21.   Turk competed against four other high-profile local designers nominated by members of the fashion press.

22.   Painted faces and all, he got the fashion press raving, with the mix of ethnicity and fringed flapper-dresses.

23.   Although the fashion press periodically predicted a come-back, he never again made center stage in the design world.

24.   Immediately the darling of the fashion press, financial success has been slow in coming and he is only now beginning to reap the rewards.