Designer Clothing

The New Designers Take The Stage

The collections and the runway are the governing factors for women's designer clothing and shoes for the ensuing year and sometimes for much longer periods than that.  How long has the mini been dominant in fashion for the young? At this point in time the latest in the key and most sought after collections of the major designers is flashed round the world instantly and within a matter of hours has been "knocked off" by the manufacturers.  Days later the designer dresses are on their way to the stores and the copy of a De la Renta, Wang or Lauren original which sells for thousands is being offered as the designer party dress of the season at $100 plus on the racks of the big retailing chains. Designer clothing for women sets the stage for the season and the major manufacturers make sure that they satisfy the masses by mimicking the styles as closely as they dare. The information revolution has changed the habits of the shopper at the same time. Today's woman shops for her new fashions for women online.

The work of the designers is followed by the fashion glossies and trumpeted by the fashion mags and rags to the breathless, waiting world.  Ultimately, it is still the consumer who is queen of the fashion industry and who will decree what designer clothing is "in" and what is a flop. Millions are made and lost on the outcome and skullduggery is rampant as the houses wangle and spy on the competition. Information is priceless if it is early and from the horse's mouth and gossip and rumor are rife and ripe.

Designer Clothing for women is fun and wearing it is even better.  The woman who can afford it can flaunt it any time and almost anywhere.  It just requires that certain savoir faire to know just how and just when. In addition to the dresses there are all the designer handbags, designer shoes and designer accessories to go with them. Of course, the ubiquitous jean means that the designers are active in the women's designer jean category as well.

As the new designers emerge, the arena is becoming less predictable and so much more exciting.  Designer clothing is now the province of everywoman in one way or another.