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Fashion designers Mark Badgley, James Mischka and Carolina Herrera on New York Fashion Week and the latest trends in fashion.
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-- -- New York Fashion Week.
Two of the world's fashion power houses.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Is making a comeback.
Expiration to the show it's really -- Us anything it's its older than that tells.
-- his -- films over the years.
So did you design -- with specific -- -- -- We're -- watching old movies we're watching Marty in vertigo and her window.
Everything you know -- particular ball down it's like -- -- Grace Kelly wearing a sweater and called skirt and -- window there are certain scenes that recall Kim Novak and vertigo.
There are sweater sets that looked like to be -- and Barney so -- kind of like.
Was telling him that we Ellison never -- really speak influence for anyone -- that Fidel kind of gels together in our heads in the into the -- -- more -- is.
The color -- starts off you tell us what the color -- cents up there if they'll walk away we decided let's mislead blackened by eight and then.
The dirty metallic screen in in -- -- -- -- accident -- we love the blood red.
That's sort of threat of -- color throughout our collection.
In this very sexy sort of pine green that things that very emotional beautiful colored evening.
Our people back to buying expensive evening -- You know what I don't think she ever stop stop buying is much of that perhaps but there's always you know maybe when the economy goes sour.
She's not -- -- herself.
I had to tell every day -- -- she's got a special events there as.
Many events to go to either when when things are not going so well there aren't as many -- to commitments to go to but they're still -- And then you know she's not that it -- it there's so the important in life whether it's her.
Daughter's wedding or an important event -- her husband's is always going to buy something -- -- special and so that's why I think you know.
Beautiful fine apparel leaving Blair is lasting you're always didn't need to specialties -- -- The guys are an international brands where do you see the biggest demanded sit in the states Asia.
You know of course the states is our core business that we just opened thirteen stores in China.
And there's a huge -- market -- are.
For apparel and an -- and it's -- really amazing bond market there right now.
It's fascinating -- it definitely a growing economy.
So when you when you look at what's going on in fashion in New York this week.
Do you think we're in a recovery that we're on the upswing do you see any evidence of expansion in the industry.
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Think it's still not easy out there you know what I mean I really -- I mean I think that it's still tough.
Like guys that I think they'll a woman appreciates.
Or something beautiful and there's always a little bit of space or.
For that in her life that's.
It's still it's still not easy.
You know I was surprised to see the that -- -- it's now what 25 years old -- All misery just about do you celebrate our 25 anniversary.
We're opening up about black -- up on Madison this season which -- really excited about this.
So -- you know we've we've been dealing -- we've seen a lot of peaks and valleys we started a recession so it's become kind yeah so full circle right is a great time to starts.
I mean is it ever a good time to start a fashion house probably -- But up we were naive that we just jumped in -- -- you know -- that we did.
Well 25 years how do you stay relevant -- stay competitive haven't given I have to say treating your customers you know we've never really been a -- -- and at times that's -- disability at the end of the day it's it's really been our advances.
That's up are closer -- and Al again our customers can count on us for that.
Congratulations on your new collection I understand that you commissioned.
A work of art for your show from Tom Hodge why did you do that.
-- DP because I don't music.
And one of my -- -- his -- to open and when I have a piece of music that we use them some college when -- -- Collections that is -- -- any new -- I saw the way he meets the classic and we couldn't.
Content we're -- and I say I need to meet its not so we decided that we -- going to produce a piece of music for the collection.
And these speed issues.
Range into my head repeats.
We came out right win because they have because Saddam mine because Romans and how do you stay current -- say competitive.
And this has he been in many many years when did you have to be unstoppable.
And I have been -- nothing because what I believe we men liked it.
And the moment these people invited in most success related.
Absolutely -- the fabrics you're using this season tell me what you're doing different.
-- -- -- That the foundation hasn't -- theme of the nineteen -- of the Philippines.
So it will be -- -- about big achievement of -- -- events.
The movement of this it's some agreement TV ads that picks -- -- is seen showed that news.
-- keep it safe and you don't -- -- yourself as a business person but hints that she wire and inane name way -- It stays on because I suppose they like what I do and I don't want to confuse my age of the agreement by likeness.
I'm man.
I don't funneled -- things.
Because I find out when you -- chains so close and -- like waiting a uniform I mean everybody looks the same to me.
In any state he doesn't -- and I -- -- and misleading name -- because he's.
Question -- an adjacent to and they have the way I see for me and rooming house there was something that really.
Makes it look you people men women.
And the critics raved about both -- her -- and Badgley Mischka -- as they were gorgeous.
