Welcome to Post Runway, where every seat is in the front row.

Join Washington Post fashion critic Rachel Tashjian as she traverses the shows in New York, Milan and Paris, sharing the intel, insights and screwball scenes from her notebooks and iPhone photos that make the magical and ridiculous world of it-bags and it-girls go.

With nearly a dozen new designers debuting across the month at Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga and more, this is a season that could (if designers play their cards right) change the way we dress and think about style, and our shared notions of what beauty means today.

Dispatches will arrive in your inbox twice a week from Sept. 9 to Oct. 10.