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On last night's show, Jimmy Kimmel recapped what went down at New York Fashion Week by throwing the trade show's weirdest looks from its most obscure designers on a select few from his studio audience. The host had his wardrobe team craft mock-ups of the not-yet-available spring 2016 designs to show the public what tents, harnesses, and more look like on the average human being (also known as non-models).
First off, Kimmel tossed a Kozaburo design on Russ, a college professor from Irvine, California — shirt not included. The next New York Fashion Week duplicate was a leather cape by Nicholas K worn by Jennifer. Nicole was honored to model a David Ferrera Big Bird-esque design, and last but not least was Guillermo, who wore a harness/bib hybrid by Moses Gauntlett Cheng.
This group of designers isn't the most representative of NYFW's best and brightest (Racked's extremely knowledgable fashion team had only heard of Nicholas K), but Jimmy had to make a bit somehow. Regardless, a big hand is in order for the wardrobe department. The duplicates were spot-on.