The coats were ultra feminine, with fur sleeves and a geometric pattern of seams across the back.
The latest versions include some curious hybrids, like the Peter Som design here, which comes with fluffy fur sleeves.
Dolce & Gabbana added bright-pink fur sleeves to jackets, and fur was also shown at Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Prada.
Unlikely: a good few rabbits had gone into Missy Elliot's soft fur coat and Lil Kim was trailing fur sleeves and matching fur-trimmed culottes all over the seat.
A leather bodice with fox fur sleeves overlain with a leather harness looks less harsh, and more sensual, than you can imagine from photographs.
Or it's a shapely black leather shift with puffed cotton sleeves, or a sleek gray wool coat with fur sleeves worn over leggings in a pattern that mimicked a stingray's skin.
THOSE jackets with fur sleeves, a k a gorilla arms, that emerged on last fall's runway (a smoking Kate Moss at Louis Vuitton should ring a bell) are actually on the street.
Geometry was the story, as Mr. Pilati twirled a compass to create rounded shapes for a soft white satin blouse, fur sleeves or a cape-back coat, while the check pattern and the overall cut was drawn with a square.
The show was an ode to coats, with drop-shouldered cocoons in beige wool and rich red capes, yellow and black plaid sack-back button-downs and, of course, the signature trench – this time spun in lightly padded, spongy knits, tinsel yarn and bonded argyle wool with fur sleeves and skirts.
During Fashion Week, it would have been hard for anyone not to notice the three: Virginie donned a blazing-red pantsuit one day while Claire showed up in a Thierry Mugler white virgin wool jacket with voluminous marbled fox fur sleeves on another day.
The primary incorporation of cultural characteristics is reflected in the top garment, which is a neutral Chinese-style single-breasted top with tall shoulder pads and fur sleeves sewn together with other materials.
