Fashion trends for fall: Big shoulders, even bigger coats and a color story to dye for

Paris has spoken and fashion’s final authority has laid down the law: This fall it’s all about power shoulders, enveloping outerwear and a color palette that runs the gamut from somber to surreal. The Milanese softened up with romance and New York went hard on Y2K grunge. But Paris countered with a sense of sartorial surety in a wardrobe built for the sharp the serious, and the spectacular. Coats are enormous, tailoring is back in play and the drama is dialed up on every front.