Valentino

Valentino RTW Spring

Rumors had been swirling around Valentino all week, and it turns out they weren't just grist for the mill.

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton RTW Spring

It's not opinion but fact that Marc Jacobs is one of the world's count-'em-on-one-hand elite designers.

Lanvin

Lanvin RTW Spring

Bravo, Alber Elbaz. The designer has struck a nerve with his fashion, championing a kind of womanly glamour that is both voluptuous and reality-friendly.

John Galliano

John Galliano RTW Spring

After three straight seasons of spectacular spectacle and great clothes, John Galliano chose exactly the right moment to get real.

Chloé

Chloé RTW Spring

Hannah MacGibbon honed in on Chloe's signature girlish naivete in daywear done up with scalloped details, sweetheart necks, bows and broderie anglaise.

Chanel

Chanel RTW Spring

Lagerfeld at his savvy best for Chanel on Friday, lavishing the clothes with ample decoration as if heralding that tough times aside.

Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen RTW Spring

Alexander McQueen worked with unexpected restraint, pulling off a powerful show, certainly among the most intriguing in a lackluster season.

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld Spring RTW

Futurism is in the air this season and in the collection he showed on Wednesday, Karl Lagerfeld boarded the ship.

Christian Lacroix

Christian Lacroix Spring RTW

The flush times of Eighties Nouvelle Society look pretty good right now. And if living the life isn't an option, dressing the part is, thanks to Lacroix.

Dries Van Noten

Dries van Noten Spring RTW

Remember sportswear? Van Noten made it chic again, offering one of spring's few displays of interesting clothes that are also consummately wearable.

Balenciaga

Balenciaga Spring RTW

Uncertain about the future? Well, Nicolas Ghesquière isn’t. His women radiated bravado, confidence and tons of money.

Nina Ricci

Nina Ricci Spring RTW

As Nina Ricci's Oliver Theyskens made crystal clear in his spring show, gentle and timid are two very different conditions.

Gareth Pugh

Gareth Pugh Spring RTW

Questions as to whether London's Goth club kid kingpin Gareth Pugh's outrageous oeuvre would be up to the Paris runway — consider them answered.

Christian Dior

Christian Dior Spring RTW

"Tribal Chic," was the theme for Galliano's Christian Dior show. Once upon a time, that might have meant an over-the-top costume affair. But not this season.

Versace

Versace RTW Spring

Who says sexy girls can't be "mathletes"? Not Donatella Versace, who closed the Milan season with an appealing, sassy collection that was all about geometry.

Gucci

Gucci RTW Spring

The collection Frida Giannini showed on Wednesday, dubbed "Gucci Exotica," looks like another commercial winner.

Alessandro Dell'Acqua

Alessandro Dell'Acqua RTW Spring 2009

In recent seasons, Alessandro Dell'Acqua has toned down the steam and ramped up the quality of his clothes, a pursuit he carried forth for spring.

Fendi

Fendi Spring RTW

Karl Lagerfeld, you're so transparent. You could see right through his entire spring collection for Fendi, which focused on layered sheers.

Dsquared2

Dsquared2 Spring RTW

Leave it to Dan and Dean Caten to inject a little Studio 54 sizzle in a rather quiet Milan season. Opening and closing the show with a supermodel trio.

Dolce & Gabbana

Dolce & Gabbana Spring RTW

In hard times do you opt for discretion or go for broke? Make that Baroque, and directed at Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the question is rhetorical.

Missoni

Missoni RTW Spring

Yes, the Seventies live on here chez Missoni. But don't jump to any Studio-54/"Saturday Night Fever" conclusions. This was a gentle, rather mellow outing.

Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta RTW Spring

Tomas Maier has come a long way in terms of fashion finesse.

Roberto Cavalli

Roberto Cavalli RTW Spring

What is up chez Cavalli? The former jungle lothario has moved out of the wild and into more civilized territory. And he’s a bit of a bull in a china shop.

Prada

Prada RTW Spring

Miuccia Prada went, in her words, primitive and archaic, yet sophisticated.

Marni

Marni RTW Spring

Finally a little pizzazz, Italian style. Consuelo Castiglioni delivered a giant jolt of energy and a kooky cartoony aura to an otherwise calm Milan moment.

Jil Sander

Jil Sander RTW Spring

Move over, New York. Milan just had a fringe festival of its own, and it was spectacular.

Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani RTW Spring

This was the Armani of old - read signature, not dated - before his innate chic pragmatism cross-pollinated with increasingly exaggerated elements of exotica.

Burberry Prorsum

Burberry Prorsum RTW Spring

In Milan, there's a move toward quiet romance in various incarnations. At Burberry Prorsum, it revealed itself in an engaging garden motif.

Paul Smith

Paul Smith RTW Spring 2009 Video

Paul Smith put his London girl in a Moorish mood for spring.

Marios Schwab

Marios Schwab RTW Spring

Schwab's fluidly draped jersey dresses skillfully riffed on the designer's Greek roots.

Diane von Furstenberg

Spring RTW: A Myriad of Fashions

The runways of fashion week provide for an eclectic scenery.

Every Designer's Best Friend

Much of the magic of fashion week is directly due to the celebrity wattage at virtually every designer’s show.

New York Spring RTW Video: Welcome to the Tents

Much like this summer's Olympics, New York Fashion Week began with a bang.

Spring RTW: Farewell New York

In our final New York Fashion Week video, WWD bids adieu to the fashion genius exhibited across this city.

Luella

Luella RTW Spring 2009 Video

The chubby pink-and-white meringue pigs on Luella Bartley's pre-show breakfast table were a cheeky hint of what was waiting backstage.

Calvin Klein

New York Beauty Wrap-Up

New York Fashion Week is a veritable crossroads for the upcoming season's beauty trends.

Donna Karan

Donna Karan RTW Spring

Liquid assets — Donna Karan has plenty, with lovely, languid clothes that pour over the body.

Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren Spring RTW

Call him Lauren of Arabia. As Ralph Lauren's global charge continues, it was reflected in a beautiful spring collection.

Zac Posen

Zac Posen Spring RTW

"American sportswear has no purpose," claims Zac Posen, so he went for high-voltage party attire instead.

Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein Spring RTW

On its 40th anniversary, Francisco Costa gave the house a reason to celebrate the here and now, with a show that infused futuristic edge with unlikely serenity.

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger Spring RTW

Hilfiger's chic American girl, a tourist in Europe perhaps, favored silky blouses, cropped loose trousers, and plenty of easy cocktail dresses.

Vera Wang

Vera Wang Spring RTW

The clothes played like a gentle dream in a collection Vera Wang said was inspired by artist Niki de Saint Phalle.

Anna Sui

Anna Sui Spring RTW

It was a parade of fiestawear, all of it young and fresh.

Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta Spring RTW

De la Renta is among the few major designers who still believe in the notion of appropriateness. He dresses women who enjoy looking like ladies.

Michael Kors

Michael Kors Spring RTW

Good vibrations, as the soundtrack heralded again and again? Absolutely. Michael Kors is New York’s most upbeat designer, and spring reflected his ebullience.

Rodarte

Rodarte Spring RTW

For spring, the sisters' desire to rein their out-there reveries into something wearable took them to the tough side of romance.

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring RTW

Jacobs sent out a host of do-it-your-way pieces, all with that wrinkled, crinkled, just-out-of-bed ease.

Betsey Johnson

Betsey Johnson Spring RTW

Hurricane Hanna swept a pirate from Neverland into the tents - and he was tossing gold bouillon cubes into the audience at Betsey Johnson.

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs Spring RTW

Marc Jacobs’ work invariably succeeds in living up to his hype, even exceeding it, if that’s possible.

Proenza Schouler

Proenza Schouler Spring RTW

The Eighties power babe got a new look at Proenza Schouler.

Isaac Mizrahi

Isaac Mizrahi Spring RTW

Hello, Claiborne cash! Bye-bye, show-in-the-showroom! Hello, fancy Eliasson-inspired lighting at the Hammerstein Ballroom! Change is afoot at Isaac Mizrahi.

William Rast

William Rast Spring RTW

Anyone expecting a song or dance from Justin Timberlake was at the wrong show.

Jonathan Saunders

Jonathan Saunders RT Spring

Saunders' neutral-toned fall lineup now seems like a palate cleanser; it was only a matter of time before he returned to his splashy kaleidoscopic self.

Diane von Furstenberg

Diane von Furstenberg Spring RTW

A spring parade of diaphanously turned-out power bohemians, who, the designer mused, have "the strength of a goddess and the attitude of a rockstar."

Alexander Wang

Alexander Wang Spring RTW

Alexander Wang is still as well-versed in grungy, street vernacular as ever, just skewing more sporty.

Rag & Bone

Rag & Bone Spring RTW

Designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright worked a British working-class theme.