Not since the 1990s has the fashion world been so enamored with trousers. Everyone from Hannah McGibbon at Chlo ufffd to Christophe Decarnin at Balmain to Patrick Robinson at the Gap emphasized pants this fall.

"It's a wardrobe essential for real women today," MacGibbon told Elle magazine of her penchant for pants, adding that her target customer isn't a 'fantasy' woman: "Women have demanding lifestyles."