Stella McCartney

Perhaps the collection’s biggest news came in McCartney’s ongoing development and expanded use of “Skin-Free-Skin.” Examples came in they’re-not-leather genie pants, “alter napa” leopard-pattern appliqués and alter-snake and alter suede-bags. One might say they look like the real thing, though McCartney would likely object. As she sees it, “alter” is the real thing — nothing fake about it.