ALTHOUGH is all nearly came crashing down when designer Gwen Stefani found half her collection stuck in transit in the blizzard, she never let it bother her.

“We’ve had to scrape together what we can,” she said in a preview the day before her fashion week presentation.

“But it’s actually forced us to be even more creative.”

Case in point: a ‘vest’ she strung together last-minute from a bunch of leather belts. Good work!

When asked to explain her mood this season, Stefani ticked off a well-honed checklist of reference: “vintage, boudoir, military, fifties, sexy, and futuristic.”

It’s no surprise she made it work, all the while making it look totally effortless, from the pinup hair and scarlet lips to the tailored military jacket and skinny houndstooth jeans combo.

The collection wasn’t exactly fluent but the uniqueness of the pieces will see them flying off the shelves.

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