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"   A black and blue look at Edun. Photo: Imaxtree  Edun Zebra prints and leather miniskirts mingled together in Sharon Wauchob&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;safari punk&amp;quot;-inspired Edun collection. As the label&amp;#039;s co-founder Ali Hewson explained the theme of the season: &amp;quot;Really what Sharon has done is tried to\u2014because she&amp;#039;s fallen in love with Africa, as we all have\u2014just take the nature elements from that [continent], and translate the wild side of nature into a contemporary place, so you get that &amp;#039;80s punkish feel with safari prints.&amp;quot; The graphic black and white pullover knits were made by the Crochet Sisters, a group of Kenyan artisan nuns, and metallic foil mesh added a modern-cum-&amp;#039;80s element to skirts and outerwear. Joy Cioci The &amp;quot;thought of a woman that can manipulate to get what she wants&amp;quot; stuck out in Cioci&amp;#039;s mind for fall, so she took the idea of manipulation and ran with it. Furs were sliced up and then sewn back together on silk to make a lightweight coat; leathers were washed to enhance texture; and a snakeskin was manipulated into a print stamped on pants. The designer was most proud of her gowns, however: &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re a little more intricate. I like working with my hands, and I love things that are a labor of love.&amp;quot; She named up-and-coming actress Brit Marling\u2014a close friend and someone she &amp;quot;grew up with&amp;quot;\u2014as her gown-wearer of choice: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;d be really great to see her in one of my dresses.&amp;quot; Tribune Standard A year into designing his own label (after working with brands like Isaac Mizrahi for Target, Gap, and Ann Taylor for fifteen years), Tawfik Mounayer is quite the pragmatist: &amp;quot;I understand that at the end of the day, women just have to walk into a store and want to buy something. I&amp;#039;m not a fine artist, I&amp;#039;m a commercial artist.&amp;quot; But that doesn&amp;#039;t stop him from a little whimsy. Bird motifs carried throughout the collection in a hand-drawn feather print, a pheasant &amp;quot;status&amp;quot; print complete with chains and tassels, and even feather-like paillettes on a sweater. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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