Ivan's Childhood, a Russian film about an orphan in World War II, was the unlikely starting point for Francisco Costa's powerful, provocative new collection. Something about an image of the young boy in a field of birch trees got him thinking about coats.

Once upon a time (say, two seasons ago), models had a choice: You could try your luck in that most rarefied of arenas, the high-fashion runway, or, if nature cooperated, you could exploit that sexy energy and become the kind of icon whose spiritual grandm

Zuhair Murad showed his Fall ready-to-wear collection as a presentation against a backdrop of naked branches studded with bloodred roses. Sure, it made for dramatic photos, but when your reputation is so inextricably linked to the red carpet, why not just

Kit Willow is celebrating the tenth anniversary of her brand this year, and to mark that milestone, she's turned her attention back to her native territory of Australia. There wasn't anything too aesthetically antipodean about Willow's latest collection,