Cathryn Horn is a genious when it comes to describing the magnitude of a runway show. Readers are able to get every detail and feel as if they're there sitting right there in front row gawking gorgeous models as they move swiftly down the catwalk. She embellishes a little, giving the audience a mood and tone that the designer intended to reflect. For instance, she describes Bottega Veneta's collection as "burnt velvet dresses in a three-dimensional blur of colors, dresses and skirts with soft peplums, and velvet-paneled evening dresses" and going further with Prada, she notes "with bandit eyes and ironed hair tipped in white or black, the models in Miuccia Prada's latest show looked fierce indeed."  If NY Times did not have any pictures of the collection, I could litterally imagine what the designer had created just by her context alone. Going further, her descriptive notes on "graphic jacquards", knits and embroidery are so on point.She mentions the "chunky beadwork down the back of coats" of Prada's latest collection; I think words like "chunky" is almost like keeping it real with the reader instead of being boring and polite. It also embraces the style of the clothing, and I just love it! I totally her writing skills for sure.

1. SILHOUETTE & DESIGN

Velvet-Paneled Evening Dresses

2. DETAILS

 Tailoring in wool or jacquards and silk prints evocative of old carpet designs (Men's)

3. COLOR

Soft peplums

Burnt velvet dresses in a three-dimensional blur of colors 
Colors — orange, violet, persimmon — are super-saturated

4. FABRIC

Graphic jacquards, knits and chunky beadwork down the back of coats.
And fabrics are much lighter in weight, despite how they may appear in photographs or videos.

5. CREATIVE “JARGON”
One difference is that patterns, redolent of old-carpet designs, now have graphic punch