Michael Kors has several cotton jersey styles in his sportswear collection that would look totally at home on the beach.

Nautical themes may be showing up in sportswear collections, but beware of them if you get invited to sail.

Advertising is to begin this fall or next spring, and it is negotiating an agreement with another apparel company for a separate sportswear collection.

"I've been doing this line for two years, but this is the first time it's a full sportswear collection."

"The jackets are more structured than in a sportswear collection," Mr. Assatly said.

His regular sportswear collection did not suffer from the attention given to dresses.

As a result of these early successes, the business has evolved from cotton basics into a full sportswear collection for men and women.

The film Clueless featured many of the designs from her first sportswear collection fueling her notoriety and international appeal.

In 2000, he introduced Skins, a streetwear-inspired sportswear collection for men and women.

The promotion should help sales of his sportswear collection.