Vera Wang

For the second season in a row, Vera Wang showed that you didn't need to read the name on the door to know whose designs these were. Crystal necklaces, densely embroidered necklines, tulle and net overlays, all the Vera signatures were here. But something was different. Call it a sense of ease, or a dressed-down (in a good way of course) casualness that looked new. Her collection was full of loose-fitting black crepe de chine jumpsuit topped by an incredible beaded spiderweb necklace, and it continued throughout the show via the biker shorts that she paired with everything from a basketball tee and organza skirt combo to a metallic gauze halter tank and poufy ballerina skirt. A pair of pleated tulle dresses, one mini, the other long, looked ready to party, same with a circular sequin tank dress in shades of midnight blue, blush, and silver. That was one of the show's few shots of color; the others came from the tulip and poppy prints that appeared on the delicate gauze of a tank dress as well as on a coat belted over a jersey tee and Bermuda shorts.