1.   In just one raid alone, trading standards officers siezed fifteen thousand pounds worth of fake designer clothing.

2.   And Kristin Hostetter, equipment editor for Backpacker magazine, agreed that most of the designer clothing does not measure up.

3.   As Americans and Japanese curtail their purchases of laptop computers, video games and designer clothing, their austerity is reverberating through the export-dependent Asian Tiger economies.

4.   A modest selection of designer clothing.

5.   According to The Wall Street Journal, designer clothing for kids is selling better than designer clothing for women.

6.   Designer clothing, retro shoes and track suits are favored.

7.   Envisioned, too, are styles that are more accessible and affordable, private-label clothes using the Charivari name that would supplement the designer clothing.

8.   Faber predicts more layoffs and bad times for everyone, from retailers of designer clothing to escapist entertainment outlets.

9.   In the past year, Dell has developed a line of high-fashion designer clothing and has opened an Austin boutique to sell her wares.

10.   Intermixed with the big-name designer clothing, May sprinkles a number of avant-garde labels, mostly from small Los Angeles companies.