Mr. Tabakoglu, a native of Istanbul, Turkey, was the American assistant to Renzo Mongiardino, the Milanese designer.

The store, owned by Rick Garofalo, has exclusive New York rights to handmade furniture by Romeo Sozzi, a Milanese designer.

When the 1960's were revisited in the spring fashion showings in Europe last month, it was the Milanese designers who did the reviving.

The most elaborate clothes were those by Romeo Gigli, the Milanese designer who showed here last season for the first time.

Parisian and Milanese designers seem to have become enraptured with the parka's shape and have interpreted it in the most lavish of fabrics for their fall collections.

There is the runway circuit made by one Milanese designer that invariably includes him scratching first head and then groin.

Mr. Armani showed more pants than any other Milanese designer, and when he showed skirts, they were ankle length.

The Milanese designer ranks among the most revered icons of the 80's.

Several Milanese designers, however, seemed to need editing, as they created many variations on the same look, like repeating a word over and over until it loses its meaning.

"Miuccia listens, she receives information, she doesn't isolate herself in a palazzo like so many Milanese designers with their bodyguards," said Ms. Wintour.