TIAA and Designer Fe Noel Debut 'The Dre$$' at NYFW to '#RetireInequality'

The designer’s first-ever couture (and statement) piece will be on display in New York in September

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Fashion designers are no strangers to making provocative statements through their collections. After all, clothing is wearable art. And what does art do if not invoke necessary conversation?

That is what made TIAA’s partnership with fashion designer Fe Noel so brilliant, apropos and, quite shockingly, overdue.

The financial services company, through its AOR, The Martin Agency, collaborated with Noel to create “The Dre$$,” a breathtaking couture gown and cape ensemble constructed with stitched together paper bills printed in various denominations totaling $1.6

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