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‘Dressing up is back’: Tommy Hilfiger lauds luxury at New York fashion week


Designer returns for first show after two-year absence with new take on preppy and move away from streetwear

Invitations borrowing the typeface and layout of a New Yorker magazine cover summoned guests to a Friday night at the Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station, a Manhattan institution hosting the first catwalk show of its 110-year history. Plenty of New York designers make nice clothes, but only Tommy Hilfiger throws the kind of party where the first sight on entry is guest Sylvester Stallone, being served french fries (in a canapé-sized silver cone) and ketchup. Think sturdy chinos and plush cable knit sweaters, felted wool blazers and striped rib scarves, pleated skirts and button down shirts, all in Ivy League school colours of burgundy, navy, camel and ivory.

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