Don't get us wrong, we love ready-to-wear Fashion Week but it just doesn't have quite the same magic as haute couture fashion week, where dreamy gowns are a given.
It's always a pleasure, then, when Marchesa's RTW show comes around at New York Fashion Week.
The label, helmed by Brits Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, is well known for its red carpet-worthy dresses, rich in embellishment, sparkle and wow factor.
Yesterday they showed their SS17 collection, and it was everything we would have expected: