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Fashion is inside-out at 8th Annual Cosmo Couture (Photos)

WASHINGTON — The expression that it’s what is on the inside that counts usually doesn’t apply to the fashion world.

This year’s Cosmo Couture was the exception to the rule.

The theme to the 8th Annual Cosmo Couture on Thursday was environments and the event asked local architecture and interior design firms to make garments made out of materials you’d normally find inside a home, such as tile, carpet, wood, vinyl glass and rubber.

The idea was to create a bridge between fashion and architecture and “transport the audience into a new environment,” according to a release from the International Interior Design Association.

The event was produced by the Washington Metro City Center of the International Interior Design Assocation Mid-Atlantic Chapter.

Proceeds from the event went to Rebuilding Together of Washington, D.C., an organization that aims to preserve and revitalize low-income homes and community facilities in D.C.

US strikes Iran and Tehran fires back as hostilities flare again

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. The U.S. strikes followed others on Sunday that abruptly ended a month without military action and threatened to fully reignite a conflict that has spiked global oil prices and posed political problems for Republicans in November's midterm congressional elections. The renewed fighting comes after President Donald Trump had appeared to pivot toward trying to bend Iran to his will through economic sanctions. “If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings,” Trump warned on social media. U.S. Central Command said the latest strikes were in response to Tehran trying to attack commercial ships and American forces in the Middle East. Trump offered an additional explanation, telling Fox News in a phone call that U.S. forces struck Iran's radars.
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