They say the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and oftentimes the best clothes are too. For proof, just look to the many ways designers are piecing and patching their way through their fall collections, creating color and fabric connections that never looked so right. Antonio Berandi, 2710 Brian Atwood, 4495 Chloe, […]

Once viewed as a prudish relic from the past, the Victorian age is making a runway return. Today, sumptuous fabrics and rich details are appearing in silhouettes both classically chaste and dramatically modern, turning an era on its ear in ways Dickens and the Brontës would never imagine. Alice & Olivia, 798 Moschino, 1350 (cape), […]

With each fashion season comes a neutral color that just seems right for the moment. This season's pick? Nudes in a zeitgeist-defining range of browns, beiges, creams and everything in between. Because for all of fashion's occasional excess, sometimes it's nice to live in the skin you're in. Tibi, 985 (coat), 445 (sweater), 350 (trousers) […]

Designers are exposing more than the leg as they show that there's more to hemlines than their lengths. With equal parts ingenuity and creative restlessness, they're evolving from the tried-and-true straight cut and turning us on to all manner of ruffles, pleats and asymmetry. Akris, 3990 Alexander McQueen, 5375 Bottega Veneta, 2250 (skirt), 1250 (blouse), […]