For much of New York Fashion Week, temperatures hovered on the warmer side of cool. The crowds, in turn, ditched the dark, drab layers that typically characterize the style outside the February shows for more creative outfits.
Some of that creativity came in micro doses. Among the black leather jackets, seemingly a staple for cool days in the city, there were brown leather jackets. Others took bigger risks: exposing midriffs, piling on animal prints and going for gold (the color), which gave dresses, boots and full suits a shine that was hard — impossible, even — to ignore.
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Standing in the street for hours has its fringe benefits, like catching the influencer Tina Leung, a star of Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” in this frock that shimmied and shimmered with each step she took.
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The coat and clutch say, “Look at me!” The pointy nails say, “Don’t get too close.”
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It is hard for anything to stand out next to a gold suit — unless that thing is just as unusual, like the accordion-style bag at right.
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Nothing matches. And yet, everything works.
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Think of these clothes stuffed in plastic bags like cocooned caterpillars. Once out of their protective casings, both the garments and the insects take glamorous new forms.
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One way to describe this trio’s plaids and stripes and checker print: power clashing to the third power.
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Perhaps you’ve heard of the rule that advises looking in a mirror after getting dressed and taking one item off before you leave the house. They were wise to ignore it.
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The most interesting detail of the musician Orville Peck’s outfit? The lace ties at the hips of his pants.
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Cropped jackets and long legs are always a smart pair.
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Do your eye a favor and let it travel from the iridescent stripes on the dress to the cow print on the boots behind it.
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The dark wings on both of their eyes. The celestial print on the blue socks. The pink matchbook on the sidewalk. Each time you look at this photo, you seem to notice a new detail.
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Her instinct to mix tortoiseshell frames with a leopard-print coat was a good one.
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A head of flowing copper-red hair that would make even Jessica Rabbit jealous.
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Of all the animal prints on the street, her combination of a leopard-print coat layered over a tiger-print top might have been my favorite. Bonus points for topping it off with a fuzzy hat.
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Seeing these outfits next to a sewer made them seem more luxurious.
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This lesson in accessorizing — the tiny gloves, the oversized shades, the hints of metal — was brought to you by Dara Allen, a model and the fashion director of Interview magazine.
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A brown leather bomber and matching denim trousers, or a power suit? The answer is both.
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Another shock of copper-red hair, this time styled as a sort of mullet. With the distressed leather jacket, the look was very glam rock.
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What seems like layering is actually an optical illusion: The top of the consultant Alyssa Coscarelli’s skirt was designed to recall the bottom of a jacket.
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In contrasting but complementary shades, the influencer Carla Rockmore, left, and her daughter Ivy Rockmore offered an elevated take on mommy-and-me fashion.
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Flipping up a jacket’s collar, as the model Alton Mason did, instantly makes an outfit look cooler.
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A tip: The streets outside fashion shows are often a great place to find inspiration for your next hairstyle.
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Crop tops have already invaded offices. Is the Matrix next? Credit...Simbarashe Cha for The New York Times
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From up close, you get a better look at how the color of her hair picked up the tones of her jacket’s faded leather.
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Knitwear this wild deserves an appropriately whimsical hairstyle. Bubble pigtails fit the bill.
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A leather jacket in a brown so deep, you could be fooled into thinking it’s black.
