Sarah Jessica Parker Lets the Silver Show at the New York City Ballet's Fall Fashion Gala

At the New York City Ballet's Fall Fashion Gala, the look Sarah Jessica Parker wore most clearly for the occasion was her hair. She wore it in a single long herringbone plait, and natural strands of gray ran through it from top to end. A plait like that works almost like a ribbon. The woven pattern catches the light along its whole length, and the silver threads made the effect stronger, picking out every crossover in the weave. For a gala in honor of a ballet company, the choice suited the room: it was neat, pulled back and quietly romantic, the kind of style you might picture on a dancer waiting in the wings. It is also a lesson for any New Yorker planning a fall evening out: a carefully done braid can carry as much of the look as anything else you wear, and gray worked into it adds to the effect.

With reporting from The Zoe Report.