The 17 best dresses at New York Fashion Week AW18

Amid the flurry of fame and excess and ridiculous trends and attention-grabbing outfits that always come with any New York Fashion Week, there are usually — hopefully — some incredibly beautiful dresses and outfits too.

Sure some shows seem to still exist solely for the sake of some photographs and a remarkable front row, but plenty others treat us to clothes that are as innovative as they are majestic.

Here are 17 of our favorite dresses from this season:

This nearly-holographic Sies Marjan

This blue velvet Tory Burch

This outstanding turquoise ballgown at Christian Siriano

This bejeweled Christian Siriano

This silvery sparkly Brandon Maxwell

This blue striped Carolina Herrera

This rainbow Carolina Herrera

This red, buttoned Adeam

This fluffy Jason Wu

This Marc Jacobs power dress

This velvet Bottega Veneta

This sparkly and embroidered Naeem Khan

This luscious gold satin Pyer Moss

This floral Oscar de la Renta

This voluminous Oscar de la Renta

This golden velvet Prabal Gurung

This red Badgley Mischka ballgown

London Fashion Week, you’re up next.