Marc Jacobs gave us a short, sharp shock: a four-minute show, 31 looks and no finale. His company was recently sold to WHP Group and G-III, so the obvious question was whether this was one last hurrah or a fresh beginning.

He stayed out of sight backstage and kept it enigmatic. The show notes read, "Amidst challenge lay purpose and through change lay possibility," which echoes his usual hashtag, grateful not hateful, and he chose light, shine and joyful exuberance. I think that is the right answer to a question like that.

The idea is very simple: how to go bare and short, really short, with opaque bodysuits and stockings underneath your bustiers and minis. Most of the looks are pantsless in a way that feels like Edie Sedgwick by way of Charli XCX. Even the lady jackets, with scrolls of shining embroidery and tinselly trim down the lapels, come without trousers. I love how matter-of-fact it is. Nobody is flirting with the camera. The clothes are doing it for them.

Almost nine in ten looks wear colored opaque tights, in mustard, violet, orange, magenta and turquoise, and the color is the real styling. A skirt, a bodysuit and a pair of tights in a fighting shade make an outfit that needs no accessories. I think it is the most useful idea in the show. Buy a pair of tights in a color you are slightly scared of. Then build the rest quietly.

The opening ten looks are see-through vinyl and plastic, which turns into opaque, gleaming fabrics. It reminded me of the cellophane nurses' uniforms in a Louis Vuitton collection of nearly twenty years ago, and the show is full of that kind of class-reunion callback.

Faux jewels pile up around the neck and at the waist, on belts and chains, and the beaded collars near the end are the loudest jewelry in the show. It is referential, self-referential and a little defiant, which is classic Jacobs. I would not change a thing.