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• Smokin' style: Designs for puffin' and chillin' on New York sidewalks 

It's terrible for your health and makes people near you flee. But even frightful weather can't keep New Yorkers who crave a cigarette from hitting the streets, plastering themselves into corners and under overhangs or scouring the city for a spot the weather can't quite reach. Last week alone, smokers braved ice, wind and rain for a nip of nicotine. The result: some pretty crazy outfits. . . .

We commissioned three designers to create a happy medium. Chris Han used smoke as the inspiration for her charcoal-hued ensemble. Bling-friendly downtown team Phillipe and David Blond created a corseted climate-control body suit. Stylist Kendall Sparks sketched stiletto Wellington boots with built-in ashtrays.

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