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Let me try to analyze this quote by Osho in relation with Fashion & Body Image. Fashion's relationship with body diversity has always been fraught, says Jenny MacQuaile. In recent years, while consumers are calling for a wider size range on the runway & in stores, there are brands & publications who are reluctant to follow this request. Models are still pressured to lose weight & Parsons professors are lamenting the lack of attention given to designing for larger bodies. This is where I enter this argument. Personally, I feel that this kind of "Liberating" the curvier women & showing them on or off the runway, with lacy mini garments, or overexposing styles, is not doing women in general any...

Talking to many of you this past season I realized that there are different ways you are all pricing your goods. Here is what I learned from working with all of you in the past few years: * Keystone is dead. Nothing should be marked up times 2. * 2.2 is the absolute minimum markup any retailer should use. * Find those accessories that are inexpensive but look great and mark them up high. * Pricing should be "custom" these days, not a standard formula of "one size fits all". Each style should be looked at personally and evaluated. Some can be priced at 2.2 plus $5.00. Some can be priced at 2.5. It makes a big difference in our...