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"   Photo: Lindsey Wixson, shot by David X Prutting / Billy Farrell Agency   The VMAs were last weekend, but navigating the giant line that snaked across 14th St. in Manhattan\u2014complete with metal barriers, beefy security guards, and fast-talking party kids\u2014you could easily have gotten Milk Studios&amp;#039; Fashion Week kickoff f\u00EAte confused with MTV&amp;#039;s annual mega-bash. The difference, of course, was the VIPs who came to play. Instead of Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez, there were major models (Hanne Gabay Odile, Noot Seear, Jacquelyn Jablonski), emerging designers (Katie Gallagher, Genevieve Jones), and industry power players (One Model Management&amp;#039;s Scott Lipps, nightlife baron Nur Khan). Presiding over them all was Jenn\u00E9 Lombardo, the studio&amp;#039;s fashion empress who helped make Milk a fashion week hub. &amp;quot;Now it&amp;#039;s a little like a nightclub, though, isn&amp;#039;t it?&amp;quot; she screamed above the thumping music. &amp;quot;I heard there&amp;#039;s a line outside that goes all the way out to the Diane von Furstenberg store. I want to go see it for myself, but he won&amp;#039;t let me leave!&amp;quot; The &amp;quot;he&amp;quot; in question was Mazdack Rassi, Milk&amp;#039;s founder and CEO, who asked, &amp;quot;Doesn&amp;#039;t it feel like it&amp;#039;s 1 am in here? The crowd is so amped up, I can&amp;#039;t believe it&amp;#039;s not even 10 o&amp;#039;clock!&amp;quot; And for that, model Joan Smalls was grateful. &amp;quot;My fashion week curfew tonight is 12:30,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;That way, I can enjoy the party and still get some rest.&amp;quot; Alana Zimmer agreed. &amp;quot;I have a shoot tomorrow,&amp;quot; said the Ontario native, &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s better than having to be backstage at 7 in the morning.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, catwalk star Lindsey Wixson claimed to have no curfew at all\u2014but that&amp;#039;s only fitting, since the Nebraska stunner just turned 19, making her officially too old to be grounded. (Besides the start of New York Fashion Week, the pixie-faced blonde was also celebrating her new haircut, a shoulder-length shag that&amp;#039;s a cool departure from her previous long locks. &amp;quot;I had to cut it,&amp;quot; she shrugged with a smile. &amp;quot;My hair was fried!&amp;quot;) As rapper Kendrick Lamar took the stage, Suno&amp;#039;s Max Osterweis made a quiet arrival. &amp;quot;You can&amp;#039;t ask me when my fashion week bedtime is,&amp;quot; he grinned. &amp;quot;This is the first time I&amp;#039;ve left the studio today. I can&amp;#039;t go home already!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;But you have to pace yourself,&amp;quot; warned fashion consultant Kate Foley. &amp;quot;I mean, technically, Fashion Week doesn&amp;#039;t even start for another twelve hours.&amp;quot;  Mazdack Rassi and Jenn\u00E9 Lombardo. Photo: Billy Farrell Agency See all the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collections. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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