What he imparted less well was a fashion direction.

Ignoring the less commercial fashion directions from Europe, the shows offered no fashion direction of their own.

One must always remember that Paris is the font of most fashion directions for the rest of the world.

Retailers looking for a new fashion direction were attentive.

Providing reading matter on clothes is a minor fashion direction here.

"I have a sense that this is going to be a very important fashion direction for men's and women's," he said of the country look in clothing.

The designer collections, with their fantasy styles, function as "loss leaders," shown for prestige value and fashion direction.

That house is making forays into other fashion directions, most notably its new scarf print.

Blow had a natural sense of style and a good feeling for future fashion directions.

Mr. Ruttenstein, senior vice president of fashion direction at the store, wanted to be the first to have the pants in an ad.