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"facebook dialogPinterest\n\nPhoto: Vanessa Jackman\n\nfacebook dialogPinterest\n\nPhoto: Danny Martindale/WireImage/Getty Images\n\n Liu Wen\n\nPhoto: Craig Arend/altamiranyc.com\n\nfacebook dialogPinterest\n\nPhoto: Imax Tree\n\nfacebook dialogPinterest\n\nPhoto: Imax Tree\n\nfacebook dialogPinterest\n\nPhoto: Cathy Crawford\n\nSkinny jeans aren't the only MVPs in the off-duty wardrobes of the style elite. The chambray shirt starred at fall fashion week.\n\nWith the advent of street-style photography has come the end of the so-called model off-duty. These days, runway regulars must juggle the practical concerns of fourteen-plus-hour days zooming from castings to fittings to shows with the sartorial pressures of fourteen-plus-hour days being photographed running from castings to fittings to shows. Talk about working overtime!\n\nNeedless to say, a smart uniform is essential. Until recently, the skinny jean has been the favored go-to among the fashion thoroughbred set. Pair it with a paper-thin tee, a black motorcycle jacket, and leather boots, and you might even be mistaken for an M.O.D. The look meets all the modern-day mannequin requirements: effortless, cool, photogenic. It has also become, dare I say, utterly, yawn-inducingly predictable.\n\nI recognize that not every model has the style genius of Kate Moss, who never would have dreamed of leaving her house\u2014let alone back of house at Dior\u2014without completely reinventing the fashion wheel (and let me remind you, this was in the prehistoric pre-blogging days). But certainly something more than jeans and a T-shirt isn't too much to ask.\n\nA new leader of the wardrobe pack finally emerged at the fall shows. Cut like a classic men's buttondown, the chambray shirt is tailored just enough to look pulled-together and, yes, smart. Made from washed denim, it's also casual and comfortable enough to pull off a marathon day of shows\u2014 or classes, as the case may be. (It's not for nothing that it originated as a working-class staple.) It's tomboyish but not without sex appeal. Contrast it with a red lip or unbutton it just low enough to show a hint of skin, and see if it doesn't turn heads.\n\nIt is also refreshingly versatile. Model Liu Wen pairs hers with a mini. I wear mine (pale blue, Madewell, sleeves rolled up) with a pleated black leather skirt or a printed flowy one. Of course, those averse to sudden, drastic change\u2014aka faithful adherents to the M.O.D. look\u2014will be happy to know it works wonders with a pair of skinny jeans too. After a full season on the fashion circuit, the results are in: model-tested, street-style photographer-approved."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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