Carolina Herrera looked to Korea for her decadent collection

Carolina Herrera looked to Korea for her decadent collection Kimono-style wrap-front jackets and dresses worked their way into the minimalist collections of Narciso Rodriguez, Reed Krakoff and Francisco Costa at Calvin Klein. Vera Wang went in an edgier direction, using Quentin Tarantino's kung fu revenge flick "Kill Bill" as a creative springboard to come up with fierce-looking black twist-front pants tied with sumo rope belts, silk faille origami pleated coats and floral print "geisha dresses."

Carolina Herrera looked to Korea for her decadent collection of aikido pants, embroidered silk jackets and dresses with knotted cord belts, and silk faille gowns with Korean sashes. Proenza Schouler designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough turned their love of tie-dye into a love of Japanese shibori.

Oscar de la Renta dabbled in shibori too - shibori plaid.But Ralph Rucci, long a student of Eastern philosophy and design, is the expert. You see Asian influences in all of his work, most notably this however season in an ecru cotton jacquard coat with a pagoda design on the back.