How to wear it

Head-to-toe colors may have been hot on the runway for New York Fashion Week, but that doesn't mean you should wear it all at once.

• Stylist Mary Alice Stephenson recommends infusing color into your wardrobe with a bright lipstick or shoe. Perhaps a hot pink top with jeans. "All the color piled on at once is a no-no," she said. "Don't take the trend so literally, don't go dye your hair pink."
• Designer Michael Kors also included a lot of neutrals in his collection that he says can be worn in "an uplifting way" with metallic accessories. "We've finally convinced women that gold isn't just for night. How nice is it to be able to wear it during the day?" Kors said. "And it works with any color."
• Color-blocking is a very modern way to wear color, says Suze Yalof Schwartz, fashion editor at large for Glamour. It's bold and eye-catching but not too much of any one thing.
• Schwarz also recommends breaking up a single color, voluminous dress from last spring with the new "it" belt -- a long skinny one wrapped two or three times around the waist.