Paris Fashion Week makes it official: You need a cape for fall 2020

PARIS - The fashion message was clear: Capes aren't just for magicians anymore. If you don't think you can rock one with all the confidence of a runway model or Billy Porter or even Count von Count, you've got about six months to practice throwing one over your shoulders with calculated nonchalance.

That's because the trend, one of the major takeaways of New York Fashion Week last month, gained major traction on the catwalks here. Another mini-trend we noticed coming out of New York, novel knitwear, caught its stride here as well, making for some of the coziest clothes we've seen in a long time.

Here you'll find a look at those fall and winter 2020 trends - and a few others that caught our attention - that designers and labels hope you'll