Stacey Bendet created a fantastical dinner party atmosphere for her Alice + Olivia Fall 2012 presentation at Center 548.

German designer Andrea Karg has dedicated her Allude Fall 2012 collection to the feisty, bohemian girl who prefers her cocktails at night while incorporating cashmere into a modern look.

Opening London Fashion Week for the first time, Antoni & Alison's Fall 2012 collection saw a bold focus on the power of prints. 

Betsey Johnson's Fall 2012 collection, titled Betsey Mania, was a trip to the 60's and 70's

Bora Aksu Fall 2012 bloomed with childhood memories through his pure but bold Vivian girls in silk jules and pussy bows.

Cacharel Fall 2012 combined Bauhaus design elements with retro aviation in order to bring the revolutionary elements of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century to a jaded twenty-first century.

Carmen Marc Valvo has become synonymous with uncomplicated glamour, and his Fall 2012 collection is no exception.

Presented against the backdrop of her 19th Century townhouse boutique on London's Beauchamp Place, Caroline Charles' Fall 2012 reflected established, heritage glamour.

For Fall 2012, Corey Lynn Calter creates delectable confections that make Zooey Deschanel-loving girls melt into sherbet-colored puddles

​Corrado de Biase's Fall 2012 collection is only his third at prêt-à-porter, but the young talent is already developing a signature style.

Since winning the Fashion Fringe award in 2010 Corrie Nielsen has continued to both inspired and impress, presenting a dramatic Fall 2012 collection with a focus on Scottish heritage. 

For two men of such lumberjack proportions, Robert Tagliapietra and Jeffrey Costello have some of the most petal-delicate dresses in the business this season. 

Mid-century international air travel, modern day British coaches and budget bus seat patterns don’t seem like a glamorous source of inspiration but somehow Craig Lawrence manages. No, he masters.

Cynthia Rowley's Fall 2012 collection was as playful as ever while setting a casual tone for the cool months to come.

Daniella Kallmeyer seems to be the woman to "suit" you for Fall 2012.

For Fall 2012, Rira Sugawara’s third Dans La Vie collection “Exciting Encounters” fused 60’s American pop art with shimmery leopards.

Maintaining their hallmark black and white palette, designers Francois Alary and Ophelie Klere showed an edgy Fall 2012 collection of looks varying from sleek to billowy, punctuated by their incorporation of graphic prints.

Douglas Hannant’s Pink Fall 2012 collection will unquestionably groom young socialites in preparation to later don his namesake line. 

Elie Saab's Fall 2012 collection was filled with dramatic, red-carpet worthy gowns.

Channeling their distinct rock & roll vibe, Falguni & Shane Peacock turned out a heavy-on-black Fall 2012 collection that screamed punk rock glamazon and glimmered with high futuristic notes.

A playful collection of cartoon prints and plush animals, Fam Irvoll had us rekindling our childhood's with her Fall 2012 collection. 

Celebrating her second season at London Fashion Week, Francesca Marotta's overwhelming Fall 2012 collection was presented under the words “Amore della mia Vita” (love of my life).

Geoffrey Mac structured and graphic fall 2012 collection was, in many ways, out of this world.

The Gretchen Jones Fall 2012 collection perfectly blended Western and Native American motifs and effortless 70's silhouettes with a hip, downtown feel.

After showing in New York, designer Kuho Jung shows his Hexa by Kuho Fall 2012 collection in the City of Love based on the conflicting emotion of love itself.

The Honor Fall 2012 collection was nothing short of pure romance. 

Issey Miyake Fall 2012 show began with attendants steaming fabrics in front of the audience to introduce a new "Steam Stretch" pleating technique.

A heavyweight of the London fashion industry, Jasper Conran presented a Fall 2012 collection accentuated with texture, embellishement and metallic fabrics. 

Joseph Abboud's Fall 2012 show was grounded in the gracefulness of a 1930's American industrial era.

Katie Gallagher’s Fall 2012 collection, titled ‘Silent Soil,’ pays homage to her roots quite literally and figuratively.

Katya Leonovich’s Fall 2012 presentation at the Box theater was truly poetic, with a collection just as layered and complex as the city that leant inspiration.

The Kimberly Ovitz Fall 2012 collection was goth at its most refined.

A sleek collection of feminine dresses and cut out details with an injection of colour, the Krystof Strozyna woman for Fall 2012 is one of confidence and allure. 

The Lars Andersson collection for Fall/Winter 2012 was like its fabrics: soft, dark, touchable. 

The Lauren Moffatt Fall 2012 collection was presented at The Old School on Mott Street, which has been re-imagined into Lauren Moffatt's School for Wayward Girls.

Leutton Postle Fall 2012 is as playful as ever. Crazy textures in a muted colour palette with vivid mint, yellow, claret and pink supported by shiny silver and gold, made sure that the designer duo would not end up as a wallflower at London Fashion Week.

Manish Arora's Fall 2012 collection found that life is beautiful even in the tagged streets of Paris.

The upcoming Great Gatsby might be the epitome of the dazzling twenties but Maria Grachvogel Fall 2012 updated the glamorous decade to the present day, with a relaxedness and an androgynous twist.

Consuelo Castiglioni's Marni Fall 2012 collection has a quirky 60's mod vibe as she explores architectural volume through color blocking while mixing in oriental patterns along the way.

Marni's Winter Edition 2012 collection, Consuela Castiglioni's pre-Fall collection, presents a feminine mismatch theme.

Channeling energy from 2012’s Year of the Dragon, the Mathieu Mirano was inspired by, ‘heroic, legendary, feminine dragon riders’ which came to him by way of a vivid dream.

Lavish ski resorts and the intelligent "playboy" come to life in Michael Bastian's Fall 2012 menswear line.

Miuccia Prada loves pant-suits this season, and her Miu Miu Fall 2012 collection is pretty much entirely that. 

For her Fall 2012 collection, Monika Chiang delivered luxury. 

Playing with this idea and moved by a trip home last October, Mumbai born Naeem Khan looked to the Indian tradition of body art—‘Talikas’—and cited the ‘decadence and dust of India’ as inspiration for his Fall 2012 collection.

Reinterpreting the past and dreaming of a rustic future, Native Son defines modernity with its latest Fall 2012 menswear collection.

Opening New York fashion week Fall 2012 with a bang, with, of course, Nancy Sinatra's dramatic "Bang Bang (my baby shot me down)," Nicholas K's collection delivered a sultry show of tough exteriors layered over flowy, delicate pieces.

Nomia designer Yara Flinn drew inspiration from the fluorescent light installations of minimalist artist Dan Flavin for her Fall 2012 collection.

The NUMBER:Lab Fall 2012 menswear collection showed in an intimate square setting. 

Obakki is certainly a brand to watch and, for the career woman with a taste for the night lights, a collection worth wearing.

The Organic by John Patrick Fall 2012 presentation offered a darker, heavier collection from the eco-friendly label.

Beginning with fur and ending with feathers, designers Peachoo Datwani and Roy Krejberg skillfully created a cohesive yet wide-ranging Fall 2012 collection.

The Party Monster-inspired aesthetic and vibe of Richie Rich’s collections, from Heatherette (R.I.P.) to his recent collaborations with boyfriend Ross Higgins, are conducive to the most fun runway shows at Fashion Week.

PPQ showcased a more grown-up look for Fall 2012 with warm hugging coats in thick tweed and wool.

Miuccia Prada's Fall 2012 collection continues her exploration of femininity through menswear inspiration, an often recurring theme of hers.

With her Fall 2012 collection, Rachel Comey lends her usual androgenous, New York perspective to the ladylike trends just seen on European runways.

Today's fashion is a mix of high and low - ballgown skirts with t-shirts, sequins for daytime, and the like. For her Fall 2012 collection, Rachel Roy took this juxtaposition a step further, combining somewhat contradictory, unexpected elements to satisfying results.

The Fall 2012 Ruffian collection was all grown up and all the better for it.

Drawing inspiration from Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Sally LaPointe’s Fall 2012 collection evoked a sense of progression and transformation via a runway show at Center 548.

Birds of Paradise by Spijker en Spijkers Fall 2012 was a warm collection of female empowerment with the play of silky textures.

Steven Alan Fall 2012 is classic Americana, but in the way of Bonnie and Clyde, Annie Hall menswear inspired looks for ladies, and 90s-in-Seattle flannel and deeply-hued chunky cashmere knit caps.

Suzanne Rae presented her Jim-Morrison, Aldous Huxley, and William Blake-inspired collection for Fall 2012.

Tess Giberson begins her collections with a feeling or a word—Fall 2012’s was Wrap.

Inspired by motorcycles, glamorous excess, and the allure of the open road, The Blonds have once again outdone themselves with their collection for Fall 2012.

Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein’s ‘Orbital Romance’ collection led us on a nostalgia-packed sojourn to the post-punk NYC era where defiant youth dreamt romantic notions of the great unknown.

The tribal print lighting projections reflecting off the walls at the Tribune Standard Fall 2012 presentation at Chelsea Piers gave hints at the collection's theme. 

For Fall 2012, Veda designer Lyndsey Butler married her contrasting lifestyles as a Texan and Brazillian hybrid transplanted to New York, into a rendition of her multicultural, southwestern meets urbane sophisticate roots.

Spicing up her usual East-meets-West aesthetic, Vivienne Tam crossed traditions and cultures in an old-world-meets-new for Fall 2012.

For her fall 2012 Whitney Eve collection - her first on the runway - Whitney Port looked to her grandmother's antique kaleidoscope for inspiration.

From jumpers to dresses to ponchos, Yang Du's Fall 2012 collection cleverly incorporated animal designs that triumphed between literal and modern.