By Esther Dixon, BlackVoices.com

For Tracey Reese's show on Sunday, I adorned my Sunday best, a full a-line swing skirt, tan button down cardigan and a red skinny belt cinched at the waist.

I spotted everyone from the Simmons sisters, to that extremely handsome famed photographer of America's Next Top Model, Nigel Barker, to the American Idol cast-off contestant who had a sick mom in the wheelchair. The reality stars were out on this cool Sunday afternoon.

Tracy Reese Fall 2008

Baby Phat Fall 2008

Singer Joss Stone attends Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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A model displays a creation from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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Models display creations from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during the New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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Models display creations from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during the New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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A model displays a creation from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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A model displays a creation from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during the New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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Models display creations from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during the New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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Models display creations from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during the New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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Models display creations from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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Models display a creation from the Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons Fall 2008 collection, during the New York Fashion Week, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev (UNITED STATES)

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But the reality was Tracy Reese's fall 2008 line, while pretty, was a bemused amalgamation of the style aesthetics of downtown hipsters and Upper East Side bourgeois.

The looks sent a message of both ethereal calm: soft blue frocks, bright sequins cardigans and a suite made of raven lurex tweed while constructed refinement: oatmeal shifts, copper striped cocktail dresses and heavy teak cardigans were made for those uptown girls.

For more on Tracy Reese, check out our Black History Month Fashion gallery on famous fashion icons through the years.

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