Couture – Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel. According to Ms. Horyn, Stefano Pilati, who took over the YSL label four years ago, has finally found his voice by recapturing the “…swagger and spirit of the Rive Gauche era…” As to Karl Lagerfeld, well he has been channeling the great Chanel through his own voice for almost two decades now and never fails to dazzle and delight.

Meanwhile, in New York, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein eschewed channeling and spirit recapturing and went straight to resurrection. He breathed life into the long-dead Halston label to mixed reviews. The clothes were drapey and deconstructed and in muted colors, which one critic described as muddy. Nevertheless, for those of us who came of age during the 60s, there is still magic in the name of Halston.