41.   Even the most talented, tuned-in designers had serious lapses.

42.   Faced with a disaffected public that knows that easy clothes come at cheap prices, high-fashion designers have to offer something that Main Street cannot supply.

43.   European designers had a new muse this season.

44.   Fashion is a long-term proposition, and designers should have the luxury of expressing ideas, especially in their raw vitality.

45.   For example, CKS designers had to learn how paint holds up in the humid, salty Caribbean weather.

46.   Game designers have to buy the cartridge that holds the game from Nintendo, ensuring steady revenue.

47.   Gucci sells home decor items that resemble their belt buckles, and nearly every clothing designer has at least one perfume.

48.   If a designer has her own store, it can only benefit the both of us.

49.   If the Belgian designer Pol Quadens has his way, one day we may all be buying furniture by weight, like vegetables.

50.   If this is going to be the match that fits, the young designer Macdonald will have to grow into the haute position.