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“He doesn’t understand what the limitations of the knitting machines are,“ St. John CEO Glenn McMahon said of the line’s designer, George Sharp. It was a compliment.

No movies played at the Kim Sing Theatre just north of Chinatown last Friday but the place buzzed as Willard Ford and John Brady toasted fashion designers. The duo, who opened their FordBrady furniture showroom last year, have added clothing to the mix.

“Does this mean you’re going to quit your day job?” I asked Juan Carlos Obando yesterday. He burst out laughing. “That’s what everyone wants to know,” he said, “from Anna Wintour on down.”