1.   Bad enough that celebrity slob Courtney Love is a major fashion influence on your teenage daughter.

2.   A fashion influence, when it does occur, tends to turn up in the details.

3.   But the biggest fashion influence this year came out of Italy.

4.   Television was roundly dismissed as a source of fashion influence.

5.   And the discreet use of satiny oriental patterned silks for slim pants, coat linings and other details remind us that Suzie Wong is still a fashion influence.