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" Tom Mora, head of J. Crew women&amp;#039;s design was on hand at Lincoln Center today to show the Collection looks for Fall 2014. Inspired by a very artful decade in Germany history, the pieces came together in a textural, richly toned, still J.Crew sporty approach, but with a decidedly grown up approach. Get the full story below. Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar: What inspired this collection?  Tom Mora: It was inspired by the cabarets in the Weimar period in Berlin during the &amp;#039;20s and &amp;#039;30s. HB: Such a cool time in Berlin history\u2026 TM: It was a really decadent, lush time. Very creative artists, poets, musicians; they all gathered together in the cabarets and watched all the experimentation go on on stage. So it was sort of that vibe that I wanted to get across as far as color. So you&amp;#039;ll see lots of rich burgundies, navies, grays, camels, but also you have these pale pinks which soften the whole thing, which I love. Lots of play of texture, like I said classic donegals, tweeds, denim\u2014so we took all these classic elements and recreated them in new ways for a more languid silhouette. We also have a lot of new fabrications like perforated wool and bonded tweed and a knit shearling. All these things put together created all these very interesting effects.  HB: So lovely. There are also a lot of artists that came out of that time, did any of that work inspire you?  TM: Yes, Otto Dix was one of my artists that inspired me a lot. His painting of Sylvia von Harden, what I loved about that is that there was something histrionic to it; overall he did very severe paintings. But what I loved that moodiness and simplicity.  HB: What do you think the higher end J. Crew Collection means to the J. Crew brand overall? TM: I think it&amp;#039;s about the mix, I think it&amp;#039;s always about the mix. I love that we&amp;#039;re showing denim in here so you can actually wear a jean with an amazing pinstriped coat and a jean shirt and great scarf and feel completely put together. And when you have a little bit collection on, it just allows that little bit of glimmer\u2014that little bit of fantasy that we always like to put across. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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