Praise for Oldham at Escada Skirts looked a little shorter and jackets a nudge shapelier, but the dead giveaway was the patchwork jacket with more color and pattern combinations than a kaleidoscope.

On Saturday, Mrs. Krzanowski wore a patchwork jacket with several cat pins on the lapel, as well as a cat watch with a mouse for a second hand.

Second, the women would stitch cotton scraps together into patchwork jackets, coats and futon covers.

Brown's image is characterised by a clown-like stage costume consisting of a flying helmet and goggles, a multicoloured patchwork jacket and trousers, a white shirt, a red bow tie and moccasin slippers.

It includes body suits, a short velvet flyaway jacket with chiffon godets at the sleeves and a single patchwork jacket, a reference to his color-block design days.

The siren dresses totally overshadowed what went before, which included patchwork jackets, fake furs, argyle sweaters and pin-striped wool suits that were very toned down for Mr. Oldham.

A gypsy-inspired fitted patchwork jacket was flung over a peasant midriff top and an ankle-length skirt of black tulle under a multihued black and blue silk overskirt draped to one side.

But feather chokers, patchwork jackets (fabric squares blanketed Milan) and foot-long fringe made one fashion illustrator fear that she was suffering from deja drew.

The cruise collection, priced from $40 for a knit shirt to $500 for a leather jacket, includes a colorful patchwork jacket, some imaginative chambray work shirts and nondescript khaki trousers.

A very young, dirty-looking captain in a patchwork jacket moaned, "Aw, what's that for?