In the other corner, in front of the spare, rough stone walls of an underground space below the Tate Modern museum, was the minimalist: J.W. Anderson, with his straight line clothes, interrupted only by a scrunch at the flannel neckline, or a slit in the back of a long, plain dress that might have been a riff on a hospital gown.
It's great to see a company have a plus-size women model "straight size" clothes.
The very first performance I did, I was wearing my own clothes straight from my closet.
At Calvin Klein, the mood of the straight, plain, precise clothes was different.
The rabbi examines both handmade European suits and less-expensive clothes straight off the discount rack.
The layered clothes, straight in their lines and clear in design, suggested vulnerability and a desire to nest.
The See Now, Buy Now trend, for designers to sell clothes straight off the runway, was the height of innovation.
Think about it for a moment: stand even an unusually beautiful model, wearing unusually beautiful clothes, straight on in front of a camera, arms down, unsmiling.
Another site, Moda Operandi, sells designer clothes straight off the runway, before they are produced, like a $12,500 ivory silk evening dress from Calvin Klein's latest collection.
So next month a consortium of 7,000 shops launches a Choose Charity Shops campaign, urging us to take clothes straight into the store.
