21.   But within three months, he had landed a similar job at another fashion house.

22.   But without a strong new designer to extend the original vision, a fashion house can lose its bearings.

23.   By then, Ms. Bright was working at the Lanvin fashion house in Paris, where she honed her sewing skills.

24.   Celine, below, a fashion house turned around.

25.   Charlotte had just finished studying art at New York University, and various fashion houses were seeking to employ her.

26.   Classic fashion houses like Hermes have watched with interest as Chanel and, more recently, Gucci shook up their moribund images and resuscitated their flagging names.

27.   Designers pondered whether fashion houses can survive without their creators.

28.   Estee Lauder also has deals with the fashion houses Donna Karan International and Tommy Hilfiger for worldwide rights to market beauty-related products.

29.   Erich Fayer, a Canadian businessman who owned the French fashion house Pierre Balmain, has died, Reuters reported Thursday.

30.   Every few months, it seems someone with a lot of bucks comes along to revive a fashion house that nobody needs.