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As fashion designers struggle for survival in an economic environment that's seeing even the most profligate clothing whores balk at spending thousands on new outfits, a revolutionary idea has been proposed. Make sure you're sitting down, because you won't ever have heard the likes of this before: Believe it or not, it's being suggested that in order to stay in business, designers make clothes that people like. We know, this is so far from the dream that puts fire in the bellies of starry-eyed young Parsons students, but Diane von Furstenberg, nothing if not a fashion survivor herself, believes that runway shows ought to be unveiling "clothes that are real friends to women, so that 'friend' will make you feel good when you open your closet." As opposed to the usual enemies that make you feel bad! It's a risky proposition, but hey, with everything else we thought we understood about the world now turned upside down, it might just work.