Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta doesn't need trends. He has his faithful brigade of well-shod women who appreciate the clear care and attention he gives his reliably ladylike collection. His mission, always, is to celebrate femininity.

Oscar de la Renta

He showed myriad printed day dresses with fitted waists and full skirts. They were ruffled, laced, or printed with a painterly grid.

Oscar de la Renta

Even his separates were marked with a certain refinement and gentility...a peachy-nude twinset topping a cream floral-cutout skirt that skimmed but didn't cling.

Calvin Klein

In a season dominated by white, it seemed fitting to close out the week with Francisco Costa's Calvin Klein. That whole cliché about saving the best for last certainly holds true in the case of this positively chic lineup that pretty much defines the new minimal. His whites, which he called anything but "white," came in an arresting parade of boxy suits and louche dresses.

Calvin Klein

As in low slit pockets on Calvin Klein evening offerings. These were clothes for women who buy into a smart kind of sexiness.

Ralph Lauren

He knew, though, to pull back the reins and inject a little Eastern cool in simple silhouettes with delicate lace and beaded details. Elsewhere it was all skinny leather pants, white blouses (button-down or poet), and brown suede coats and shirt dresses.

Ralph Lauren

He knew, though, to pull back the reins and inject a little Eastern cool in simple silhouettes with delicate lace and beaded details. Elsewhere it was all skinny leather pants, white blouses (button-down or poet), and brown suede coats and shirt dresses.