Haute Couture Week glides along in a big-ass flouncy ball gown (or in experimental formal pants, depending on your mood): this morning, in Paris, Raf Simons showed his fall/winter couture line for Dior. It was very conceptual.

On Sunday, Donatella Versace kicked off Haute Couture Week with a sexy, tough, deconstructed take on fifties couture (I mean "deconstructed" quite literally; there were a lot of dramatic ballgowns with slits high enough to reveal the upper thigh).

Last night in Paris, Nicolas Ghesquière showed his feverishly-anticipated first collection for Louis Vuitton. Ghesquière — the much-beloved, highly respected and often imitated designer who catapulted Balenciaga to renown before leavingthe label abruptly — is a legend; Louis Vuitton is a hugely influential empire. So…

Having just shown a couture collection in which the only footwear option was formal sneakers, it seems that Karl Lagerfeld is still devoted to provocatively (?) mixing the aspirational and the mundane. To wit: this presentation — which also heavily featured Fashion Sneakers, some of which were knee high — was…

If you're really into bizarre high-concept fashion and you hate the lower half of your face, then Gareth Pugh's fall-winter 2014 collection will be ideal for you.

Last night, Jeremy Scott showed his first collection for Moschino at Milan Fashion Week. True to the irreverent and experimental nature of the fashion house, Scott mixed high culture (Chanel-esque suits! Voluminous gowns!) with the low (McDonald's, Sponge Bob and candy wrappers.)

Milan Fashion week continues, and today the fall 2014 collection for Fendi — designed by Karl Lagerfeld — was presented. Winter is coming, and it is full of sheer gowns, orchid brooches and lots and lots of fur.

If you like motorcycle jackets, neon pink, shaggy camel-colored fur, giant grommets, orange crocodile, long-ass fringe, leopard print and gold leather — all at the same time — Just Cavalli's fall 2014 collection is the show for you.

Over in Italy, Milan Fashion Week has kicked off, and today saw the fall 2014 collection from Gucci. Designer Frida Giannini's vision? Retro. Go-go boots and chunky furs channel the swinging '60s and hustling '70s.

Um, well, this is a weird coincidence: following Rodarte's Star Wars-themed collection, which debuted last week in New York, edgy British fashion house Preen has also unveiled a Star Wars line (during London Fashion Week). What are the odds?

At Marc Jacobs' fall/winter 2014 runway show, hundreds of pillowy clouds were suspended from the ceiling; models paraded out robotically in a mix of pastels and neutrals that varied between — and sometimes combined — futuristic minimalism and frothy ethereality.

Despite the copious amounts of fur in the fall 2014 collection from J. Mendel, there's something cold about the designs. Pretty, but not a ton of joie de vivre. That said: If you like filmy gowns and plush coats, this one's for you.

Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig say that their inspiration for Marchesa's fall-winter 2014 line was "our Scottish woman who's a little bit more disheveled in winter, with this static hair like she's running through the fields in the Highlands." Given the pair's penchant for designing opulent, ethereal evening wear,…

First the good news: Lupita Nyong'o was at the Calvin Klein show, seated right between Anna Wintour and Naomi Watts. She and Naomi both wore pastels and looked like a pair of Jordan almonds. The bad news? The fall 2014 collection by Francisco Costa will give you the sads.

While the fall 2014 collection shown today by Ralph Lauren doesn't contain a ton of new ideas, the ensembles — slinky column gowns, sleek power suits, fluffy chubby jackets and luxe tailored coats Olivia Pope would die for — are really freaking beautiful.

The theme of Betsey Johnson's fall-winter '14 collection is "hot," and hot it most certainly was (apparently, the show started late because it had been held for a tardy Paris Hilton, 2000s-era patron saint of the phrase "that's hot).

Mixed feelings about the fall 2014 collection shown by Michael Kors yesterday. Some of the pieces — like a sequin-flower embellished collarless gray flannel coat — are simply beautiful; others are just oddly-hued, shapeless and boring.

Naeem Khan showed his fall-winter collection yesterday; he says he was inspired by Cabaret and the boudoir — perhaps not in the most subtle manner (the show opened with what was essentially a formal bathrobe), but in a way that beautifully combined elegance and sensuality.

Paging Myrna Loy: All of your slinky, satiny gowns, stardust-encrusted dresses, befeathered coats and looks-like-you-borrowed-it-from-your husband dinner jackets are right here. Right now.

For their fall-winter 2014 collection, Mark Badgley and James Mischka say they were inspired by Vienna — opulent, metallic fabrics and floral brocades ruled the runway, in a collection that ranged from somewhat casual (those power suits!) to very red-carpet ready.