While other designers have been letting their clothes get farther and father away from the body, Christopher Bailey has been busy bringing Burberry's lines closer to the curves.

For the women's side of his Pre-Fall 2013 collection, that meant body-hugging everything: dresses, skirts, sweaters, and even the house's signature outerwear. It was forthrightly sexy stuff, especially the cocktail dresses sewn on top of mesh bodices. There was a definite tinge of a professional-grade luxury as well; perhaps that idea was best expressed in a coat with fur on top and camel below the waist, and in slim pencil skirts that stopped right at the knee.

For the boys, Bailey seemed a little more carefree. Shirts in a heart print stood alongside sweatshirts with cartoon versions of a London police officer or a Royal Guardsman at Buckingham Palace, all of which added a little humor to the collection. And while there were no shortage of topcoats and trenches here, the most notable piece of outerwear was a motorcycle jacket lined with mink. How decadent — and cool — is that?

A trip to Istanbul inspired Max and Lubov Azria to create a softer collection for Pre-Fall 2013 than the leather-infused offering they turned out for Spring.

Here, instead of the strappy harnesses that adorned the bodice, there were soft ruffles of fabric that spilled from the necklines and shoulders of shirts and dresses. Pants were cut wide, and as with a number of other designers this season, the Azrias let a few skirts fall below the knee to midcalf.

You can see the Turkish capital literally in mosaic-tile prints and rich color choices — like the tomato red of a dress with sheer sleeves decorated with buttons of varying sizes. But it was also felt in flounces like lace insets and decorative cuffs. "It's such a romantic place," Max said. "It was really influential of the collection's mood."

Menswear inspiration has touched more than a few Pre-Fall collections, but Angela Missoni took the interplay between masculine and feminine to new heights in her latest offering.

Many of the trousers, though cropped above the ankle, were cut wide with single pleats. And save for a few coats with the rounded shoulders designers have favored of late, the outerwear here tended to be fairly boxy. Many featured strong collars — like a houndstooth topper with an aggressively striped notch lapel, or a double-breasted number in pale blue trimmed with enough fur to cover the wearer's neck and chest.

But not even that coat could suppress the girlie things Missoni layered underneath, like turtlenecks made from a lacy knit or the unexpected thigh-high cut of a pair of shorts. The fabric combinations here were genius (and feminine), too: knitted exterior pockets on another houndstooth coat; a lace inset that exposed the thighs on an otherwise opaque dark gray dress; and the screaming marriage of turquoise lace, a knubbly black knit, and smooth copper and black stripes on a cardigan were just a few of the pieces that couldn't help but stand out.

Photos courtesy of Missoni