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It must be difficult to be Zac Posen, feeling the weight of being constantly told that the entire fate of American fashion rests on your young shoulders. As Marc Jacobs becomes downright establishment, Posen is the face, the voice, and the spirit of young American fashion. And last night's Spring/Summer 2008 collection shown at Bryant Park certainly captured that vibe: Black, white, and khaki dominated the first half of the show, with many looks unexpectedly invoking a sort of prairie chic. (Anyone else having fantasies of seeing Chloe Sevigny's character go back into credit card debt on Big Love buying all those long skirts and jackets?!) And although the evening looks were less well-done then the day ones, all in all, we conclude that the state of the union is just fine.

4:45 PM on Wed Sep 12 2007
By Jennifer
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everydaycaitlin at 04:49 PM on 09/12/07
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stunning.
washionfore at 04:49 PM on 09/12/07
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This is so boring I could barf. This is a rich kid with connected parents, could someone please publish that in Vogue for a change??
PutinMuscles at 04:50 PM on 09/12/07
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why, oh why, are capes in this season?
hortense at 04:50 PM on 09/12/07
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Connectedness Index: 1278

Sadly, I always connect Zac Posen and his pretty clothes to this Jay McCarroll quote:
"I'm not an exclusive person. I'm not Zac Posen, who secretly gets off on selling $7,200 dresses when he knows they cost $160 to make. I hate Zac Posen."

I'm not taking sides. I'm just poor, that's all.
flackette is frustrated at 04:53 PM on 09/12/07
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Why do I always confuse him with Zach Braff?
amandacobra at 04:56 PM on 09/12/07
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@hortense:

i am also too poor to ever afford a zac posen anything. unless he makes a perfume that becomes popular enough with middle aged women that it is sold at tj maxx. that being said, i think this collection is beautiful. nary a dead mouse pendant in sight.
pishposhspice at 04:56 PM on 09/12/07
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@flackette: Dark hair? Over-priviledged and over-hyped? Might be the basis for confusion...
so5minutesago at 04:57 PM on 09/12/07
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@flackette: I think Posen is probably the gay Zach Braff. Kind of cute, kind of wimpy, and extremely annoying. They even look somewhat similar.

That said, I adore this man's clothes. They're consistently wearable and interesting. What more could you want?
TriedandTrue at 05:00 PM on 09/12/07
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I really like this. There were a few in there that I was all "meh" over but for the most part....me likey
ccchild at 05:05 PM on 09/12/07
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@washionfore: Completely agree with the boring. When these shows come around, isn't part of the fun seeing clothes that you could never actually wear, yet there's the challenge of figuring out how you can adapt the style to real life? This is just, well, like clothes you could buy anywhere and we've seen a million times already.
TheGintheCity at 05:12 PM on 09/12/07
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I find Zac himself to be annoying. Love the gowns, hate the eye makeup.
elizabethm at 05:14 PM on 09/12/07
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"Prairie" and "chic" do not belong in the same sentence. Also - AGAIN?
sunshineday at 06:32 PM on 09/12/07
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@washionfore: His Mom was a lawyer and his Dad not connected.
From: WWW.SALON.COM: TRACKBACK at 05:04 PM on 07/03/08
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Back in November, Jezebel noticed that designer Zac Posen's spring/summer 2008 line wouldn't have looked out of place on Nicki Grant, Chloë Sevigny's fundamentalist Mormon "Big Love" character.