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"  Photo: Getty Images As big fans of all things ballet, we&amp;#039;re always happy to see fashion and dance come together\u2014we&amp;#039;re even happy to do it ourselves. So we were thrilled to hear that the New York City Ballet has tapped a stunning roster of some of our favorite fashion designers to create costumes this season: Alexander McQueen&amp;#039;s Sarah Burton, Carolina Herrera, Valentino, Mary Katrantzou, and Thom Browne. If there is a group of designers who perfectly marry beauty with theatricality, this is certainly it. Related: Proof That Misty Copeland Is the Most Badass Ballerina  Photo: Getty Images The costumes will debut in action at the NYCB&amp;#039;s opening gala on September 23rd, and according to Fashionista, each designer has been paired up with a choreographer: Liam Scarlett will work with Sarah Burton, Tiler Peck will work with Katrantzou, Troy Schumacher with Browne, and Peter Martins with Carolina Herrera. Valentino Garavani will design the costumes for a pre-existing piece from Christopher Wheeldon. The NYCB has had a rapport with the high fashion world for a few years now, first working with Rodarte in 2012, followed by Prabal Gurung, Iris van Herpen, and Olivier Theyskens in 2013. But this is certainly the most high-profile and extensive group ever, and we can&amp;#039;t wait to see what the opening gala on September 23rd brings\u2014though we know it will be, in a word, stunning. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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