Under the whir of the passing of the 6 train above, Julie Kegel presented a woman in motion as a commentary on both the expectations placed on her, and the little tricks one does to perform the magic of femininity every day.

Emerging from an apartment door to the whispering of women’s inner thoughts (32 participated in the project), interspersed with a good dose of Stevie Nicks’ “Dreams,” the show unfolded like a day — awaking from a dream, out the door half ready, running to work, then to a party. For Kegels, it was an expression of transformation.

Backstage, she said her mantra for the past year has been “change change change,” and she worked it into the collection in clever ways. Clothes appeared thrown on, with skirts accidentally tucked into the back tights, shapes stretched out and

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