Flight Instincts: 14 Takes on Fall’s Most Unexpected Animal Print Inline

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    Valentino’s rapturous couture homage to its native city opened with a dress inspired by the eagle, a symbol of Rome.

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    Photographed by Kevin Tachman
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    If not immediately evident in the clothes themselves, the Mulleavy sisters’ homage to migrational birds at Rodarte proved the season’s most sweeping exercise on the avian theme.

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    J.W.Anderson’s Spring menswear outing pitted the synthetic against the natural. Case in point: this uncanny nude top kitted out with white ostrich plumes.

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    A heady, peacock-feather print was central to **Riccardo Tisci’**s Fall propositions at Givenchy.

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    Old Hollywood sex appeal and high levels of quirk make for a happy marriage in this Gucci number—turban optional but strongly suggested.

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    This 1934 Rochas swallow print found new life in Alessandro Dell'Acqua’s third runway outing for the house.

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    A pair of louche-looking peacocks, spotted luxuriating on this Spring 2016 Dolce & Gabbana suit.

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    Giovanna Battaglia, seen on the street in a bold rooster-print topper.

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    A trompe l’oeil feathered frock from Valentino.

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    Are you a good swan or a bad swan? Opposites attract on an Olympia Le-Tan waist-cincher.

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    At Diane von Furstenberg, a frothy bit of lace.

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    A folksy pair of fowl from Céline Pre-Fall.

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    Photographed by Tommy Ton
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    A lone hummingbird adds interest to this monochromatic Ports 1961 look, spotted on label designer Milan Vukmirovic.

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    Birds of a feather flock together on whimsical skirts like this one.