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Tracy Reese embraces inclusive sizes and DVF’s non-show show

A model performs during the presentation of the Tracy Reese Spring 2017 collection show at the New York Marble Cemetery during the Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A model performs during the presentation of the Tracy Reese Spring 2017 collection show at the New York Marble Cemetery during the Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) A model performs during the presentation of the Tracy Reese Spring 2017 collection show at the New York Marble Cemetery during the Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

NEW YORK (AP) – Sunday was a day of unusual models and shows that weren’t shows at all. Some highlights from New York Fashion Week:

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TRACY REESE: FLOWERS, GRASS, BREEZES – AND INCLUSIVE SIZING

The weather gods smiled on Tracy Reese. The designer had been “freaking out all week,” she said, imagining that a hurricane might pass through and ruin her fashion presentation in an idyllic, grassy sanctuary – actually a cemetery, but with crypts underground – in Manhattan’s East Village.

“But we woke up to this magical day, so everything worked out,” she said. “This collection just wanted to be outside, with a breeze and some gorgeous flowers and trees.”