Fashion Gropes for A Future

Is the era of designer-driven clothing over?

Toward the end of Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel show on Friday morning in Paris, several models appeared on the runway with pills of all shapes and sizes seemingly spilling down the fronts of their black chiffon minidresses. Pills were also strung along the gold chain handles of those famous quilted bags. It was just one small detail in a chic show, but somehow in this lackluster fashion season it resonated. Has fashion come to this: A medical emergency?

At the spring 2007 collections, questions seemed to plague the posse of journalists, buyers and hangers-on who follow the biannual fashion romp through New...

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