Go where the wild things are. Retro-glam is ultra-hip. Flaunt some fur. Ruffle some feathers. Pick-up where the runways left off. Standouts: muskrat plays it on or off the cuff of a jacket that takes vintage way uptown; black rex rabbit is sheared, striped, shaped, sashed and French-officer-collared into the IT-coat of the season; our fabulous fabric from France—feather-like layers of black/biscuit lacquer-glazed clipped poly—creates a jacket in full plume.

The new plaids are a far cry from the highlands. Edgy, sexy, more Paris than prep. There’s downtown plaid embroidered with pearlized and patent leather across a black suede skirt: bow-tied sweater and brushed plaids printed on a silk satin blouse.

Status gear turned up to high. Irresistible. Ultra-luxe. Beyond sexy are super-sleek black ribknits—the lusciously soft glove leather at the front of the zipped cardigan echoed at the sides of its sleeveless twin. A rush just knowing it’s yours is a black glove leather jacket shaped with biker-chic and collared with face-framing mesh and chiffon fringe. The must-have metallic, a raw-edged pearlized leather jacket that weighs next-to-nothing and fits like second skin.

Set the tone. Spin a look. Create a fabulous finish. The one to toss over your blacks and biscuits is our herringbone tweed 'cocoon'—airy, textural, glazed-leather-trimmed. The one to travel in is our parachute-weight black-on-black geometric jacquard. The one we love is haute-over-easy—very Italian, molto-Milano—double-breasted, lots of swagger, slouchy belt in back.

Sex-and-the-city is in. The new suit is downright delicious. Killer cool is a long, lean black stretch wool reefer—military-referenced, chain-trimmed—over the never-ending legs of a skinny skirt and tapered pant. As light as a little knit is soft Italian tweed—ruffle-placketed jacket. Masculine meets feminine in menswear herringbone gone super-sexy in fluid line and floral appliqués.

Glitter. Glazes. Shimmer. Chain-mail. Objects of desire that dazzle day or night. Beyond the pale is a boiled wool jacket—snapped, stand-collared, crop-sleeved, as easy as a cardigan—zapped with Swarovski crystals, pearls and metallic beads. Chain-mail is about high-octane sex appeal—found inlaid on a glittering charcoal/black glazed tweed skirt and slinky black stretch turtle. The cocktail dress is a little pour of infinite shimmer— sleeveless, balloon-skirted, ribbon-pleated, patent-belted—the end-all, be-all of night shine.

Incredibly hot. So easy. Bordering on couture. Just what you want to shrug on, over and into. Knit dresses rule: red-hot is a chunky-ribbed turtleneck dress twinned with a wrap-sashed maxi-cardigan; madcap plaid, a scooped shouldery op-art jacquard. The vest that grew is black merino with poodle-twisted yarn trim.

How we love color-blocking. It’s bold. Architectural. Very sophisticated. A great way to make a killer statement without half trying. You see it on Hollywood fashionistas. In catwalk collections. On some of the coolest clothes of the season. The trend-setting jacket is a double-breasted double face wool done with military precision in camel cut with black. The best dress a stretchy, cropped-sleeve, long-stemmed turtle that sculpts the body in hot-spliced biscuit/black. The requisite, retro-glam a toffee empire jacket with black fur cuffs to slip on or off.