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New York Fashion Week photos, live blogging, runway highlights and celebrities.

Jason Wu moves uptown

A model wears a design by Jason Wu

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Jason Wu has shown his collection downtown for the past few seasons but this time around he moved on up to Park Avenue to present his beautifully tailored, cohesive collection of sportswear and evening looks.

The irony of course, is that Wu, who famously dressed Michelle Obama for the inaugural ball twice, showed on Friday, in the very space where Oscar de la Renta, the go-to first lady guy...

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Jason Wu: Opposites attract

The Jason Wu Spring 2013 collection was feminine

Photo credit: AP

Contradiction was the name of the game at Jason Wu’s impressive downtown show on Friday, where the designer played with opposites – feminine and tough, hard and soft. Here, lace and chiffon were artfully tamed by leather in empowering looks that celebrated the female form.

Inspired, program notes said, by the provocative, erotically charged imagery of photographer Helmut Newton and the dreamy...

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Red-hot start to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Aisha Tyler,

Photo credit: Getty/Michael Buckner

It was all about being in the red – a good thing – as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week revved up on Wednesday night at The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection fashion show at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Here, celebs, clad, natch, in red designer dresses worked the runway for a wildly appreciative crowd to create awareness about women’s heart health. Models included “The Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger...

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