Republican politics hasn’t been the only elephant in the room last week at the party’s national convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

There have been fashions (including elephant-adorned garb) that, while being far from the focus of the week’s events, were hard to miss.

A bird’s-eye view of the arena floor looked like a cross between a concert and a business conference. Call it a melting pot of American style — or enough fodder to fuel an entire season of the E! Network’s “Fashion Police.” There were enough women in sequins and enough suited silver-haired men to turn watching C-Span’s coverage of it all into some sort of drinking game.

Here’s what else was trending throughout the week:

Business suits and ball caps: And not just any ball caps. These were cut-from-the-same-cloth-as-a-roadside-safety-vest neon ones. (But maybe these folks wanted something that could double for hunting season?)

Smells like state spirit: At times, the convention looked like a preview for the coming summer Olympics opening ceremony, with some states’ delegates cocktail evening dresses in matchy outfits. Texans turned heads with their lone star state flag shirts and cowboy hats, not to be outdone by the Guam delegation (in loud patterned shirts and leis) and some proud Wisconsians. After all, if you’ve got a cheese-head fedora, flaunt it.

D-I-Y hats: Don your favorite bonnet — with homemade red, white and blue frills upon it — and you’ll be the grandest lady in the Grand Old Party.

Oh so many ill-fitting red women’s skirted suit sets: Enough said.

Let’s be fair, though. People typically aren’t expected to wear their red-carpet best to these things. But as the lines have blurred in recent years between the realms of fashion and politics, it’s getting trickier to separate one from the other.

Back in 2008, John McCain’s vice presidential pick Sarah Palin generated a surge in designer eyeglass sales, particularly for her signature Kazuo Kawasaki frames. When she switched them a few years later, she made headlines again.

Plus, take first lady Michelle Obama. She’s become to American style what Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is to fashion across the pond. Her wardrobe choices for high-profile events during Barack Obama’s presidency have helped to turn once little-known designers such as Jason Wu and Tracy Reese into household names.

She’s also been credited with bringing new life to seemingly dowdy separates like the cardigan sweater.

Remember when she wore that $148 off-the-rack, black-and-white print dress while co-hosting ABC’s “The View” in 2008? The dress, designed by Donna Ricco, virtually sold out overnight at White House/Black Market.

A study by David Yermack, professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business, found that for 189 public appearances between November 2008 and December 2009, Michelle Obama generated about $2.7 billion in value for the companies whose clothes she wore.

This crossover appeal was apparent again this week when Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, delivered her convention speech Monday in a white, fitted dress with dramatic sleeves by London-based designer Roksanda Ilincic that, according to Women’s Wear Daily, she bought online viawww.net-a-porter.com

Their male political counterparts often aren’t spared from the style scrutiny. Remember when Paul Ryan was picked on for his baggy suits back when he was Mitt Romney’s running mate? Or. when Obama’s khaki suit set off a national debate from Twitter to Time magazine?

It will be interesting to see if any attention is paid to former president Bill Clinton’s clothing choices this week while rallying for his wife.

These days, more and more designers are using fashion as a vehicle for promoting a cause or favorite candidate. Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch and Public School’s Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow have created unisex graphic tees for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s Made for History collection, available through her online store. Vogue editor Anna Wintour also has been very vocal about her support of the former secretary of state.

So what will Democratic delegates and politicians wear when it’s their turn in the spotlight next week in Philadelphia? Surely we’ll see plenty of pant suits and patriotic apparel, with a couple of donkey hats for good measure. But if for a few more days the elegant and eccentric, the corporate ties and blue-collar T-shirts, can sit side by side and share their hopes and dreams, maybe that’s a trend the rest of the country can get behind.

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