No matter what kind of designer you are, whether you're avant-garde, classic, sporty or whatever, there are going to be influences on your clothes that are pulled from the art world. Whether it's silhouette, pattern, mood, it's something. For them to be able to do this, first of all, it allows them to find something that really resonates with them. You're in the greatest museum in the world and this tells me something about who you are as a designer. I think it's an amazing opportunity, one that is very realistic for a designer, and I think the interesting thing is that you're not necessarily recreating the piece into an outfit because it's the mood, it's the attitude. It doesn't have to be so literal.

I think the big thing we all have to remember is that there are a lot of designers with substantial businesses who do very well who probably shouldn't have fashion shows. Their clothes are terrific if you're dropping your kids off at soccer or running an errand, but those clothes don't necessarily need to be seen on the runway. We have to remember it's a fashion show -- so there has to be some showmanship. That's what was interesting about the avant-garde challenge. That is very indicative of, here's the heightened way of showing it, and then here's what you'll actually ship. But when you say, "Be inspired by a piece of art," well, the sky's the limit, and we need to be wowed. There needs to be a wow factor in some way. It might be different if you're putting on a fashion show and you've got 50 looks. If you have 50 looks, if all 50 are over the top wows, in a strange way that gets monotonous. You wanna take people on a journey, up and down, and if you've only got one? Trust me, it better be amazing. With Sweet P on this one, it was, as usual, commercial, wearable, but where was the wow?