NEW YORK: A sculpted winter coat the color of a juicy orange told the story from Narciso Rodriguez. Techno tutus, knits woven into a rainbow coalition and dresses dripping red like blood sang out the message at romantic Rodarte. And Matthew Williamson wove it all together with his patterns of cross-stitch samplers.
The focus of the fall/winter 2008 season is primarily on colors. And this from a city where wearing any color as long as it is black has long been a mantra - at least for daytime clothes.
But in New York, the excitement over the Super Bowl on Sunday and the presidential nomination contests on Tuesday seems to have seeped into fashion. Bland has been banished. And if, in some cases, the mixes of color and texture seem over the top, they still add dash to winter dressing.
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The focus of the fall/winter 2008 season is primarily on colors. And this from a city where wearing any color as long as it is black has long been a mantra - at least for daytime clothes.
But in New York, the excitement over the Super Bowl on Sunday and the presidential nomination contests on Tuesday seems to have seeped into fashion. Bland has been banished. And if, in some cases, the mixes of color and texture seem over the top, they still add dash to winter dressing.
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