Alexander Wang redeems himself at Fashion Week

Alexander Wang means business.

After last season’s standing-room only showing in Bushwick -— which started almost two hours late, resulting in a never-before-panning by industry critics — the party-loving designer steered his last-ever New York Fashion Week spectacle in an entirely new direction.

The DNA of #wanginc — new hashtag because #wangover RIP — was alive and well: sporty, body-hugging and ready to party. Crystal mesh handbags, anyone?

Symbolic gestures said it all: The venue, 4 Times Square (the graveyard of the old Condé Nast headquarters), the seating (front row for all, with harsh office lighting and chairs literally inspired by corporate cubicles) and the non-bold-faced front row (save for Cardi B, who followed the show’s dress code by showing up in a trench coat styled with a leather-wrapped top knot).

The clothes spoke volumes, too. Exaggerated pin-stripe shirting embellished with the words “CEO” was likely a reference to Wang’s recent relinquishing of his namesake brand’s chief executive officer position. Sheer tights decorated with sparkly credit card numbers suggested a corporate card mentality. And while dark sunglasses gave the models a no-nonsense sensibility, shiny claw-style silver hair clips — which clamped down the models’ already slick hair — offered ironic but intentional throwback styling goals.

Therein lies the magic of Alexander Wang, the man.

There may not have been an open bar, a McDonald’s snack station or a performance by Missy Elliott as with his past shows. But by bringing together the industry’s elite at the site of his past Vogue internship, Wang proved he’s still an industry force to be reckoned with.