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New York Fashion Week: Jason Wu, a case of outsized ambition

By Booth Moore
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Jason Wu’s fall collection was a case of outsized ambition. On the one hand, menswear-inspired separates strayed too far from the designer’s comfort zone. On the other, couture-inspired Chantilly lace ball gowns (some with padded hips) overwhelmed his tiny, poorly lit runway.

Daywear fell flat with boxy jackets in too-heavy mohair, fold-over-waist pegged trousers and unremarkable draped wool plaid skirts. Only his cocktail dresses hinted at what could have been, the best in a blush-colored gauze that looked like spun sugar.
-- Booth Moore in New York

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Booth Moore

As Los Angeles Times fashion critic from 2004-15, Booth Moore logged tens of thousands of miles covering the runways from L.A. to Paris and interviewing style leaders such as Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford and Donatella Versace.

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