"I want to rename pre-fall city, " Michael Kors said. "It s our most urban season, the clothes every girl in our office wants to wear all year round." Taking "seasonlessness" as his mantra—and Helmut Newton models as his muses—the designer showed a black bathrobe coat with a fox collar over a chiffon blouse and stretch wool shorts, and a belted zip-front vest with a seamed skirt ("It s a suit but not a suit," he said). There were also plenty of the sort of shoulder-baring shifts that Kors fan Michelle Obama has made her uniform. Versatility was another talking point of a collection that covered a lot of ground. Add one of his clever leather peplum belts to a long-sleeve dress or a sexy strapless number, and presto-change-o, you ve got two looks in one. As for his glove-leather sheath with underwire seams, it won t fly in any office we know about, but its racy silhouette is the very definition of "working it." In fact, we wouldn t have objected to more of that Newton kick.
