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

Ralph Lauren: A romantic revolutionary

Ralph Lauren showed about 15 evening looks during

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Ralph Lauren had timeless heroines who were independent and bold on his mind at his Friday morning downtown show on the last day of New York Fashion week.

His runway unfolded like a movie about some rebellious beauty during the Russian Revolution trapped at a seaside village where she dressed in black nautical garb – shapely coats, a crested officer’s jacket, sailor pants, breeches, fisherman’s...

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Ralph Lauren: Spirited Bohemian meets Spanish flair

Toward the middle of Ralph Lauren's Spring 2013

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Berets, bolero hats, hand-tooled belts and serapes were the accoutrements to Ralph Lauren’s stunning show at the downtown Skylight Studio Thursday morning.

Accessories come first, because they really established the vibe here: an artsy Bohemian spirit with a Spanish flair. It was luxe, textural and powerful, conjuring a woman with a sense of adventure and style.

The first look featured...

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Ralph Lauren goes 'Downton Abbey'

Fashion from the Fall 2012 collection of Ralph

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Models dressed in three-piece Glen plaid suits wearing top hats and carrying walking sticks heralded Ralph Lauren’s “Downton Abbey” moment. The PBS TV hit set in the early 1900s England is about the lives of aristocrats and their servants. Lauren went so far as to include the score from the show as runway music.

The designer, who is fascinated by the heritage and romance of England, played...

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Ralph Lauren does the Purring '20s

Models present creations by Ralph Lauren during his

Photo credit: MCT/Donna Ward

On Fashion Week's last day, Ralph Lauren went back nine decades.

A first look featuring a blue moth-eaten “vintaged” cardigan over a jade metallic silk tank and long, pale-yellow flowered skirt heralded Ralph Lauren’s ode to the ‘20s and – not to worry – the ravaged sweater was symbolic, not illustrative of the rest of the collection.

Here, pastels...

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