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Evil Begone: Fashion and Feminism at the New York Shows

The battle over reproductive rights gave the return of New York Fashion Week added resonance, reports Lynn Yaeger.
Spring-Summer 2022 looks from Dundas x Revolve, Vaquera and Batsheva. Courtesy.
Spring-Summer 2022 looks from Dundas x Revolve, Vaquera and Batsheva. Courtesy.

Fourteen days after the Texas law eviscerating reproductive rights took effect, Peter Dundas marked the first day of New York Fashion Week by sending out a joyful, liberated collection that argued fiercely for a woman’s right to be as wild and free as she damn well pleases. Presented on a rooftop overlooking the East River, the clothes were a collaboration with contemporary label Revolve, which means the prices will be friendly to young people who like to dress up, go out and get tipsy and frisky. To achieve that laudable goal, there were leather shorts paired with lacerated lace tops, fringed flapper affairs with low necklines and high hems, and a bevy of artfully slashed golden dresses.

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