On a sartorial mission for The Daily Beast, two journalists slightly bitter about their lack of invites to New York Fashion Week shows took a trip to Long Island.

At the latest installment of New York Fashion Week, certain designers’ political views were front and center at their shows: Piotrek Panszczyk and Beckett Fogg of Area, for instance, developed their latest collection around the motto “Bans Off Our Bodies”; their runway show featured a T-shirt supporting Planned Parenthood.

America First Warehouse, an event venue in Long Island, hosted a fashion show that spotlighted conservative designers.