1.   And the wave of lighter brighter colors offered on spring runways also provides common ground.

2.   And there were plenty of gaunt, sapling-thin blondes on the spring runways last week.

3.   Anna Sui borrows the look for her spring runway in a pair of acid green holographic-treated cotton Home Boy jeans.

4.   Leather punched out to resemble lace has become as common on spring runways as bare midriffs and denim.

5.   Some are straight off the spring runways.

6.   The designer Michael Kors even sent a mink hooded sweatshirt down the runway last spring.

7.   The most surprising accessory seen so far on the spring runways is the reinvented fanny pack.