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"    Photo: Kelsey Bennett   Eve, Jaime King, and Analeigh Tipton watched from the front row at St. John&amp;#039;s Center yesterday as Prabal Gurung sent his elegant, military-themed Fall 2013 collection down the runway. Especially striking were the peplum jackets and fox-lined anoraks in loden green and navy, and the jewel-toned satin screen-goddess gowns that Jean Harlow would have adored. Backstage, Gurung told us that his collection was about &amp;quot;the empowerment and advancement of femininity.&amp;quot; He explained, &amp;quot;I was reading a Time magazine article about the invention of body armament for women and the redesigning of women&amp;#039;s uniforms, and the lifting of the [front-line combat] ban.   We take for granted that all these women are out there and don&amp;#039;t always get their due. To me, there&amp;#039;s nothing more powerful for women than being able to assert their femininity in a confident way and ruling the world. If more women were in power, I think the world would be a better place.&amp;quot; Jaime King shared her enthusiasm for Gurung&amp;#039;s collection. &amp;quot;What I love about Prabal&amp;#039;s work is the incredible mix of masculine and feminine,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I feel like his clothing comes from a dream. He uses color, design, and patterns in a way that nobody else does. I think it&amp;#039;s really exciting what he does.&amp;quot; As we continued down his front row, we bumped into Eve, who later performed at Gurung&amp;#039;s after party. She told us why she is a fan of Prabal&amp;#039;s work. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s very structured but also beautiful,&amp;quot; she noted. &amp;quot;Structure works well on my body. I love beautiful elements but don&amp;#039;t like to be frilly and Prabal splits the difference.&amp;quot; The hip-hop artist described her personal style as: &amp;quot;Schizophrenic! I like to be relaxed in what I wear; I like to be chill...but also look glamorous. The dress I have on now is Prabal&amp;#039;s and it works, you know?&amp;quot; Eve&amp;#039;s latest album, Lip Lock, drops on May 14. We wondered if she planned on collaborating with Gwen Stefani again; they won the first-ever Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Grammy in 2002 for &amp;quot;Let Me Blow Ya Mind.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Wouldn&amp;#039;t that be great?&amp;quot; she mused. &amp;quot;Actually I do have a pop singer on this album, from Cobra Starship. It&amp;#039;s a song dedicated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America; I&amp;#039;m their new ambassador. It&amp;#039;s an amazing organization from Philly, where I&amp;#039;m from, and it&amp;#039;s all about the importance of mentoring.&amp;quot;  Our final chat before the show was with Analeigh Tipton from America&amp;#039;s Next Top Model season 11 in Amsterdam, who went on to star in Crazy, Stupid, Love. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not doing any more modeling,&amp;quot; she told us. &amp;quot;For one thing, it&amp;#039;s taking all my strength to stand up in these heels!&amp;quot; She was wearing Gurung&amp;#039;s insanely cool, sky-high, multi-colored platform Mary Janes.  Photo: Kelsey Bennett See the Fall 2013 Prabal Gurung Ready-to-Wear collection. See all the Fall 2013 Ready-to-Wear collections. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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