By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL
AP Fashion Writer
NEW YORK – Quilting, lace, fur, leather. Designers are feeling texture for next fall.
Oscar de la Renta’s patchwork coat in full floral, embroidered, striped, Jacquard glory told the story well Wednesday as New York Fashion Week headed into a final, furious stretch of runway shows.
Even for de la Renta’s well-heeled woman, “It’s all about little thrills,” said Ken Dowling, fashion director at Neiman Marcus. “Designers are inventing all these ideas of interesting fabrics.”