At 3.1 Phillip Lim, the set involved oversized crown moldings strewn across the enormous Park Avenue Armory. Models had been stripped of their jewelry and embellishment in the chic layers that characterized the collection.

Spring trends spotted on the runway included leather, khaki hues and longer hemlines.

Kanye West (in a hot pink jacket!), Rashida Jones and Alexa Chung were there and much of the collection looked like it was made for Chung.

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It was Ladies Day at Lincoln Center! From Carolina (Herrera) to Tracy (Reese) to Monique (Lhuillier) to Betsey (Johnson), there was something for everywoman to covet.

In general, I’ve been told Minnesota is a cocktail dress kind of place and not-so-into gowns. I’d rather not believe it, nor would the more than six Minnesotans looked on as Monique Lhuillier presented her spring 2011 collection.

A triumph in femininity and countless red-carpet gowns prevailed. The palette was pretty much perfect, combining my personal favorite color combination of red and gold.

Can’t wait for Lhuillier’s bridge line to also launch in spring 2011. Sportswear starts at $295, cocktail frocks at $395 and gowns at $595. Another triumph for womankind.

Do you think Rachel Zoe liked this white minimalist Derek Lam show-closing dress as much as I did?

Hard to read that expression. The notes on this show are about West Coast minimalism, including artists Larry Bell, Donald Judd and Dan Flavin.

It seems that Lam is California dreaming for spring 2011.