Williamsburg's Traveling Tailor; Why NYFW Is Like Speed-Dating

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Local
· Meet the traveling seamstress of Williamsburg [NYT]
· Oddites shop Alphabet shutters on Greenwich Avenue [VNY]

Fashion Week
· Being a street style photographer is "like speed-dating" [BlackBook]
· Bette Midler serenaded Michael Kors backstage at his show [ThreadNY]
· Fashion Week coat porn! [StyleList]
· Even the cops at Fashion Week look like models [Refinery29]
· André Leon Talley: Long skirts are not practical [The Cut]
· Have you noticed that CNN is covering fashion again? [NYT]

National
· Fur prices, like cotton prices, are on the rise [NYP]
· Head of Gucci's parent company to manage Gucci Group himself [NYT]