Stella McCartney: Runway—Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2012. Photo by Dominique Charriau (WireImage)On March 7, 2011, Stella McCartney premiered her Fall/Winter 2011-2012 Ready-to-Wear collection at the opera Garnier during Paris Fashion Week. With structured silhouettes, Stella McCartney breaks her own mold and presents a very bold collection for Fall/Winter 2011-2012. With clean styling for the makeup and hair,

Alexander McQueen Ready to Wear Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 show during Paris Fashion Week at La Conciergerie on March 8, 2011 in Paris, France.

Vivienne Westwood Ready-to-Wear Autumn/Winter 2011/2012 show during Paris Fashion Week at the Pavillon Concorde on March 4, 2011 in Paris, France. Photographed by de Moraes Barros and François Durand (WireImage).Vivienne Westwood Ready-to-Wear Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 show during Paris Fashion Week at the Pavillon Concorde on March 4, 2011 in Paris, France.

Louis Vuitton premiered the Ready to Wear Autumn/Winter 2011/2012 collection during Paris Fashion Week at Cour Carree du Louvre on March 9, 2011 in Paris, France.

Chanel premiered the Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 Runway during Paris Fashion Week on March 8, 2011.

Diane Moss-Martin and Eric Martin are the designers behind the line martinMartin, and they have certainly pushed the limits with their newest collection . . . long gowns for men, forget it! Leather fringe bottoms, side zippers, skirts for men, all black, maxis with uneven hemlines… at first glance I thought, hmm, Matrix.

Several groups of smartly styled models halted military style in front of their rear-projected anthems before walking one at a time down the runway in her themed L.A.M.B. uniform.

A variety of colorfully vibrant outfits with sumptuous shades of gold and crimson, sky blue, red, and western-themed blacks were featured heavily on Furstenberg’s runway during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York Fall 2011. Furstenberg has always been the type of designer that never misses.

The cozy collection had a nice combination of hand-knitted sweaters, tweed cropped jackets, fur coats, silk dresses, satin trousers, ruffled and wrap skirts. Prominent fabrics were silk, chiffon, organza, cashmere, and flannel. Styles ranged from over-sized turtlenecks to beaded patched skirts.

“One year ago, I came upon an old photo collection at a small flea market in L.A. Within in it were very deep and expansive black-and-white landscape images. I learned it was a collection of photos of Yosemite National Park by the artist Ansel Adams. He was the first to compile photographic techniques in written form.”—N. Hoolywood Fashion Designer Daisuke Obana