Last February, Ms Dawnn Karen, a brand consultant, therapist and instructor at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), arrived at a Marcel Ostertag fashion show wearing five-inch studded stilettos and a black jumpsuit with a cape.
"This cape makes me feel like Superwoman," she said. "It's that sense of control." She strutted off to pose for photographers at the show's entrance.
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