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

Downright dreamy at Jenny Packham

Jenny Packham's Fall 2013 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz

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Jenny Packham’s runway was achingly beautiful with mostly evening gowns and cocktail dresses that simultaneously managed to be delicate and strong. These, said the designer, were inspired by 17th-century Paris Salons that served as virtual women’s clubs, where “strong-minded women met to discuss arts and culture.”

Packham, a British designer, who has dressed  a bunch of strong-minded...

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Jenny Packham: 'Rat Pack Mascots'

Sequins minis and cool matte column gowns with

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Jenny Packham, the Brit designer favored by a certain pair of regal sisters (Duchess Kate and her sib, Pippa Middleton), has Vegas on the brain. Now, we often hear about the infamous Rat Pack — Frank, Sammy, Deano and the rest — but less often do we hear about their female counterparts, a group of Hollywood babes known as the “Rat Pack Mascots.” 

The group included Shirley MacLaine and...

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Jenny Packham: For royals, celebrities and maybe you

A model walks in the Jenny Packham show

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Brit designer Jenny Packham’s blinged out frocks and gowns speak volumes. But the designer is mum about one subject: the Duchess of Cambridge. Yup, that would be Kate Middleton who’s worn Packham more than once, and whose sister, Pippa, and mother, Carole (she wore a Packham to the Royal Wedding) are big fans. And there are other big names – Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Keira Knightly among them –...

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