Donna Karan Fall 2012

This season, Karan’s collection was brimming with gorgeous blanket coats and wraps, blanket-like dresses, kilt-like skirts, fringed shawls, and tailored suits. Fall 2012 then progressed into a distinctly menswear-inspired line-up. No one can drape the way Donna Karan can – the designer could wrap a simple piece of fabric around a model’s body and she’d somehow make the seamless fabric look fantastic (and she's done this whilst being interviewed on a number of occasions).

The contrast between the loosely draped pieces that opened the show and the austerely tailored ones that followed was quite striking, but no matter the silhouette, the results were spot-on with a slew of truly breathtaking sculptural cocktail dresses.

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