There were jarring juxtapositions at Celine and Peter Som, where trousers were worn under dresses or long tunics; there were sort of aprons over dresses at Proenza Schouler.
On a day on which he promised there would be no triumphalism, he also struck a jarring note by saying: "We are all Thatcherites now".
Such sentiments would seem jarring for Eurovision, especially in a year celebrating diversity, where host city Vienna installed special same-sex couple pedestrian traffic signals.
Now, it's a jarring symbol of lost opportunity for a group who should have gone on to better things.
For years, its sparkling waters and postcard-pretty beaches have provided a jarring backdrop for migrant boat landings; the island is conveniently closer to Africa than Europe – around 70 miles from the Tunisian coast and further south than Malta.
The Mario agent may not be ready for a five-minute Super Mario Bros run just yet, and it's quite jarring hearing him speak with computer-speech tones rather than the familiar sound of Charles Martinet, who voices him in games.
But then again, what would be more jarring in the average suburban home than a sudden eruption of Anglo-Saxon expletives in a film that will doubtless be used as a pacifier by many busy parents?
It's atmospheric but not exactly ambient because it's too jarring to be subsumed under that rubric and has a considerable emotional heft.
A jarring reminder of the mass kidnapping came this week when electoral billboards appeared in the capital, Abuja, with the phrase, "#BringBackJonathan2015", in what many saw as a cynical play on the viral #BringBackOurGirls hashtag.
It was jarring, therefore, to hear chairman Donald Brydon argue this week that, now Royal Mail is a member of the FTSE 100 index, Greene ought to be paid more.
