11.   Cappellini, the Vatican of design houses, had just signed her and her lamps to a three-year contract.

12.   Design house Rgb unveiled a black hooded sleeveless nylon dress with neon pink details and purple sneakers.

13.   Design house Badgley Mischka, the darling of the sophisticated Hollywod set, put a ruffled hem on a turquoise sequined evening gown.

14.   Design houses are discreet about costs, which can balloon several thousand dollars on the strength of a few well-placed beads.

15.   Design houses like Mecca and Karl Kanai are now looking toward more femininity.

16.   Emigre, an industrial design house in San Francisco, features a line of computer fonts based on square, metal typewriter keys.

17.   Elegance is alive and well at the design house of Bergere, who has worked for Hermes, Lanvin and Ines de la Fressange among others.

18.   Fashion designers in particular have taken the concept to new levels this fall, according to fashion insiders and officials at design houses.

19.   From the outset, it has been used as a design house, and tenants and decorators constantly complain that the elevators are inadequate for heavy traffic.

20.   Gucci is not the only design house showing skinny stilettos for fall.