1.   Gregg Fiene, chief executive officer of XOXO jeans, said the Gucci trend represented a larger fashion direction that is revolutionizing denim.

2.   Ignoring the less commercial fashion directions from Europe, the shows offered no fashion direction of their own.

3.   Kmart is seen as suffering from a lack of fashion direction, offering too much merchandise without any focus.

4.   The fashion direction is more blurred than focused.

5.   But praise goes to designer Miuccia for daring to take a new fashion direction.