11.   Anna Molinari and her Blumarine line had the prettiest ones, but nearly every designer had flowers here and there.

12.   Another designer had his models drinking holy water.

13.   Auto designers would have new flexibility if the power steering did not have to be connected to the drive shaft by a belt, he said.

14.   Before him, she said, designers had to sort through bins of industrial samples on Canal Street.

15.   A designer has a style, and that style meets a moment, and the moment passes.

16.   A. Some designer did not have the birds in mind when he designed that thing.

17.   After years when the only fashionable color for winter was black, many clothing designers have showed touches of bright pink, yellow or orange this season.

18.   After years of representing women in the guise of supermodels or waifs, designers have a new sex to objectify.

19.   Almost every designer had black or charcoal suits with white pinstripes.

20.   Although almost every designer has a clinker or two in his or her collection, some have shown very wearable, if not innovative and exciting, apparel.