By Katie Wright

Two grand dames of New York fashion were on the menu on day three, and displayed some of the most wearable and desirable clothes we’ve seen all week.

Oftentimes, DIANE VON FURSTENBURG seems to pinpoint a location with a collection, rather than a specific era or aesthetic, and while last season the giant sandy backdrop was an obvious clue to travel abroad, for Fall 2010 the oil slick-black catwalk denoted that she was firmly back in the city. Diane’s girl this season is an urbanite who likes to mix and match boyish separates in skyscraper colours with flippy, flirty dresses. She also loves to play with texture - velvet here, leather there, and, when out on the town, plenty sequins and shine.

Donna Karan has always had a knack for appealing to the city-dweller, and this year’s DKNY outing was no exception - almost every piece of this autumnal-toned collection could slot ideally into the wardrobes of girls and women everywhere. Her trademark drapey-clingy dresses were giving a Cubist makeover, and there’s a coat for every occasion - pea, duffel, gillet, boxy blazer - plus Karan’s interpretation of the emerging tartan trend was spot on.