AP PHOTOS: Bold style highlights NY Fashion Week
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The Marc Jacobs Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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The Marc Jacobs Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A model wears a design from the Calvin Klein Spring 2013 collection at Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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The Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Camera phones and ipads are illuminated as designer Jill Stuart waves to the audience after her Spring 2013 collection was modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday Sept 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
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A model wears a design from the Rachel Zoe Spring 2013 collection at Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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The Alexander Wang Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Women sit inside the Fashion Week tents at Lincoln Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Fashion insiders, ever ahead of their time, began looking to spring on Thursday as they previewed the outfits that will land in stores and in magazines for the season at New York Fashion Week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Fashion show producer Etienne Russo, left, from Brussels, schools a model during rehearsal for the Prabal Gurung Spring 2013 collection, during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Fashion show producer Alex Betak, Director of Bureau Betak, schools model Karly Kloss on the runway before the Michael Kors Spring 2013 collection is modeled, during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A model wears a design from Anna Sui's Spring 2013 collection during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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The Marc Jacobs Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A model, far left, walks the runway wearing a design from the Calvin Klein Spring 2013 collection as actresses Amy Adams, Emma Stone and Diane Kruger watch at Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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A model wears a design from the Marchesa Spring 2013 collection at Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Richard Chai is modeled on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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The Alexander Wang Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Jenny Packham is modeled on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Tory Burch is modeled during New York fashion week on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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The Michael Kors Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta watches as the final model walks the runway during the presentation of his Spring 2013 collection at Fashion Week in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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The J. Mendel Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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The Alexander Wang Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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The Jason Wu Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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The Ralph Lauren Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Nanette Lepore is modeled on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Tracy Reese is modeled on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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The Ralph Lauren Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Models are readied backstage before the Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Jenny Packham is modeled on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Jenny Packham is modeled on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Yigal Azrouel is modeled on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Fashion from the Spring 2013 collection of Yigal Azrouel is modeled on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Forget about delicate flowers and pastels — there's no room for shrinking violets in the spring designs previewed over eight days at New York Fashion Week.
Saturated color was all over the runway, with bold stripes at Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors, edgy patterns everywhere and hardly a "pretty" floral in the bunch. Cutouts and corsets were frequent sights, along with leather — perforated, laser-cut and colorful — longer hemlines and skirt suits.
Clothes came in many layers of fabric and textures, with plenty of black and white along with bold color. When even Oscar de la Renta shows leather and latex, you know spring will have some bite.
New York Fashion Week ended Thursday and many of the editors, stylists and retailers gathered here headed straight to London Fashion Week, which begins Friday.