Color-blocking remained big, though designers were experimenting with combining blocks of textures or patterns, such as fur with knits at Victoria Beckham and Alexander Wang and herringbone with glen plaid at Thom Browne and Tommy Hilfiger.
As expected, Basso turned up a supremely uptown collection but he raised it several notches higher than usual sending out fur coats spliced with crocodile leather (could you get anymore luxurious than fur mixed with croco?), delicately beaded frocks, and brilliantly hued fur stoles and jackets.
As well-versed in his craft as he is, he saw a new gear when going over the script of "Venus in Fur" with director Roman Polanski, who is making a film from the play.
From a French fur trader with an iron hand to the Army Corps of Engineers reshaping the riverbed, Indian casinos built on brownfields to 280, 000 radioactive mice buried at the Falls, many of Niagara's stories are like the drums secreted in its landfills: shoved out of sight, covered over to look presentable, and driven by with glazed eyes, a quick flick of the radio volume.
Men were walking by him, past him, alongside him, men with fur coats and bags of flour, with sacks of sugar and ceiling fixtures, with faucets, tables, chair legs, upholstery ripped from the walls of ancient Turkish houses that had fallen in the raid.
There are candles and flowers, bouquets of flowers, Christmas daisies and poinsettias, scores of teddy bears with sodden fur, and Christmas trees hung with decorations.
Also, toys with fur or hair place choking risks on younger children who might swallow the portions that come loose.
The result is a dark and broody palette for leather coats spliced with fur, the colors shifting from black to caramel to brown.
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These were followed by cocktail dresses and gowns in rich velvet and silk bringing to mind images of Dr. Zhivago and Anna Karenina, especially those topped off with fur hats.
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In a romantic violet, Ralph Rucci sent out a coat in sable, while Alexander Wang stayed mostly with grays for big coats paired with fur hand warmers to the elbow.
Azria mixed studs, exposed zips, fur and beading with the bandage silhouette for which Leger and his namesake label are known, creating a riot of black, white and autumnal animal prints.
"When these pieces hit the store in June or July, depending on the part of the country, it can be 80 or 90 degrees, so we're not only looking for really wow emotional pieces for the fall season with fur and leather, but also for lighter weights" and lighter colors, says Colleen Sherin, senior women's fashion director at Saks Fifth Avenue.
Michael Kors this month showed a coat worn with shorts, while Vera Wang showed dark-colored sleeveless fur coats and wool shrugs with light chiffon dresses in colorful spring-like prints.
But there's a silver lining: cozy coats, especially styles with oversized fur hoods, never looked better.
He closed the show with silk trouser looks finished off with hooded fur coats.
She was in one of those leather coats that the women wore in the 70s with the fur collar.
Plank is given another jacket, this one with faux fur lining the hood.
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He lives alone, aside from a stray calico cat with matted fur, which he has named El Gato and sometimes feeds.
Her coat was trimmed with dark fur, which struck me as maybe the most arch and elegant thing I had ever seen.
Her latest baby, a male night monkey with dark fur, beige brows and large, protruding brown eyes for night vision, arrived at the center on Feb. 4, weighing a scant 100 grams, about a quarter of a pound.
Mathieu Mirano's fall presentation was pelt-heavy, including a nude tulle gown with black fox fur panels.
His head which used to rotate has been sown back on to the torso twice and he is threadbare with hardly any fur left.
And one by one, at least for the first few looks, the models sported fur boxing gloves and tops with hoods like a glammed up Rocky.
But chemicals, coke, refined petroleum and nuclear fuel exports dropped 6.7% between January and March, with textiles, fur and leather down 5.7% and engineering and allied industries dropping by 2.8%.
Among the desk decorations, the occasional conventional baby photo seems almost ridiculously un-ironic, amid other personal props like a horde of model dinosaurs riding motorcycles, cuddly toy gremlins with shocking pink fur and knobbly yellow stress balls.
Sweetly romantic chiffon dresses and gowns shared the runway with more directional boxy fur coats and leather separates.
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The catwalkers wore fur boxing gloves and hoods, with an opening for their ponytails, wrapped tightly around their heads, and fuzzy footwear.
The European Union, the other major body seeking observer status, had its application affirmed but "deferred, " a rebuff that is likely related to an unresolved dispute with Canada over the fur seal trade.
The chairs are covered in fake zebra fur and small wooden tables are set with red candles and bowls of stale potato chips.
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