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Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Umit Benan Autumn/Winter 2012, January 16, 2012

BoF's editor-at-large travels back in time to January 2012, when the menswear designer made his stellar debut on the Milan runway, taking the suit back to its sartorial roots in the military.
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  • Tim Blanks

When I was covering collections during Style.com's golden years, we'd pick a show of the day to highlight on the home page. The feature took on a life of its own. There's nothing like a selection process to stir the competitive juices, especially in an industry as side-eyed as fashion. The choices tended towards the marquee names, but every so often, there'd be a wild card, to set the pigeon amongst the fat cats. And so it was with the young Turk

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