Fashion Forward: Fall Designs Show an Uneasiness with Aging

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NEW YORK -- Sara Kapp looked every bit the Bill Blass model at the fall Fashion Week show in her printed evening gown ensemble dripping with the season's ubiquitous ostrich feathers, practically head to toe.

But, oh, those toes. After Kapp, a seasoned model, stepped onto the runway and faltered as she braced herself unsteadily on her high heels, she wisely tossed her shoes backstage and glided down the catwalk in her stocking feet -- ever the consummate model, on ballerina-like tiptoe, avoiding the fate of the Oscar de la Renta model who had tumbled onstage the day before.

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Fashion Forward: Fall Designs Show an Uneasiness with Aging

"Did you hear what I had said?" Kapp asked backstage after the show, explaining that her shoes were too big. "The music was so loud, you couldn't hear, but I said, 'Let's sta...

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