71.   The American fashion industry was staging its montage of runway shows of spring styles last week.

72.   The collection will make its debut during the Paris runway shows in March.

73.   The couple held their first runway show in a Chelsea garage on Wednesday night and showed a talent also for creating clothes with a chilled sex appeal.

74.   The event was a graduation gala and runway fashion show for the American College for the Applied Arts in Westwood, and the winner was Dalbert Buitrago of Burbank.

75.   The grand experiment was not without its drawbacks, but it points the way to the future in a global industry searching for alternatives to runway shows.

76.   The look is a key component of the classy-bohemian chic that has worked its way down from runway shows to discount stores over the past year.

77.   The latter has planned several runway shows, including one tonight at its Sherman Oaks store.

78.   The Mizrahi runway shows dazzle with theatrics, so spectators tend to forget the classic jackets, skirts and pants that are the backbone of his collection.

79.   The maturity award for the week thus far easily goes to Katayone Adeli, who staged her first runway show on Monday afternoon in her Bond Street store.

80.   The notion of staging a runway show their very first season was also a little too ambitious.