(New York Times) — IT has been 10 years since CNN pulled the plug on “Style With Elsa Klensch,” and in that time we’ve gone from seeing a camera crew at Fashion Week as a novelty to seeing anyone in the audience without a camera phone as a nobody.  A generation of editors and journalists, this one included, grew up with a view of fashion in the 1980s and ’90s that was informed by the distinctively florid voice of Ms. Klensch. But, oh, how times have changed, now that viewers can consume fashion instantly through any number of media. Except, during all that time since, on CNN.

Alina Cho, a national correspondent and contributor to “American Morning” who joined the network in 2004, has pushed the network to be more inclusive of fashion and has filed reports from the runways periodically, in addition to her normal routine of, say, covering President Obama’sinauguration or reporting from North Korea or being host to an annual special on celebrities who give to charities.

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