In the early 1970's, the mini saved the fashion world from the debacle of the mid-calf lengths championed by the press, designers and store buyers.
She has been wearing pressed designer jeans to her job as vice president for marketing for the Equinox Fitness Centers.
Sitting next to me was a perfectly bald man in pressed designer jeans and Prada mocassins, emanating a mixture of arrogance and urgent need.
In a statement to the press, the designer says the findings could "allow us to find a way to work together to better our industry, for the future of fashion and for the future of the planet".
According to a company press release, designer and CEO Gordon Alan Stewart came up with the idea for the SpaceBook when he was on a work assignment in Hawaii and needed more screen space to do video editing, photo editing and some web design.
Even with me, when I do some press conference, some designer will say they want to put their suit on me.
At the press launch the designer gamely turned sales assistant, wearing an M&S neck-scarf and name badge on top of her polka-dot minidress as she scanned through piecrust blouses and knowingly joked about returns policies.
By 1960, Blass had his own label, and the press was turning designers into celebrities.
But mostly, it was the costume designers, press agents, makeup people and others who keep Broadway humming along.
Both Broadway and politics are deeply insular: The same directors, designers, press agents and campaign operatives are hired over and over again; far fewer people really know what's going on with a show or a campaign than pretend to (a handful of talent agents and producers, a candidate's consigliere).
