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Last night's fourth annual amfAR Inspiration Gala was a prime spot for model and celebrity sightings of the chicest kind. Famous faces (on and off the catwalk) gathered to honor Jennifer Lopez, Alan Cumming, and Valentino Garavani, and treated us to a glamorous lineup of dresses in the process. We spotted Lindsey Wixson and Eniko Mihalik posing in feathered red carpet gowns, Dree Hemingway looking ethereal in white, and, among the model crew, fashion favorites like Shala Monroque in bright candy-apple red and Leigh Lezark hanging with Derek Blasberg. Keep clicking to see all of the looks.

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We have a unique opportunity to snag one of Erdem's gorgeous archival prints, thanks to the designer's exclusive capsule collection for MatchesFashion.com. The newly launched, six-piece collaboration is a dressed-down version of Erdem Moralioglu's famous florals.

In revisiting the archives, Moralioglu told Matches: "I looked at [Fall 2009, Spring 2009] and also found a print that was never used from a Spring collection. I reprinted them on fabrics that I hadn't used before, such as stretch cotton for the trousers and cotton poplin for the tops with sweet little white collars. The original garments were cut in silk satin or washed silk crepes."

If his runway collections are usually for the red carpet set, this lineup is for the everyday sophisticate, meant to be mixed and matched with denim and your favorite white button-down. In every outfit you create with them, they'll undoubtedly be the standouts — just click on to shop the limited-edition pieces.

Lubov Azria's trip to the Coachella music festival in April became a touch point for her Resort 2014 collection, which is filled with the kind of flirty, bohemian garments all the cool girls wear in Indio. (To be fair, they're also the kind of garments girls probably would have worn to New York's Governors Ball if rain hadn't turned Randall's Island into one big mud pit.)

But next year, if clearer skies allow it, we wouldn't be surprised to see Azria's khaki romper or patchwork bomber jacket strolling around the grounds at both festivals, and the many handkerchief-hem dresses wouldn't be out of place either. Another romper, which combines floral short shorts and a strappy bustier, would look right at home on a performer like Azealia Banks.

There are a few more business-like pieces in this collection, though, like a gray shift dress accentuated with a drawstring waist, and a sleeveless white jumpsuit with patch pockets.

While not quite as subversive or dark, Rebecca Minkoff's Resort collection channeled a bit of the grungier tomboy we first met in the Fall 2013 lineup. Yes, she wears skirts, but not without a printed sweatshirt tied around her waist and a safety-pin tee on top. Yes, she'll wear a bright floral jacket, but only if it comes with zipper-covered pink jeans. And yes, she'll wear a little Summer dress, given it's an electric blue leather mini, complete with a zippered leg slit. As for bags, which remain the designer's signature accessory, they came in neons, pebbled black leather, and clear plastic.

Joseph Altuzarra isn't the first designer to draw inspiration from the easygoing spirit and style of the '70s, but his Resort 2014 collection brings all that breezy sensibility to new heights.

There are, for example, no shortage of dresses that would float almost entirely away from the body if they weren't cinched in with broad braided belts — a white strapless version had bishop sleeves so voluminous they looked like they could take flight. And while many of the trousers followed a similarly outward-bound route, there were some spectacular tailored garments, too. The most interesting among them had skillfully crafted lace details. A black suit, for example, had insets that showed off the wearer's upper arm and strategic parts of the torso, and the lace on a pale rose sheath dress mimicked a thigh slit. Those details kept this collection sexy, but not overtly so.

Photo courtesy of Altuzarra