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"    Photo: Alessandro Lucioni   The Nicholas K girl is going somewhere come next spring. Stylized anoraks, lots of layering, and a color scheme heavy on camo-friendly sand shades sent a clear message that she was ready to rove. ELLE.com chatted with designer Nicholas Kunz about the inspiration behind the collection. ELLE: It looked like your collection was made for a world traveler. Where did that vision come from? Nicholas Kunz: It was the &amp;#039;70s film Soylent Green, which predicted what was going to happen in NYC in 2022. It had this futuristic, nomad feeling that was interesting for us since we&amp;#039;re really organic in our lifestyle. It talks about how there are all these technological advances, but people are reverting back to pureness and a minimalistic life.   ELLE: The movie is pretty grim and forecasts a lot of pollution, poverty, and problems from the greenhouse effect. Are you worried about the future of Manhattan? NK: I&amp;#039;m not pessimistic [about it], I just feel like people will appreciate nature more, and they&amp;#039;ll want a little more simplicity and to streamline their lifestyles. For us, it&amp;#039;s about a versatile wardrobe. When you go on a trip, can you bring one small suitcase and not have to worry about things? I don&amp;#039;t want to bring complicated things everywhere. I don&amp;#039;t want big luggage. I don&amp;#039;t want to worry about things wrinkling. ELLE: Any opinion about the Mayan prediction of the world ending this year? NK: I&amp;#039;m really into that kind of stuff, but no. I do feel like if we don&amp;#039;t start taking care of our planet, though, it&amp;#039;s going to turn into a domino effect. Everything is so interconnected. If we don&amp;#039;t take care of it, it&amp;#039;s not going to take care of us. ELLE: How does it feel to kick off fashion week? NK: We love it. It&amp;#039;s our time slot now and [feels like] the calm before the storm. It&amp;#039;s nice to get it out of the way. ELLE: What&amp;#039;s the rest of your week like? NK: I&amp;#039;m going to spend time with friends and family. I don&amp;#039;t really do a lot of the shows or parties, [but] we&amp;#039;ll probably have drinks with our staff to thank them for their hard work. It&amp;#039;s pretty low-key. I might go upstate, watch the birds a little bit.  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni See the Spring 2013 Nicholas K collection. See all the Spring 2013 collections. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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