Fall 2009 New York Fashion Week: Fight club

Designers were spoiling for a fight this season, sending out collections that seemed designed to do battle against marauding martial artists, swordsmen and snipers (Rag & Bone had tied-leg “ninja pants,” fencing jackets and a curiously labeled “bullet-proof tux shirt”). Z Zegna evoked the feeling of chain mail with handmade silk filament knits, and Calvin Klein’s futuristic-looking molded nylon jackets (pictured) appeared solid enough to defend the corner office against encroaching Stormtroopers.

— Adam Tschorn

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  (Jonas Gustavsson and Peter Stigter / For The Times)