Tailoring was an essential element of the collection.

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In the collection's most unusual element, many of the tie-dye gowns were embellished with large, futuristic-looking collars and other attached pieces made of what the sisters call 3-D double-faced foam.

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The element that has been conspicuously absent from the college decision process is the collection of voices of the matriculated students themselves.

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