The Lincoln Centre opened its doors for New York Fashion Week yesterday, with the likes of Cynthia Rowley, BCBG Max Azria, Tadashi Shoji and Richard Chai easing us into the start of the autumn/winter 2012 trends.  

To recap, there were digi-prints aplenty at Cynthia Rowley, while BCBG Max Azria once again played with blocks of colour and structured textures. Richard Chai went for a very prominent boy versus girl theme, and perhaps best of all, we got a first glimpse at potential Oscars dresses when the models at Tadashi Shoji glided along the runway.

A-Listers making up the front row included Fashion Week veterans Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and Alexa Chung among many fabulous others.

So far, so versatile. We wonder what the emerging trends of the new season will be… no frontrunners yet, but it’s just the beginning, so watch this space!

[Image: Richard Chai Love, Tadashi Shoji, BCBG Max Azria]