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THE WINNING KNIT: Alexander Wang.

Vogue

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Nothing got attention like this snowy-white cashmere sweaterdress from 22-year-old Alexander Wang. Seriously: What was it about this knit?

"The bell sleeves!" said Dalia Oberlander.

"And the length," added Jane Bloomingdale, who works with Oberlander at Sotheby's.

"The beautiful silhouette and bow neck," Earnest Sewn's Eleanor Ylvisaker thought. "And the quality. You can feel it."

The caliber of Wang's three pieces (there was also a straight black cashmere tank dress and a cozy foggy-purple grandfather cardigan) was heightened by their fashion-forwardness. A knit dress over leggings? It's so now.

As are the pieces from our number two, Adam+Eve, which included a chunky cable-knit vest with a single toggle closure at the neck. ...

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