21.   If your personal shopper suddenly pushes a designer, it may be that he or she will get a bonus that week for selling that label.

22.   If he has his way, the hotelier will be seen as part personal shopper, part design curator.

23.   Instead of shopping second-hand at flea markets, she has personal shoppers shopping for her.

24.   Maybe he had been kidnapped by space aliens, dressed by an otherworldly personal shopper, and sent back among us to test our gag reflexes.

25.   My first call was to Angela Naddeo, a personal shopper at Barneys New York in Chelsea, who asked what designers I favored.

26.   Now, for the record, a stylist is not a personal shopper limited to the inventory of one store.

27.   Of course, image consultants and personal shoppers have been around for years.

28.   Personal shoppers are veritable life savers for those with long lists, impossible lists or lists of people you do not really know.

29.   Personal shoppers themselves usually start on the floor as sales people.

30.   Personal shoppers, such as Michelle Penkava of Two Places at One Time, will gladly pick up a gift for everyone on your list.