Usually when designers start talking about the power of women, it's time to reach for the earplugs.

Sometimes the designer starts right away with physical clay models.

"We're going to have one full-time designer per store to start," she said.

A few designers have started building couture shows into their itineraries.

Usually, the designer of a new label starts small.

In the 1920's the names of the designers start becoming familiar.

When she got tall, designers started taking notice of her.

Even as they focus mostly on basic tasks, China's designers are starting to show an interest in innovation.

"A designer doesn't start with the emotion of external design," she said.

Actually, the British designers started selling their spring lines to stores a month ago.