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Milan Fashion Week is happening right now, where Gucci’s creative director Frida Giannini presented a darkly glamorous collection for fall 2012. She filled the runway with cocktail dresses, pencil skirts, military jackets and evening gowns in rich textures like brocade, leather, feathers, and pops of rich velvet. Intricate beaded embroidery, stiletto booties, knee-high riding boots, ladylike bags, round glasses and blood-red lips rounded out the moody lineup. See our favorite looks in the gallery now.

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— Violet Gaynor

Calvin Klein’s signature chic minimalism reappeared for fall 2012, this time with artful details. (Case in point: Leather pleats that revealed sheer panels.) Creative director Francisco Costa used innovative fabrications in the collection, like embroidered laser-cut wool dresses and separates and knotted silk dresses with contoured bodices. Costa also carefully controlled color—quick hits of poppy, cerise, and sienna broke up a mostly black collection. Hammered silver belts and sleek black footwear accessorized each look. See our favorite new styles in the gallery. 

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— Violet Gaynor

The editors who watch the Ralph Lauren show always erupt in cheers after the legendary designer presents his collection—but this season the applause came early when the soundtrack from crowd favorite Downton Abbey played over the speakers as the first look hit the runway. Some of the classicism of Downton applied to the collection, like menswear-tailored suits, head-to-toe black looks topped off with high hats and canes, and boyish separates in shades of camel, brown, and heather gray. Quickly, those styles gave way to an ultra-glamorous evening vibe fit for a royal with beaded embellishments, luxe velvets, and eye-catching jolts of fuchsia. Click through the gallery to see our favorite looks now.

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— Violet Gaynor