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For the evening, there are short, colorful cocktail dresses featuring exquisite embroidery details. Accessories are highlighted by big and soft high-gloss bags with lacquered bamboo handles, comfortable ballerina shoes and two-color pumps. Biker and bombers jackets in leather and other luxurious fabrics are essential pieces in the men's collection. The skinny high-button suit and the long and lean trousers create the image of a sexy, crisp Gucci man. Get set for super-short miniskirts in autumn this year, if trends at last weekend's shows for New York Fashion Week are any guide for the fall season. Along with chunky turtlenecks and peacoats, the leggy look was big at shows for Nicole Miller, Lacoste, BCBG Max Azria, Erin Fetherston, Abaete and Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat line - among the early previews for editors, retailers and stylists at the tents at Bryant Park. Most minis were paired with opaque tights and ballet flats, a good sign for women who bought into those trends last fall. Treat those things with care and you'll get another season out of them. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week still has plenty of time for new "it" items to emerge. Runway shows run until Friday with Oscar de la Renta, Diane von Furstenberg, Zac Posen and a new incarnation of Bill Blass yet to preview their collections. Nicole Miller reversed course with her fall styles, ditching the Central American and Moroccan themes she has favored in the recent past and adopting an edgy, rock 'n' roll tone.