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‘Fashion Star,’ Designer Competition Series on NBC

The show, which begins with 14 designers, parades the competitors’ creations in front of three buyers, Caprice Willard of Macy’s, Terron E. Schaefer of Saks Fifth Avenue and Nicole Christie of H&M. After each runway walk there’s a delicious moment as designers and viewers wait to see whether the buyers will flash a dollar amount on the screens in front of them — a bid for the right to carry the design in their respective stores — or the dreaded words “No Offer.”

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Also worth noting: “Fashion Star” gets high marks for diversity, among the designers, the panelists, the models. Seems appropriate. Almost everybody wears clothes.”