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"   Photo: Getty Images  Chicago-based designers Shane Gabier and Chris Peters have officially caught the fashion world&amp;#039;s attention. Guests at the duo&amp;#039;s Creatures of the Wind presentation packed tightly under the Desmond Tutu Center&amp;#039;s vaulted ceiling last night to catch a glimpse of their waxed leather circle skirts and metallic jacquard cropped pants. The 24-look collection stayed true to the brand&amp;#039;s DNA \u2014 &amp;quot;We really love color, we really love texture, and we really love patterns together,&amp;quot; Gabier noted after the show \u2014 but it also explored new territory. A first foray into eveningwear produced a floor-sweeping, tiered mint chiffon dress, which Gabier would love to see on Kirsten Dunst: &amp;quot;She really epitomizes [the brand].&amp;quot; But, he adds, &amp;quot;We try to keep that open, limiting it to one specific girl. I think PJ Harvey would look really fantastic in it, too.&amp;quot; The label&amp;#039;s knitwear offering was expanded upon (pale blue mohair sweaters! cashmere dresses!), and Gabier and Peters tried their hand at a full shoe collaboration, producing point-toed metallic cut-out boots with Tabitha Simmons, who Gabier calls &amp;quot;the best collaborator ever.&amp;quot; And staying true to their Second City roots, the pork pie hats which topped off many of the looks were done with Chicago-based millinery Optimo Hats. The string that tied all of these elements together? A fixation on Scottish clergyman Robert Kirk&amp;#039;s 1691 expose, The Secret Commonwealth: Of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies, and the doorway between the real world and the fairy world. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s always about atmosphere, that&amp;#039;s always kind of our starting point,&amp;quot; Gabier explained. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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