The impact of Sept. 11 on fashion was visible that very morning. High-heeled shoes that had been kicked off the feet of women fleeing the Twin Towers were part of the detritus littering lower Manhattan. New York women haven't put them back on since. Slacks and flat shoes, clothes one can run in, are the must-have items for Manhattan.
The New York fashion shows were cut short by the attacks, but the Europeans carried on. And though soundtracks were softened, parties were canceled and "offending" items of clothing, such as anything deemed too ethnic, were removed from...
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