The couture shows are so much fun because they aren’t beholden to such concepts as “hanger appeal” and “salability”. This is where fashion becomes art.
For Fall 2012, Jean Paul Gaultier had the best stuff. Like costumes from a 1920′s silent science fiction film:
Alexis Mabille sent down a few awesome, space princess-esque gowns:
After that wackadoo, Klingon Project Runway resort collection, Karl Lagerfeld reined it in for his fall couture collection at Chanel, sending out mostly re-interpretations of tweed. And in the middle of it was this dress:
Giambattista Valli was mostly a nightmare of aggressively floral prints and pissed off ruffles, but I love this one dress. It looks like she reached down to the forest floor, picked it up, and wrapped it around herself.
Armani Prive always does such beautiful, futurist collections. I loved everything that came down the runway, but particularly this gown:
Armani Prive also likes to send models down the runway in pairs, which is fun because it can make the models look like adult fashionista versions of the Shining Twins:
Lisa Fary's earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She's angry that it's 2011 and she still doesn't have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram. 
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Gaultier always has the best science fiction stuff! I would expect no less from the house that designed The Fifth Element. I really like Mabille’s offerings. I think a good portion of them looked like futuristic greek goddesses. I really really really liked the dresses he put on Tian Yi and Thana Kuhnen.