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Awkward Bush Showdown at 3.1 Phillip Lim

Picture the following, because it's happening right now: Elizabeth Banks, who plays Laura Bush in the forthcoming W., sits on one side of the runway. Sitting across the catwalk from her is First Daughter Barbara Bush — the real deal. Haven't witnessed a conversation, but our head just exploded imagining the stilted conversational possibilities.