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New fashion looks are big on beards

by
Marc Tracy
June 25, 2010
Two looks from the new Gaultier show.(NYT)
Two looks from the new Gaultier show.(NYT)

Alert Tablet Magazine intern Dina Mann notes that new, heralded runway shows from designers Jean Paul Gaultier and Yohji Yamamoto are big on the facial hair: So big, in fact, that there’s an argument that they are indulging in Hasidic chic.

But can it compete with shtetl chic?

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.