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The show must go on: New York Fashion Week braves massive storm

The show must go on: New York Fashion Week braves massive storm

Published 10/02/2017

Models present creations from the Tadashi Shoji Autumn/Winter 2017 collection during New York Fashion Week in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., February 9, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

New York Fashion week got off to a snowy start on Thursday with celebrities and the design world's elite braving a massive storm to watch models strut street-wear and gowns at some of the most important runway shows.

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Cuban artists paint garments, not canvases for `Fashion Art` show

Cuban artists paint garments, not canvases for `Fashion Art` show

Published 01/02/2017

A visitor walks at the 'Fashion Art Havana' exhibition in Havana, Cuba, January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

A fantastical blue bird emerges from leaves in the latest work by Manuel Mendive, considered Cuba's top living artist. But this isn't a framed canvas, it's a painting on a dress, for the exhibit "Fashion Art Havana" that opened on Tuesday.

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