Without the bigger designers here you are not going to get the models here, you are not going to get the European buyers and press here.

I think the summer is going to be very glamorous.

I think it was a bit of a shame that the whole fashion week seemed to be -- you know every front page was about Kate Moss.

It's an opportunity to get together with girlfriends and do what you love and learn new things.

There are consumer shows like this all over the country, usually held in a single venue. Here, we're familiar with scrapbook conventions, like at the South Towne Expo Center, that draw about 13,000 people. Houston has a national quilting festival for one week in October, and it brings in 150,000 women from around the world.

It's funny how a song can start in your mind, and then when it goes through all the filters, it ends up in a totally different spot.