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Raf Simons’ Triumphant Swan Song at Jil Sander

Pretty, poised, poignant and filled with downright gorgeous clothes, Raf Simons’ last collection for Jil Sander left us positively breathless, not to mention just a little bit sad. Playing The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight” for his finale just made us love him more. It’s no wonder he got a standing ovation. Were we in attendance (that we weren’t was a simple oversight, surely) we would have been on our feet too.

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Eveningwear Re-Imagined at Emilio Pucci

As Style.com’s Nicole Phelps put it “Joan Smalls’ white dinner jacket and beaded-neck black halter gown made for a modern way to do black tie—that look will be making the rounds on the fashion-party circuit.” In layman’s terms that translates to “Girl looked foine.”

Goodbye, Stefano. Hello, Hedi?

It’s been official for a few days now that Stefano Pilati will be leaving YSL after he presents his F/W 2012 collection this Monday. He had a good run, but with rumors circulating for a week about former Dior Homme and YSL menswear designer Hedi Slimane stepping in as his replacement, well, we’re finding it a little hard to feel too crushed by Pilati’s departure. #JustSaying.

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Eugene Souleiman’s Crafty Coiffs at Ann Demeulemeester

Sid Vicious. “Lord of the Flies”. Edward Scissorhands. The Madwoman of Chaillot. Those are just some of the possible inspirations for the hair art that stylist Eugene Souleiman came up with for Ann Demeulemeester’s show. We love, so much in fact that we’re already teaching ourselves to recreate the look. Seriously.

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