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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Julia Gray

This New York Fashion Week, Athletes Are Scoring All the Front Row Style Points

Team USA gymnast Jordan Chiles walks the runway at Kim Shui for Fashion Week.

The Olympics ended last month, but the fashion Olympics (also known as New York Fashion Week) have just begun, and designers are calling in the athletes.

We've seen the "normal people as models" trend in fashion weeks past. Comedians, podcasters, and downtown socialites have cemented themselves as NYFW regulars over the past several years. They're still appearing in and around shows like Rachel Antonoff x Susan Alexandra and Collina Strada. But this year, women in sports are the hot new It Girls, taking over front rows and even some runway castings.

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