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"  After work and before Zoe, I met up with a friend yesterday on her way to what is probably the most unassuming nook\u2014with the coolest door\u2014in all of Chelsea&amp;#039;s gallery district: the Commes des Gar\u00E7ons boutique. As a first timer and there really only to admire and maybe try on a pair of the super cute heart-emblazoned Chuck Taylors (part of the design house&amp;#039;s collaborative collection with Converse), I didn&amp;#039;t expect to find something that would weigh as heavily on my recession-conscious conscience as Rei Kawakubo&amp;#039;s brilliant line of FW09 leggings. Though leggings in name, these are not the traditional hipster staple found at your everyday hipster annex. What sets these poly-fleece and nylon-charmeuse styles apart from the American Apparel pack is twofold: (1) the Comme des Gar\u00E7ons attention to tailoring detail, and (2) these leggings have &amp;quot;feet,&amp;quot; as in, your entire lower half is uninterruptedly ensconced in warm, delicious fabric. There&amp;#039;s no need for socks, there&amp;#039;s no need for your dog&amp;#039;s underbelly, in fact, there&amp;#039;s no need to leave the house if you own these\u2014a sentiment I eagerly shared with a salesperson who quickly informed me this wasn&amp;#039;t the designer&amp;#039;s intention (&amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re meant to be worn as a layer...as part of a look,&amp;quot; she said). And once I re-clicked through CdG&amp;#039;s FW09 collection, I realized she was right, they do incorporate pretty darn well into a chic fall ensemble. \u2014Johanna Cox, Junior Editor    (L to R: printed poly-fleece, $490; solid poly-fleece, $250; nude nylon-charmeuse, $130) Photos: Courtesy of Imaxtree Comme des Gar\u00E7ons, NYC 520 W 22nd St. (between 10th and 11th Aves) 212.604.9200  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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