11.   And the company wants money to expand its leather goods and accessory lines, highly profitable businesses for other fashion houses.

12.   As early as Wednesday, the New York fashion house is expected to announce a major cost-cutting initiative aimed at getting the company back on track.

13.   As many fashion houses do, Donna Karan International asserts that it should not be held responsible for wage and hour violations committed by factories with which it contracts.

14.   Asians have been a mainstay of the fashion houses.

15.   Bergdorf and Prada decided to part ways when the fashion house stated its intention to open down the street from Bergdorf.

16.   Both of these things are essential for this fashion house.

17.   A growing number of fashion houses are public companies.

18.   But persuading teen-agers to buy what Enyce and other hip fashion houses are selling is no sure thing.

19.   But the bill, including a fee for renting the premises, was picked up by Fendi, the Italian fashion house.

20.   But those fashion houses that try to stuff women into unflattering, impractical outfits are becoming fashion victims themselves.