How should a woman dress in a man's world? Fashion designers offer an answer


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A model presents a creation from Michael Kors during the Autumn/Winter 2025 New York Fashion Week. Photo: Reuters

At the finale of the Thom Browne show, the last show of New York Fashion Week, a model appeared in a jacket encrusted with gold bullion, worn atop 130 feet of swathed tweed and many layers of crinolines.

The skirt was so elaborate, with so many tiers and drapes, it hindered her movement, as if she were weighed down by all the girlish expectations.

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