1.   And there has, in fact, been a bonanza for many young Web designers and free-lance programmers.

2.   And what does it mean when a young designer like Victor Alfaro forsakes the cha-cha flash and trash of his first seasons for sophisticated and tasteful styles?

3.   Art in a bag is now big business, with traditional companies often getting upstaged by young new designers such as Lily Yudis.

4.   As a young designer, Bill Blass traveled the country eager to meet his customers in the American heartland and learn about their tastes and needs.

5.   As much as McQueen maligned the classics of Hubert de Givenchy in the past, a historic core can give a young designer some much-needed stability.

6.   A more subdued take on homme couture was offered by the young designer Eric Bergere.

7.   A Harvard graduate, Bartlett has probably been exposed to a broader faction of the elite than most young designers.

8.   A friend helps her into a long blue-black velvet dress studded with small dark stars, created for her by a young Haitian designer named Cyril.

9.   A number of other young designers who had not worked with fur before are now starting a revolution in the fur business.

10.   Across the international fashion world, it is paradoxically the young designers who are producing elegant clothes while an older generation is trying to be downtown and hip.