In tracking the past seven years, we have not had Julia Roberts in any way, shape or form. She will be highly coveted by designers, highly watched and highly visible.
The trend this year both on the East Coast and the West Coast is about taking a more holistic approach to what you give Mom. It's more about modern offerings versus the overdone excessive approach of flowers and chocolate.
The trend in Europe is that we're seeing a lot of cotton shirts with velvet or lace trimmings, performance outerwear like insulated jackets and parkas, and bright colors that typically do well on the retail level. So it's a different look that's affordable.
The ruffled wrap was pretty and dainty, so it was feminine but it also was tailored and would be right for work, too.
In the 1990s, the trend was for designers to offer a secondary collection for the middle market. Now the brand extension of designer labels is heading the way of discount retailers like Wal-Mart and Target.
The mandate is more, do what's right for you, your lifestyle, your closet. More and more designers talk about the ability of women to take one part and add another part, sometimes another designer look or specialty label, and that is what the modern woman does!
The 'Queer Eye' effect, or the Beckham factor, taught men that good grooming and having a fashion sense are an acceptable and important part of a certain kind of lifestyle.
As a family I think they were definitely focusing on how involved everyone is in the business, and Mr. Versace wanted everyone else to get some claim on what he has created here.
The mistake Gap made was that it decided to move away from its core customer and become more about fashion by offering younger and trendier looks.
Most men have begun to understand what it takes to build a shoe wardrobe, just as they knew what it took to build a wardrobe of suits or sport coats.
