A model wears a creation by American fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Sonia Rykiel House during the Spring-Summer 2009 Ready-to-Wear collection presented in Paris last year.
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Model Oluchi wearing Xuly Bet This Day/Arise Magazine's African Fashion Collective 2009 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Promenade in Bryant Park.
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A model wears a dress with a portrait of President Barack Obama during the Italian fashion designer Gattinoni spring-summer 2009 high fashion show, unveiled in Rome last February.
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Environmentalist Nancy Judd models a dress made from recycled Presidential election campaign materials at the Green Inaugural Ball in Washington last January. Judd's latest venture into the fashion world began with a trip to the dumpster a day after the election.
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A model wears a short dress by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac during his spring-summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris before the election.
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