...gears so that by the end of 2005 the pendulum swings back again, predicts David Wolfe, fashion trend analyst for the Doneger Group. "2005 will be a year that starts out with a crescendo, a big fashion bang. Color, print, pattern and embellishment...

...any kind of exposure, once you see a lot of it, it loses impact," said David Wolfe, creative director for the Doneger Group, a New York retail consulting firm. "We got so used to the idea of navels, and we've exposed just about every...

...Target "is recreating what used to make department stores great," said David Wolfe, creative director at The Doneger Group, a company that acts as a middleman between retailers and apparel manufacturers. "We used to love department stores...

...priorities such as their children's college tuition and their homes, said David Wolfe, creative director at the Doneger Group, a buying office in New York. Customers ages 35 to 54 spent $44.2 billion in apparel last year, a 3.4 percent...