Now, of course, we live in the era of seriously expensive designer blue jeans, with price points higher than Ms. Vanderbilt could have imagined.

Method's founders were able to afford Mr. Rashid - one of the world's most expensive designers - by giving him an equity stake and a four-year contract.

She just called up one of those expensive designers and the guy tripped all over himself to please her.

Ms. Pressman, who has been at the forefront of finding young, less expensive designers and nurturing them, also picked up several lines for the store's lower-priced Co-op floor.

Her clothes were expensive designer and perfectly tailored to contour her body.

The plan is to produce environmentally impeccable and environmentally sound paper for sale as very expensive designer Post-Its through selected retail outlets.

Her need for the designer Romeo Gigli was met on the fourth floor, known in Loehmann's parlance as the Back Room, home to the most expensive designers.

According to Matthews, Drinkwater chose her own "very expensive" designer clothes for the part.

She was discovered to be taking free dresses for six years from the nation's most expensive designers in exchange for the publicity she gave them, and at first falsely claimed they were purchases.

Joss would probably insist on the most expensive interior designers, and he would probably tell her that he was sending Fiona out to choose the colour schemes, she thought acidly.