And Jason Wu, a young designer who has a penchant for couture shapes, showed crowd-pleasing voluminous skirts in the happiest of colors.

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As a young designer, you are compared to the best in the business and brands that have been in the industry for 30 years.

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"He has the biggest smile in fashion and lacks any of the attitude that sometimes comes with a young designer's success, " says Steven Kolb, the CFDA's CEO.

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Take Jessica Trosman, a young fashion designer.

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Prominent angel investor Dave McClure once said that you need a developer, a designer and a hustler for young companies to succeed.

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Not that he's a soft touch for any charming young designer.

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Mr. Browne, with his shrunken suits, is the designer mainly responsible for a look, particularly popular with young stylish men, that includes wearing pants slightly above the ankle and sleeves ending above the wrist bone.

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As a young man, Mr. Kiarostami studied painting and was an accomplished graphic designer.

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"Young people are turned off by cars these days, " says Takuya Okita, a designer for Honda.

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