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"I don&amp;#x27;t know about you, but J.Crew just makes me happy. It&amp;#x27;s got this blend of cool and trendy&amp;amp;#8212;but I always feel like myself in the brand&amp;#x27;s clothes&amp;amp;#8212;my best self. Needless to say the J.Crew fall 2014 presentation was one of my New York Fashion Week highlights. I had a chance to speak with Tom Mora, head of women&amp;amp;#8217;s design about the fall collection, his inspiration, and how gals like you and me can take a runway trend and make it your own&amp;amp;#8212;read real-world-ready&amp;amp;#8212;look. First, take a look at some highlights from the collection: Glamour: What inspired you for the fall collection? Tom Mora: The collection was inspired by the cabarets of the Weimar era in Berlin in the &amp;#x27;20s and &amp;#x27;30s. It was a very prosperous time as far as creativity: science, the arts, theater, painters, poets, writers&amp;amp;#8212;all of those people just prospered in that period. They spent a lot of time in cabarets, where there was a lot of experimentation and freedom. I took the moody attitude of it and [a work by] my favorite artist of that period, Otto Dix. His portrait of Silvia von Harden is a hard-looking painting with starkness and rich moody colors. It has a masculinity and a femininity to it. Glamour: The collection feels on-trend but very personal&amp;amp;#8212;any woman can make it her own. What&amp;#x27;s your style advice for woman who want to follow trends but not get overcome by a runway look? TM: The most important thing is step to out of you comfort zone a little bit. Try something that makes you feel uncomfortable. Even when we&amp;#x27;re designing, when it feels a little off, that&amp;#x27;s a good thing. It&amp;#x27;s means there&amp;#x27;s something new happening. Glamour: Let&amp;#x27;s get specific. If a woman, say, wants to try out the pink trend, but she&amp;#x27;s terrified of pink.... TM: If you see pink as being a big idea, maybe try it in a top or a nail polish. Try it in a way that feels good for you, and it&amp;#x27;ll make you feel happier trying that little bit of something. Glamour: We have to ask. What did you think of Jenna Lyons&amp;#x27; performance as Lena Dunham&amp;#x27;s boss on Girls? TM: It was pretty cool. I just loved that she was wearing all of our clothes. She&amp;#x27;s really amazing. She&amp;#x27;s like wonder woman. What do you think of the collection? How would you mix and match it? Click here for more on Fashion Week."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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