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"   Vanessa Traina in her collection for Maje at Barneys.   Two days after Vanessa Traina met the Maje team\u2014they were intent upon getting her into their Fall 2010 campaign\u2014she&amp;#039;d signed on to design the seven piece capsule collection that finally launched at Barney&amp;#039;s last night. &amp;quot;They couldn&amp;#039;t have made it easier,&amp;quot; she said. Though Traina, who hails from San Francisco and counts designers like Joseph Altuzarra, Alexander Wang and Jack and Lazaro of Proenza Schouler among her best friends, is often called a muse to said friends, she was intent upon explaining that when it comes down to it, her job, and her work with designers, is much more concrete. &amp;quot;I know a lot of people use the term muse\u2014it&amp;#039;s their perception of what I do with designers\u2014but it&amp;#039;s actually really beyond that. I collaborate and style with designers which is really what I did with this. I&amp;#039;m not an illustrator, I&amp;#039;m not a designer, I really do consulting and styling.&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s not to say she wasn&amp;#039;t totally involved with the collection of black separates. There&amp;#039;s a tux (sold as separates), black silk bloomers, a couple of slip dresses and a lacy camisole. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just pieces that you always want to wear. Maybe they were hot for one season a few years ago, but it&amp;#039;s still something that you want\u2014it&amp;#039;s natural, easy to wear,&amp;quot; says Traina. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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