NEW YORK (AP) – The presidential election cast a long shadow over New York Fashion Week, with politics taking a front row seat. Some highlights:
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FEMINIST INSPIRATION – AND THOUGHTS ON A FEMALE PRESIDENT – AT PRABAL GURUNG
Prabal Gurung went on the road for inspiration for his latest collection. With Gloria Steinem.
Not literally. But the designer, who puts lots of research into each new season, read Steinem’s recent memoir, “Life on the Road,” and was inspired by her journey – and her “strength and stark determination to fight for feminism with a bite.” In an interview, Gurung also noted that Steinem, now 82, was a personal hero to his own mother.