Image by Hatnim Lee

It’s getting to that point in Fashion Week when it’s getting harder to get dressed: It’s cold. It’s damp. It’s February.

These are the days Mona Kowalska might have had in mind when she sent out models in mushroom-colored sweaters that grazed the tops of their over-the-knee socks. These layers that would make dressing prettily easy, even on the least inspiring of days: Start with a helping of Japanese minimalism (cocoon-shaped cardigans), add some nostalgia for American grunge (maybe a skinniest-strapped slipdress in a tiny print), and add just the slightest bit of constructed design (Marni-ish volume at the neckline). A dash of turquoise across the models’ eyelids was reminiscent of clearer days, but right around the time the lights came up on the runway at A Détacher, outside, it began to snow.