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"  We&amp;#039;re calling it\u2014Brooklyn is officially the place to be. Step one in validating this claim was Alexander Wang&amp;#039;s decision to stage his last runway show outside of Manhattan. The clincher? Dior just announced that it will present its pre-spring 2015 collection at the Navy Yard in May. Uber-cool young American designer? That&amp;#039;s one thing. Iconic French fashion house? Another entirely. Manhattan-centric fashionistas were none too thrilled to trek to BK during NYFW in February, but Raf Simons&amp;#039; decision might be a bit more palatable this time around. Firstly, an outer-borough runway show is far easier to swing when not also attempting to negotiate dozens of other presentations uptown, which is the benefit of not doing this during an &amp;quot;official,&amp;quot; main-season fashion week. In addition, the label is offering a ferry and a car service to shuttle its VIP attendees safely into NYC&amp;#039;s nether regions. (I kid\u2014it&amp;#039;s really not that far. Promise.) Also\u2014Polar Vortex? WHAT Polar Vortex?! It&amp;#039;s no longer a thing! Even if the forecast brings a torrential downpour, we won&amp;#039;t have to trudge through several inches of snow, swaddled like that kid in A Christmas Story. So now, the question remains: Who will Brooklyn lure across the river next? Related: ELLE&amp;#039;s Fashion Olympics: The Race to Alexander Wang "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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