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Byline: Victoria Kirby PHOTOGRAPHED BY FRANZ WALDERDORFF
The fall forecast: Glossy black shadow, blood-red lips, and slick, tight hair. It's the beauty equivalent of the power suit.
Inside a dark, narrow tent in Paris, Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz stood before his models and offered inspiring words, as if he were a coach sending them out onto the field rather than the runway: "Be powerful! Be strong! Be a woman!" The message was loud and clear--and not just at Lanvin. The fall shows presented a strong, often provocative woman, whether she was tough and sultry or quite minimalistic. "We're embracing all the forms of womanhood--both strength and ...