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"  Image: Imaxtree.com/Matteo Volta; Getty Images Nina Ricci&amp;#039;s spring 2014 collection was almost entirely white, and so was the set\u2014an ivory curtain that chased the opening model (German student Josephine Van Delden) and closing model (American brunette Kate Goodling) as if it was poised to swallow her into the void, like The Nothing character threatening The NeverEnding Story&amp;#039;s lace clad Empress. While there was a momentary fit of excitement thanks to two catwalk crashers\u2014topless members of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN\u2014the show&amp;#039;s lingering question wasn&amp;#039;t really about bare breasts\u2014it was about surgical booties. Each of Nina Ricci&amp;#039;s publicists wore the soft, puffy things over their shoes while seating a chiffon-swathed Olivia Palermo, mediating the teeming pit of photographers, and directing jet-lagged attendees to their proper section. Pourquoi? &amp;quot;The show has pristine clothes, and so it needs a pristine runway,&amp;quot; explained a harried PR rep in a clipped French accent. &amp;quot;We cannot have our footprints on the floor!&amp;quot; But the catwalk isn&amp;#039;t the only place where surgical booties are useful. &amp;quot;If you have a white carpet, they are great for wearing around your house!&amp;quot; (Plus at $18.30 for a box of 150, they&amp;#039;re much cheaper than the latest Isabel Marant shoes\u2014or even her imminent H&amp;amp;amp;M versions).  Photo: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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