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"    Photo: Jason Lloyd Evans   Joseph Altuzarra showed his collection to rave reviews this week. The designer, who won the Swarovski Award for Womenswear, showed a crystal-laden collection that was literally dazzling. Altuzarra took a few moments out of this busy Fashion Week to talk to ELLE.com about the collaboration. ELLE: How did this collaboration come about? Joseph Altuzarra: We were really interested in adornment, different times, and history; we wanted to use crystals to embellish usually very masculine fabrics, so we reached out to Swarovski, they were so enthusiastic and supportive of this project. It was the ideal partnership!   ELLE: You always work with really unique materials. Are crystals a similar experience for you? JA: Crystals were the starting point of the collection. Juxtaposing crystals against unusual fabrics was an unexpected way to elevate them to a more sophisticated dimension. ELLE: Your pieces are always beautiful\u2014did you find incorporating crystals into your vision to be difficult? JA: No, in fact working with crystals enhances the pieces and makes the vision comes alive. ELLE: Will we see more jewelry from you going forward (we hope!)?  JA: Adornment is something I&amp;#039;m very interested in and want to explore more in the future, but I guess you will have to wait and see... ELLE: Any other future surprises perhaps?  JA: Like I said you will have to wait and see! See the Spring 2013 Altuzarra collection. See all the Spring 2013 Ready-to-Wear collections.    Photo: Jason Lloyd Evans   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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