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Ok, so yesterday we broke down what kind of style tips you can learn from New York Fashion Week, but the spectacle isn't all about real world wearability and applicability, sometimes it's also about showing off really expensive clothes in a luxurious context.
Some of the stuff we saw is definitely out there, but stylists, make-up artists, and even the folks working on a set all help to bring a designer's vision to life. A combination of all these things is what gets a piece or look stuck in our heads. Rounding out the last of our New York Fashion Week coverage, here's our Gallery: The 25 Best Moments From New York Fashion Week.
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Victor Cruz Becomes Fashion Week's Athletic Poster Boy
Where: Tommy Hilfiger, various events.
Complex Says: The salsa-dancing wide receiver has stepped up to fill the shoes of other stylish athletes like Lebron James and Amare Stoudemire, who are busy doing things like... playing basketball.
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Tim Coppens Takes Us To The Future
Where: Tim Coppens
Complex Says: Tim Coppens is a designer to watch. We were feeling his "futuristic paratrooper" steez. Take that tan bomber out of this context, and you've got a versatile piece any guy can rock.
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Robert Geller Gets Down To Earth
Where: Robert Geller
Complex Says: Award-winning menswear designer Robert Geller's catwalk was made of soil.
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...Haven't We Seen That Guy Before?
Where: Public School
Complex Says: Bradley Soileau, aka "the tattooed dude from Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die' music video," modeling a look at Public School.
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Moncler Grenoble On Ice
Where: Moncler Grenoble
Complex Says: Moncler Grenoble put on their show at Central Park's ice skating rink. It was brick city for those in attendance, but it was awesome.
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Skinny Pants And Some Vans...
Where: Gant by Michael Bastian
Complex Says: Gant by Michael Bastian threw Vans checkerboard slip-ons on some of their looks. The result was the most stylish co-sign of the sneaker since Spicoli in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. This is what people mean by "timeless style."
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Theophilus London Parties With A Lohan
Where: Double Seven
Complex Says: The Brooklyn-born rapper and fashionable mainstay not only performed and DJed a bunch of afterparties and shows, he also found time to snap this pic with Lindsay Lohan's mom during a night out. His ensuing tweet: "Lindsay Lohan mommy want to get it. Should we give it to her?” is just plain hilarious.
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Loungewear On The Runway
Where: Band of Outsiders
Complex Says: "Sorry I'm in pajamas but I just got off the PJ."
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Straight Outta Compton
Where: Duckie Brown
Complex Says: We like to think the inspiration behind this Duckie Brown outfit was Ice Cube.
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This Model's Face
Where: Gilded Age
Complex Says: Number one sign it's your first day as a model? You're cheesing, hard.
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New Balance's Noticeable Presence
Where: Steven Alan
Complex Says: New Balance continues to get a heavy co-sign from the fashion industry with some models in 993s at Steven Alan.
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Shorts Get Fleeced
Where: General Idea
Complex Says: Fleece shorts with a baselayer underneath at General Idea. This dude looks ready to take the most stylish hike ever.
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Bastian Unleashes The Hounds
Where: Michael Bastian
Complex Says: There was totally a dog at the Michael Bastian show. In a quilted jacket coordinated to the same coat as the model walking it.
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Bastian's Nod To Peanuts
Where: Michael Bastian
Complex Says: Also at Michael Bastian? A Charlie Brown sweater.
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Mash-Up Madness
Where: Loden Dager
Complex Says: Looks like the mash-up trend isn't going anywhere soon.
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Jeremy Scott Is Inspired by the Internet
Where: Jeremy Scott
Complex Says: Cover star Jeremy Scott to critics — DEAL WITH IT.
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Unlikely Fashion Buddies
Where: Jeremy Scott
Complex Says: Joe Jonas with Terry Richardson and The MisShapes in the front row at Jeremy Scott.
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Nominee For Best Brand Comeback of The Year
Where: Joseph Abboud
Complex Says: Designer Bernardo Rojo turns around Joseph Abboud with pdated silhouettes and relevant fabrics, making the brand jump from dad's closet into your own.
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Models In Underwear
Where: Levi's
Complex Says: For their first runway show, Levi's had their models get dressed on the runway... and the women they casted were super hot.
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Siki Im In The Gym
Where: Siki Im
Complex Says: Siki Im's show used models with Dragon Ball Z hairstyles, sweat bands, and had them walk down a basketball court as if to say: "Bitch you wasn't with me shootin' in the gyyyym!"
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N. Hoolywood Casts The Gorton's Fisherman
Where: N. Hoolywood
Complex Says: This N. Hoolywood look succeeded in making us want both that parka and some Gorton's fish sticks. SUBLIMINAL ADVERTISING!
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Venus X Becomes Fashion Week's Unofficial DJ
Where: Patrik Ervell, various parties.
Complex Says: Venus X DJed the Patrik Ervell show, which included an amazing Gucci Mane remix to close the show. She also made her rounds at afterparties for designers like Phillip Lim, and even opened for Milk Studios' kickoff party, opening for the Wu-Tang Clan. At her steady stream of gigs she managed to keep feet dancing and heads bobbing. Don't believe us? Check out her SoundCloud.
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Theophilus London Rocks The Runway
Where: Rebecca Minkoff
Complex Says: Theophilus performed on the catwalk as models did their thing during Rebecca Minkoff's show at Lincoln Center.
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Jeremy Scott Is Bart Simpson Down To His Boxers
Where: Jeremy Scott
Complex Says: Jeremy Scott's Simpson-inspired designs were the talk of the town after his presentation, and with the designer rocking looks like this, it's no surprise.
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Milk Studios Enters The 36 Chambers
Where: Milk Studios
Complex Says: Milk Studios, the de facto home for all the fashion shows industry insiders care about, upped their street cred with a Fashion Week kick-off party featuring the Wu-Tang Clan. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Raekown brought the ruckus for a room full of hipsters, editors, bloggers, and models.
