If I had a super power, I’d want it to be fearlessness. Why waste your time reading other people’s minds or hiding yourself with invisibility powers when you could do anything you wanted and not be afraid? No more being afraid of monsters in your closet or that you’re going to fall down the escalator head first or that everyone saw your underwear when your skirt blew up in the wind. But while superheroes still have fears (Superman and kryptonite, hello!), Cynthia Rowley does not and she makes sure people aren’t afraid to wear her clothes, either. She makes feminine and sophisticated clothing with a “tough-girl” edge without making people feel stupid. She put holes all over half her Spring 2011 collection for goodness sake and yet, people will still go out there and buy a hole-y dress from her. But of all her pieces from this year’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Rowley did happen to be afraid of one thing: that her geometric necklaces would look like harmonicas. More »