New York Fashion week raps up

Designers at the annual New York Fashion week are finishing up their week of strutting their new stylish new threads and are hoping to capitalize on the larger demand for U.S. designer clothes.

Steven Kolb, executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America told the Associated Press that some of the chicest shops in Europe are looking U.S. for new talent and styles.

"Today's designers are talented and they're marketers. That's part of the excitement about American fashion - it's part of the enthusiasm. And the established designers really want to nurture the young designer. That's very American," he told the wire service.

Executive Fashion Director of Style.com Candy Pratts Price agreed with the settiment America is hot in the fashion world. She added her website has had 9 million visitors this month.

"American fashion is alive and well," Price told the AP. "New York is looking strong this season. There's long, there's short, there's clothes to grab and go. They reflect the modern way of dressing."