The night was a chance for art patrons, Vuitton clients and friends of the Toledos (Isabel Toledo is an internationally known fashion designer) to see original works by the Havana-born, Jersey-raised artist, all under the auspicious of Louis Vuitton.

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Isabel Toledo, who designed Mrs.

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Many women designers, like Maria Cornejo, Isabel Toledo and Donna Karan, design the clothes that they want to wear. (Indeed, those women almost exclusively wear their own designs.) But I noticed that the female designers who take a more far-flung approach to fashion creating beautiful objects or shapes rather than functional clothing are treated with the same reverence Givhan says is reserved for male designers.

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