41.   Just this week, designer Romeo Gigli said his company is in talks to be acquired.

42.   Many designers say that the boom in the font trade does not improve the product.

43.   Models of another kind also figure into their growing popularity, designers say.

44.   Neither manuals nor even rudimentary help files are included, because its designers say they are not required.

45.   No appointments are needed in the new ateliers, and designers say the walk-in trade has been a boon for their decorating businesses.

46.   Ordinary things used extraordinarily, the designer had probably said.

47.   Other designers have said that their collections this season demanded a more intimate setting than the tents can provide.

48.   Other receivers, even those only a few yards away, cannot recognize the pattern and capture the information, designers said.

49.   Outside, the monolithic hotel tower will be a landmark visible from Long Island, across Long Island Sound, its designers say.

50.   Several designers said they would rather wait another season to make the switch but the industry cannot afford to have a split fashion week, Ms. Mallis said.