New York Look

This is last call. In a season of rethought classics (more to follow), the little black dress comes back with sculpted tailoring at Balenciaga, insets of lace or ruffles at Givenchy and Prada, and a skin-baring one-shoulder cut at Lanvin.

Black-Clad Dervish

The force that is Karl Lagerfeld powers through Chanel’s preshow prep with a seemingly endless source of new ideas.

Better Fun Than Yours

London’s Fashion Week is disorganized, late, and raucous. More Champagne, please!