Cotton Inc. is making no such demands, although the designers chosen often work in cotton.

Siriano was the first designer chosen for the catalog's designer collaborations line, "Signature Styles."

These opponents believe that any guidelines will become a straitjacket, suppressing the creativity of designers chosen for the site.

Four months later, she resigned and was succeeded by an inexperienced designer chosen by Mr. Bertelli.

In 2010, Kitching was one of the designers chosen to work with H&M for Designers Against AIDS.

The designer chosen was Romaldo Giurgola, a Philadelphia architect known for his Modernist buildings.

The previous young designers chosen for the Debut Series in 2007 were Douglas Reker, Carlos Santiago, Megan Stein and David Gil.

All this is to be beamed to TV screens around the world, enabling couch potatoes of all nationalities to see their culture interpreted by designers, dancers and musicians chosen by the Times Square district.

"Fashion sets the tone for everything," said Noel Jeffrey, one of 16 designers chosen for the annual show house, which opens Tuesday at 713 Park Avenue, near 70th Street.

That does not mean that the designers chosen are oblivious to history.