21.   Lightness was the response the designers seemed to have collectively formed to those who have argued that there is little place left for the art.

22.   Modernist designers seem to go for lace as a way to move forward from minimalism.

23.   Not all designers seem to be working the product-placement angle so aggressively.

24.   So often, designers seem to be overdesigning just to keep the ateliers at work.

25.   Some designers seem to be riding along oblivious to how close and how fast the new millennium is approaching.

26.   Still, designers in Europe seemed to be paying tribute to the genteel era of the automobile, resurrecting the driving glove in countless variations.

27.   Suddenly, moderately known designers seem to be doing as well as the big names in attracting celebrities.

28.   The designer seemed especially fond of the bell shapes, using them for day and evening, on short dresses and long.

29.   The designer seemed to find his perfect medium in the plastic laminates that formed the kitchen countertop landscape of the postwar American suburb of his childhood.

30.   The droll designer seems to have little concern about attracting sufficient customers.