Influencers finish up New York Fashion Week on Thursday with a taste of what's to come next fall, their appetite whet by some tough, some tailored and many black looks. But there were flashes of bright colors and earth tones, too.
The designers previewing spring collections at New York Fashion Week may not have had a single voice, but they all spoke loudly.
While members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have made much about the U.S. Olympic uniforms being made in China, a more disappointing aspect of the uniform that has received nary a mention is its distinctly European look.

There was no mystery as to which team Varun Pemmaraju was supporting: His American flag was tied around his neck, the Stars and Stripes floating like a cape behind him.
Even vintage-inspired costume designers need a thoroughly modern muse.
Which China-related trade and offshoring outrage should be raising more American hackles? One that entails about $904,000 in merchandise that objectors sayshould be Made in the USA, not the PRC? Or one that last year alone artificially juiced nearly $280 billion worth of Chinese exports to the U.S. to the detriment of American-based competitors?
Is it time to trade polished sheaths and all-business suits for lace gowns and tweed jodhpurs?
Fashion designer Vera Wang, who launched her label with wedding gowns, and her husband, Arthur Becker, are separating.

U.S. Olympians will be decked out in all white at the closing ceremony at the London Games.
The stakes are high. The judges are brutal. The challenges are difficult. And the contestants are determined to be the next Calvin Klein or Ralph Lauren.
President Obama will deliver an opening message before the debut of "Speak Up," a Cartoon Network documentary about bullied youth across America and those who have helped them.
Fashion's tastemakers and trendsetters started packing up on the eighth and final day of New York Fashion Week Thursday as shows began in London, followed by Milan and Paris. But as the runway previews of fall looks continue in Europe, some early trends have emerged.
Fashion's tastemakers and trendsetters started packing up on the eighth and final day of New York Fashion Week Thursday as shows began in London, followed by Milan and Paris. But as the runway previews of fall looks continue in Europe, some early trends have emerged.
Fashion designers, retailers, editors and stylists settled into their routines Thursday for eight days of previews at New York Fashion Week with barely a blink at all the photographers' flashes: a sign of business-as-usual stability.
Fashion designers, retailers, editors and stylists settled into their routines Thursday for eight days of previews at New York Fashion Week with barely a blink at all the photographers' flashes: a sign of business-as-usual stability.