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Fashion Week in New York, seven days of the hottest trends, and a frenzy 열광 of fabulous 아주 멋진. But this week the couture <디자이너가 만든> 여성복 crowd debut their sweet looks for spring in a sour <구어> 좋지 않은 economy. Shoppers just aren't buying like they use to. "Normally, it's like, I want the funky <속어> 멋진 shoes and the funky bag and…..it's not like that anymore."

 

Designers are creating their collections with a backdrop 배경 of a stagnant 침체해 있는 retail market, soaring fuel prices and a battered 박살난 stock market. They're having to ask themselves, in a down economy, "How do you grin 이를 드러내고 싱긋 웃다 and wear it?" It forced big name designer Isaac Mizrahi to take a reality check. "Before you start working on a collection, you think, 'Oh, right. People have no money to buy these things, so…how am I going to make them interested.'”

 

New collections are emphasizing timelessness and versatility 다재다능, 융통성, eye-popping 깜짝 놀랄만한 color, pretty prints and accessories like bags and chunky 덩어리진 jewelry, pieces that can spice up 흥취를 더하다 existing wardrobes 의류. Glamour Magazine's Editor in Chief Cindi Leive says, "That old idea that used to exist in fashion of, the new collections are out, I've got to go get something new just for the sake of newness doesn't really exist right now."

 

Last month, with the exception of WalMart, retailers saw declines in sales as high as nearly 8%. As a result, retail analysts say buyers have cut inventory and may place fewer orders. So some high-end 고급의 designers are jumping on the bandwagon 시류에 편승하다, “I actually bought this in Target,” targeting budget consumers in lower-priced venues 장소.

 

Dean Harris makes jewelry that normally sells in the low thousands. Most pieces in his new Target line are under $40. "It gave me the great opportunity to play with designing things for a larger market.” Fashion is all about new trends, the industry is hoping the downturn <경기의> 침체 is one trend that quickly goes out of style 유행에 뒤떨어지다. Michelle Miller, CBS News, New York.

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