From astrakhan fur to the swinging '60s, here are 19 of the best trends of the fall 2014 season.

Make no mistake: There is a tremendous underrepresentation of blacks in fashion. Yet West, even with his cultural capital, influence, and opportunity, has done very little to increase the visibility of brown folks in the industry—well, at least brown folks other than himself.

Queen Elizabeth II is getting downright festive in her holiday dress (well, for her, anyway). {HuffPo} Jane Fonda is 75 (!) and credits her youthful looks to good genes...and, okay, a good plastic surgeon. {US Weekly} A new study shows a majority of women prefer 1950s-eqsue men; let's not try to unpack the feminist implications of that and just enjoy looking at Jon Hamm as Don Draper, shall we? {Daily Mail} Andrej Pejic covers Elle Serbia in head to toe Jean Paul Gaultier. {Styleite}

Do you have designer collaboration fatigue yet? You better not, because there's another one to look forward to. JCPenney just announced a "seasonal collaboration" with London-based--and First Lady-approved--designer Duro Olowu.