Backstage, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana discussed which came first: the body-conscious cut or the varied fabrics, which included digitally printed distressed velvet, sleek pin-stripe wool, boiled flannels and even the drop-crotch jeans that partnered with black velvet jackets for the finale.
He had a red-and-black wool hunting jacket and a pair of green boiled wool pants.
The knitted flower skirt, bottom row, from Azzedine Alaïa, is boiled wool and chenille.
It was not what I expected among the autumnally crimson leaves and the boiled wool of the parents' weekend scene.
That might explain why there's a World War II rain parka ($175) next to boiled wool blankets from the '60s ($150).
At Calvin Klein, Francisco Costa delivered a superb collection of minimalist coats and dresses in black cashmere and boiled wool that often had contrasting shiny elements in silk.
The difference with Mr. Altuzarra's clothes — belted, close-to-the-body suits in black boiled wool with shoulders or fronts of glossy black goat hair — is that the choices feel more considered.
It's all very ready-to-rumble in crusty W. W. II-style motorcycle leathers, leather-brimmed Harris tweed Confederate army caps, overcoats in thick duck and boiled wool, for the haute night-watchman along the Western Front.
If one day is stupid the next should be no-brainer, so I go mod: white Topman shirt, red Comme boiled wool cardigan, red-and-black tie, matched with high-waisted and too-short Miu Miu skinny black trousers.
Somewhere between a boiled wool skirt and a divine silk rumba dress, two anti-fur protesters briefly interrupted Oscar de la Renta's fall fashion show yesterday in the main tent in Bryant Park.
