A mix of high tech with the comfort factor. Outerwear in blanket wools and double-face fabrics or canvas with crinkled surface and cashmere linings. Serapes and ponchos made a strong American statement from John Bartlett and Michael Kors. Sportswear and work clothes are still omnipresent but the silhouette is less sloppy. The turtleneck cashmere sweater rebounds as short and form-fitting.
Dresses are slim-line, in dry or liquid jersey fabrics or satin for evening.
Couture details emphasize delicate embroidered stitch-craft.