At Carolina Herrera, creative director Wes Gordon created an artful environment to show his fall 2025 collection. Individual flowers emerged from the floor, nestled in what looked like piles of debris. The effect was somewhat haunting, but still chic against the gowns parading down the runway.

The brand’s runway return after six-year hiatus from the catwalk drew in an array of famous faces including Bad Bunny, Kate Moss, Eve Hewson, Christy Turlington Burns, and the namesake designer Klein himself.

At the end of New York Fashion Week, after six days of nonstop fashion—admiring every garment, reporting on them, and thinking only about clothes—there comes that inevitable moment when the dazzling illusion finally dissolves into reality.