Alexander Wang

As Fall is starting to settle in, celebrities around the globe are making the most of their skin-baring styles and layering up in plush furs and warm fabrics. This week, Whitney Port pushed the envelope in blush crushed velvet trousers and lizard strap Alexander Wang pumps at a Tacori party in LA, Kim Kardashian showed some leg in a black leather mini and laser-cut Jimmy Choo sandals in Miami, and Olivia Palermo gave a lesson in layering, working a reversible leather and fur vest and cozy knit sweater, both by Zadig & Voltaire, in NYC. And we can't forget Ashley Madekwe and Taylor Swift, who donned noteworthy looks of their own. Get a closer look at our style standouts, then shop their looks for yourself.

Alexander Wang always has something up his sleeve, and Spring '13 didn't disappoint. Looking beyond the horizon, the boy wonder produced a sporty, futuristic lineup of skin-baring cutout dresses, metallic bombers, and a lot of leather. Oversize, structured cuts dominated Wang's athletic mood — we couldn't take our eyes off the white rubberized twill parka — lending an intrinsically new-age aesthetic, further exemplified through laser-cut, fish line, rubber, and mesh details. Also to note were the sexy, liquid metallic knits paired up with croc-embossed skirts. Wang's seasonal zinger? As the lights went off at the end of the show, models stood statuesque as Wang's collection came to glow-in-the-dark life. Suffice to say, the crowd went wild. Welcome to the future, people.

• Trends: Leather, crop tops, sheer details, cutouts, futuristic fabrics.
• Colors: Black, white, metallic silver, tan.
• Key Piece: The white rubberized twill parka and sheer paneled dress looked amazing.
• Accessories: Strappy boot sandals, boxy woven bags, plastic baseball helmets.
• Who Should Wear It: This collection isn't for the wallflower. Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and daring top models like Hanne Gaby Odiele.

It's rare, during New York Fashion Week, to attend a show that has audiences literally cheering aloud. At Alexander Wang's Spring 2013 show today, that's precisely what happened.

The outing started out standard enough, with militaristic and sports-inspired silhouettes in black and white leather and rubberized twill. The new story for Wang this season, though, was cutouts; they came in stripes and floating geometric patterns on boxy jackets and body-hugging shifts, and as hourglass-enhancing openings on the sides of cable-knit tops and sweater dresses. All in all, it made for an intriguing enough lineup.

Then it happened. At the end of the show, after all the models — including Liberty Ross, who was making a cameo catwalk appearance — had walked, several models marched out to take their places along the runway. The lights dimmed, then a black light came on, and then utter darkness. And there, in the cavernous space of Pier 94, the models' all-white outfits began to glow in the dark — much to the audience's raucous delight.

The Olympics may be long over, but that hasn't stopped a few New York designers from engaging in a little fashion gymnastics.

For an editorial titled "I'll Tumblr For Ya" in the October issue of Harper's Bazaar, Terry Richardson photographed the acrobatic stylings of Olivier Theyskens, Michael Kors, Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzarra, and more. The full spread will be released online Sept. 14, but behind-the-scenes images are already trickling onto the magazine's Tumblr. A few of those images — featuring Wang and Altuzarra getting some serious air — in the slideshow.
Photos courtesy of Harper's Bazaar