At left, Alexander Wang's fall collection. Right, spring 2012. Photos: Imaxtree

Alexander Wang‘s become a sort of young master of sporty chic. He’s referenced football, accessorized collections with reflectors and even introduced sneakers for fall. But for spring, he’s taken the anoraks and parkas that figured so heavily into that fall collection and found a way to make them warm weather appropriate: break them down into dresses. The swishy, waterproof-looking material morphed into tough girl day (or cocktail, depending on the shoes) dresses with enough pockets and zippers to be a reasonable outfit for an unusually fashion forward bike messenger. You might have to swap out the stilettos, but you’ll want to keep the cross body bags.