Arab Times

Alexander Wang

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Alexander Wang’s office workers ain’t your average 9-to-5ers.

The boy wonder put his guests in cubicles in the former Times Square home of Conde Nast to show a collection heavy on black leather with zippers for miles.

There were zippers in circle pockets, as embellishm­ent for edgy little black dresses and on sturdy jackets. Some carried a range of chain-handled purs- es. One, a clutch, was — yes— adorned with zippers.

When not in black and zippered, Wang’s walkers wore cozy track suits, some in light gray. He provided pops of pink on the fronts of several looks that were black at the backs.

Before his runway came alive, eerie footstep sounds were played as rows of fluorescen­t ceiling lights flickered. Alfred Hitchcock would have approved.

All of this left his “Wangfest” vibe behind in favor of the corporate theme, “AWG, “for Alexander Wang Group. His invitation­s arrived days ago with a credit card graphic, and some of his models sported the word “Platinum” on their looks. This was officewear fit for the future with a touch of ’90s thrown in.

Among Wang’s front row guests was Bella Hadid, usually more on the runways than off.

For Wang, the US wunderkind and ex-creative director of Balenciaga, the clothes spoke for themselves, giving fall/winter 2018 an ode to power dressing and the working woman in his trademark black.

His models, including Kaia Gerber, powered out under strip lighting on an office-cubicle set -- the kind of dull grey space that no one who can afford his clothes would ever get paid enough to work in. (Agencies)

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