A look from the collection.

Of course, The Row and Phoebe Philo are heroines of this too.

Tolegen is clearly of the same mindset.

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Photo: Courtesy of Meruert Tolegen

I wanted to really focus on the artistry of what I can do, said the designer.

(Today she continues to live in the cityand also produce her clothes here.)

(After a frenzied subway ride from Brooklyn to the Upper West Side, it was welcome.

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A look from the collection.

The downside: now I need this every day.)

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A look from the collection.

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A look from the collection.