Behind the Scenes With the Zen Master of New York Fashion Week

There have been a multitude of things for designers to panic about this fashion week -- the weather, the unintentional photo-bombs, the prospect of their shows turning into platforms for Twitter trolls.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Designer Yigal Azrouel stands backstage during the Yigal Azrouel Womenswear Spring 2010 Fashion Show at the Promenade at Bryant Park on September 11, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Designer Yigal Azrouel stands backstage during the Yigal Azrouel Womenswear Spring 2010 Fashion Show at the Promenade at Bryant Park on September 11, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for IMG)

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There have been a multitude of things for designers to panic about this fashion week -- the weather, the unintentional photo-bombs, the prospect of their shows turning into platforms for Twitter trolls.

At least one man seems impervious to it all. A week before his New York Fashion Week show, Yigal Azrouel was the picture of zen. In his bamboo and slate adorned midtown Manhattan studio, he prepared models being photographed for his fall 2013 lookbook, patting down a pony hair blazer, pulling at the peplum of a form-fititng white shift, tucking hair behind ears and lifting it out of shirt backs.

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