1. Gareth Pugh Is Coming to New York Fashion Week and Mingling With the Public. God bless M.A.C. for inviting Gareth Pugh to get in on the action at the downtown Fashion Week at Milk Studios this season, for he has accepted and will screen his latest film, directed by Ruth Hogbenat, at Milk on September 13. "It will hopefully set the mood for my catwalk show, which will take place as usual in Paris," Pugh says. "It will represent the essence of what the show this season is about, although it couldn't be further from a trailer, it's more of an abstract insight." From 8 to 10 p.m., the movie will be screened for Fashion Week guests, but from 10 p.m. to midnight, non-industry folk can go to Milk and watch the movie.

2. BCBG MAX ARIA BCBG Max Azria usually sets off the fashion season's first paparazzi swarm. Well, for many, particularly the sector that follows the It-party-girl lead, the checklist is still short, body-con, and sexy . The husband-and-wife team of Max and Lubov Azria worked the look like a collage, piecing and tucking bright abstract florals into solid blacks, navies, and the odd Pepto pink.

3. JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Underwear has become a dominant theme this season, and you couldn't expect Jean Paul Gaultier to just ignore it. Not when he practically invented the concept with his partner in crime, Madonna. Gaultier fully embraced this latest lingerie moment, naming his Spring collection "The G Spot."

4. CAROLINA HERRERA Counterbalancing the clearly luxe materials was a surprising push into silhouettes that were, if not quite downtown, then certainly younger looking: Thigh-baring shorts accompanied jackets for a new (to Herrera, at least) take on the summer suit. Fresh evening separates, like an ivory satin toile long-sleeve blouse and matching long skirt shared the runway with gowns and column dresses. And, yes, there was even a jumpsuit—it was belted and strapless, with cropped full legs, and came in a deep brick-red gazar.

5. Marc line has presented for Spring today was one of his liveliest in a while. Maybe that's because he borrowed some of the details from his own recent oeuvre. To start with, the models all wore bunny bows in their hair, echoing Madonna's Vuitton getup at the Met ball, albeit on a smaller scale. Then there were the jackets and coats with the still-directional forties-by-way-of-the-eighties pinched shoulders. Fall's neon's made a reappearance as well; the best of the bunch being a hot pink and caution orange striped dress with mismatched belt. MARC JACOBS