New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and ELLE’s team has been everywhere, spotting trends on the runways, celebrities on the red carpets, and, as in the story below, taking you behind the velvet rope at the week’s best parties. Speaking of trends, contributor Kristen Bateman’s story on the return of colored tights had me smiling wide. What is fashion for if not adding an easy pop of joy as the days get longer and darker?
—Sara Austin, executive editor