Medal winners General Petraeus and Freja Beha Erichsen.
Medal winners General Petraeus and Freja Beha Erichsen.
The Officers' Club
Dress Blues on the Fall Runways

April 17, 2008 – General Petraeus a fashion icon? Check out Freja Beha Erichsen at Moschino before you scoff at the suggestion. Military-inspired gear—whether referencing the hussars (Alexander McQueen), Russian czars (Gucci), or the Canadian Mounties (Ralph Lauren)—marched down many a Fall runway. Was all this martial fashion a comment on the current state of global affairs? Perhaps. Perhaps not. "Nothing is more intriguing than a woman looking tailored, masculine, and proper," says Derek Lam, whose collection, inspired by the adventurer Isak Dinesen, was in step with the trend.

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