Her show yesterday opened with slim belted coats in black wool and leather, and dark pants suits with ultra-tight, three-quarter-sleeved tops.

However, the breed's slim build and short coat make them somewhat fragile, and injury can result from rough or careless play with children.

Her colorful printed frocks were worn beneath slim, dark coats.

The alpha male regularly displays by making his normally slim coat puffed up to increase view size and charge to look as threatening and as powerful as possible.

Among the truly beautiful coats were a gray alpaca herringbone wrap with an attached scarf, a slim black cashmere collarless coat and a brown cashmere monk's coat.

Ms. Solomon said her slim shearling coat was Max Mara.

The fashion winner is: the slim coat with a high turtleneck collar.

Lacy black cardigans were shrugged over bias-striped knit dresses, and a slim cream-based coat struck the overall attitude of unfussy elegance.

A slim black coat was cinched at her waist and her hair blew over her eyes as she searched the darkness.

This has been, at best, a season of strict lines - Nicolas Ghesquiere's slim coats for Balenciaga - and, at worst, a season of indifferent proportions and tepid volumes.