Fashion Week for Fall 2008 has come to a close. Yes, everyone from Anne Hathaway to K.Fed sat with Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley and witnessed what Boston can expect from the fashion world in a matter of months.

There was the usual drama and gossip that surfaced--Donna Karan is the latest victim of PETA’s wrath, and Rachel Zoe wasn't let into Marc Jacobs' show--that’s what you get for talking smack about Anna.

As for the hot gossip of what to wear in the upcoming fall/winter months, as expected, black is the base color for everything. But expect another season with a Jackson Pollock splash color like we’re seeing this spring. Another big trend for the fall is gold. Everyone seemed to be giving their garments the Midas touch for the Fall season. Allow Bostonist to discuss some of the hits and misses (Why, Calvin…Why?) of Fashion Week.

Everything old was new again with Diane von Furstenberg, who resuscitated women’s suits and silk dresses from the 40’s and flapper dresses of the 20’s. Geometric and flower patterns with bold colors were sent down her runway mixed with fitter or oversized cardigan sweaters were featured prominently during her show, which she named “Foreign Affair”. Diane knows how to dress women and a lot of her line was chic enough for Barneys and practical enough for anywhere else, if you can afford it.

Post contributed by Jocelyn Celeste. Alas, we can't use Fashion Week photos, but here's an image of a book on Diane von Furstenberg from Amazon. Find out what Bostonist thought the lowest point of Fashion Week was after the jump!

For every high point, there was a low point to match. In this author’s opinion the lowest was Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein. Costa has been designing for Klein for the last five years, and we don’t see it lasting for much longer. Calvin Klein has always been the designer for people who like their fashion simple but classic. This season it was a mixture of boring and with a dash of WTF? Everything sent down the runway was some shade of grey (blue-grey, black-grey, grey-grey, light grey etc.); even Angela from The Office knows how to put a dash of color in her wardrobe. Miserable glares from the models, who wore little to no make-up and slicked back ponytails, seemed to be signs that they were just as disgusted with what they were wearing, too. Case in point, the paper doll dress, there is no other way to describe this crime against fashion. This slap-dash, sewn-together piece of clothing makes the poor model look bigger, and, well, to be quite frank, made her chest look like it started from her midsection. Because really, what woman doesn’t want to walk around looking like they have saggy wonky breasts ala Drew Barrymore from the 2006 Golden Globes? (Didn’t think we’d remember, did ya, Drew?)

Isaac Mizrahi, on the other hand, worked with a lot with grey, but his patterns and shapes fitted eloquently and could make any woman feel as regal as Jackie O or free spirited as Annie Hall. Isaac does menswear for women the way it should be done. And we at Bostonist cannot wait to see what he has in store for Liz Claiborne.

The girl who wears Proenza Schouler is not one who wants to hide in the background. Designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez jumped head first into the land of sequins, but they make it work without making the girl who wears them look like a walking advert for Las Vegas. Gold mini dresses, granted not the most sensible thing to wear doing the winter, look adorable with black tights and black heels. Black sequined men’s trousers could also be worn to a cocktail party and to work with a simple black sweater. The boys also made some lovely wool coats that will keep you warm and look good while you’re toasty walking from the T to your office.

The highlight of every New York (and Paris) fashion week is Marc Jacobs. Jacobs did two shows on back to back days for two collections and opened up the week with the premiere of the documentary, “Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton.” This new documentary covers the working relationship by the two giants and is probably the most in-depth look into Jacobs' head as a designer and artist. The collections were great bookends for each other, both 80’s inspired, but with different twists. Marc by Marc Jacobs was more edgy, the punk rock younger sibling to Marc Jacobs which was more refined and polished. Big patterns (Kelly Green and Black houndstooth mini dresses – no, really, it works!) and zippers everywhere were just two of the signatures of his new line. His men’s line will see fitted suits that are almost tuxedo like. Either way, Mark Ronson is going to look amazing next fall, if that’s humanly possible.

Expect a flashier, bolder 2008. Much to the dismay of some, the 80’s are back again, and so is the era of bigger is better in fashion.