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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: Models on the runway at Vera Wang during New York Fashion Week on September 10, 2019 in New York City. Paul Morigi/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY == Image Credit: AFP

After a two-year break, Vera Wang returned to the New York Fashion Week runway Tuesday with a moody and sexy show that featured high-couture lingerie elements, hippie hair, and heels so spiky that some models struggled to stay on their feet.

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The Vera Wang collection is modeled during Fashion Week, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Image Credit: AP

Camisoles. Bustiers. Garters. Corsets. All of these were on full display in a show that took place in a dark room punctuated by dramatic columns of white light.

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The Vera Wang collection is modeled during Fashion Week, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Image Credit: AP

The show was titled: “Seduction. Layering to Reveal. Done and Undone.”

Colours were mainly black, grey, white and metallic — but, typically of Wang, mostly black. Charmeuse, silk, lace and tulle were in abundance.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: Vanessa Hudgens attends the Vera Wang front row during New York Fashion Week on September 10, 2019 in New York City. Paul Morigi/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY == Image Credit: AFP

'California Dreamin’ was on the soundtrack. She says that was on her mind too as she developed her collection.