Sandy Liang honed in on outerwear this season, explaining that when she started her label she initially wanted to design only coats. Her fall inspirations were personal — Liang was influenced mostly by where she lives, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and one coat was dyed to mimic the coloring of her Australian Shepherd dog’s fur. But the looks had a smart practicality to them: “I see my girl taking the subway in them, going out in them,” she said.
The tight lineup, clearly made with love, was full of statement-making looks for cool urbanites — from a black leather motorcycle jacket with fur sleeves to a puffer coat with a powder-blue Mongolian fur collar.