Over the years, there have been some vibrant color choices, some clever uses of fabric, but for decades now — or at least the decades since Nike was founded — it has been a self-aware relic.
Croatian designer Damir Doma's aesthetics may be the antithesis of Ostwald Helgason's but he's just as clever at using fabric to create illusions of layers and draping.
Over the last couple of years, Mr. Geller has excelled with warm, robust fabrics and clever silhouettes, a young men's wear designer with a welcome resistance to plaid.
The Aeffe house models took turns around the showroom, wearing a range of clothes from dresses with clever draping in flowered fabric to smart-looking tailored suits.
The result was a collection so strong it made the idea of reworking the comfortable, inexpensive fabric in clever, elegant ways seem absolutely right again.
Of course, we also celebrate the vast range of the designed world: teapots, interesting hairdos, clever companies, artists' communities, fabric, paint and rugs, jewels, clothing, even plumbing.
Ms. Glass was with Debbie Blank, another Boyd's buyer, inspecting soft totes in tweed and camel fabrics at the Clever Carriage Company's booth.
Amid more expensive items, like throw pillows in a custom fabric or a clever white butler's table with lots of storage, Mr. Donovan showed hanging shelves from Pottery Barn and a white shelf clock from Ikea.
When it comes to protection against the elements, clever layering of lightweight, fast-drying fabrics is also key.
In his clever use of similar tawny, brocaded fabrics for the clothes usually worn by Henry and Falstaff, the designer visually links Hal's opposite father figures.
