Collective Imagination

Left and right Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times; center, Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Left and right, Balmain; center, Dries Van Noten.

Among the trends emerging for fall are big cat spots, seen at Rochas, Dries Van Noten and Thursday at Balmain. There’s also a bit more gold around this season, thanks to Balmain, which opened with a long gold dress and had gold leather pants and sparkling gold pinstripes on a black pantsuit.