To improve is to change and to be perfect is to change often. Spring 2016 is a wrap, and if there is one thing that defined the season it’s change. And it continued until the very last day of Paris , when Kering announced that Vetement’s Demna Gvasalia would take over for Alexander wang at Balenciaga. Change continued with the thrilling technological coups at Chalayan and Iris Vantterpen . Who are showing us in real time what the clothes of the future will look like.

Most significant among the season’s developments, though, was the city- spanning shift away from the minimalism that has defined fashion in recent years toward a more decorative, eccentric way of dressing. With Gucci’s Alessandro Michele leading the change.

There is no overestimating Michele’s influence; he’s changed fashion’s way of seeing in a matter of mere months. Individuality and authenticity are what matter now and it’s those precise qualities that defined the season’s most important shows.