NEW YORK - WHILE a few designers let the dour economic mood creep into their collections, New York's Fashion Week, which wraps up on Friday, rallied in style against the recession with lots of gold, glamour and dazzle.
Decked out in thigh-high boots, vertigo-inducing stilettos and elbow-length snakeskin gloves, backs naked and shoulders draped in silver fox, models showing the autumn-winter 2009-2010 creations looked far from hurried businesswomen.