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Alexander McQueen · FW 2018 / Ready-to-Wear
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Anna Sui · FW 2010 / Ready-to-Wear
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Nicole Miller · FW 2010 / Ready-to-Wear
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Rebecca Taylor · FW 2010 / Ready-to-Wear
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Jean Paul Gaultier1994
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FIT-Museum-2022-Fashion-in-the-Nineties 0001

"Fashion in the Nineties" exhibit at Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. (a) Givenchy (Alexandar McQueen) on the left, dress Maron wool jersey, multicolor silk embroidery, Fall/Winter 1999 haute couture, France The Museum at FIT, 2019.80.29, gift of Mrs. John Gutfreund (b) Jean-Paul Gaultler on the right shirt and leggs, multicolor printed nylon desh Spring/Summer 1994, France The Museum at FID, 97.88.1 and 97.77.1, museum purchase

DutchTreat · CC BY 4.0 · Original source

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2020s

12 collections

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Full-length runway view from Anna Sui Fall/Winter 2010, New York.Full-length runway view from Nicole Miller Fall/Winter 2010, New York.
Anna Sui / FW 2010

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Anna Sui Fall-Winter 2010 001

Full-length runway view from Anna Sui Fall/Winter 2010, New York.

Masaki-H · CC BY 2.0 · Original source

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