection as part of spring-summer 2012 men's fashion, presented in Paris, on Saturday, June 25.
Poor little guy. Here's another awwwwwwwww photo we posted today.
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A model presents a creation by Giorgio Armani Prive during the Spring-Summer 2011 Haute Couture Collection Show on Jan. 24 in Paris.
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A model walks the runway during the Giorgio Armani Prive show as part of the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011 at Espace Vendome, Jan. 24, 2011 in Paris, France.
You can read more about Giorgio Armani's showcase inspired by a treasure chest of jewels here.
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A model presents a creation of the autumn/winter collection of fashion designer Dawid Tomaszewski at the Berlin Fashion Week 2011 on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.
I love the fashions coming out of Berlin this week. This was a cool photo.
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