New York Fashion Week is in full swing: we look at (and through) the latest sheer pieces.

So far, it’s seems that spring 2012 is going to be pretty transparent. Designers such as Rachel Comey have gotten creative with semi-opaque fabrics by printing chunky cable knits on silk, while others opted for games with a kaleidoscopic palette of bright colours. Patterns on sheer can add a wisplike quality, as in the long flowy dresses that opened Carlos Miele’s show. BCBG’s look was sheer coloured blocked fabrics layered on top of each other while Tracy Reese’s crochet knit jumper over a sheer pink and grey skirt makes us green with envy.