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Veronica Leoni’s first collection for this designer debuted in February 2025, and included a brown overcoat made of looped strips of organza. Between his time at Dior and Prada, Raf Simons was creative director of this brand, and added 205W39NYC (“2-0-5-W-3-9 NYC”) to its name for its high-end collection. Mark Wahlberg modeled for ads (10[1])for this company (10[3])alongside a model (10[1])who later became the face of this brand’s perfume (10[1])“Obsession.” (10[2])A Steven Meisel photograph of that model, (10[1])Kate Moss, (10[1])in this brand’s intimates became the breakout image of “heroin chic,” a trend furthered in ads for this brand’s (-5[1])unisex fragrance, “One.” (10[1])Richard (-5[1])Avedon (10[1])shot (-5[1])a 15-year-old (10[1])Brooke (10[1])Shields (10[1])saying (10[1])“nothing… comes in between” her (10[1])and her jeans from this brand. For 10 points, name this American fashion house, whose founder’s name is found on the waistbands (-5[1])of its underwear. ■END■ (10[5])

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