51.   When designers showed their resort collections, they used color monochromatically, not in bold combinations, which may be why women are responding positively.

52.   When New York designers showed their fall collections, almost everyone included a maxicoat with matching pants, or topped pants with coat-like jackets.

53.   When the designers showed their black-and-white collection of stiff skirts and bouffant ruffs in Paris last January, they used ultraviolet light to create the same effect.

54.   Although European designers have shown prefall for several years, Calvin Klein led the way for Seventh Avenue when he did a full-fledged prefall collection last year.

55.   As Japanese swarm to Paris to snatch up labels like Hermes or Vuitton, their home-grown designers are showing off their own wares.

56.   Designers now show semiannually for both men and women, and are beginning to feel the economic and creative strain.

57.   Designers usually show these show-off clothes with spiky high heels, sometimes sandals with ankle straps or slingbacks.

58.   For the kitchen, designers were showing elevated dishwashers and pull-out shelving, all designed to reduce the amount of bending.

59.   Instead the designer showed ultralight fabrics and styles so pared down that they fit like a glove on the body.

60.   Several other British designers also showed well-received collections.