Dress of the Week

Unveiled two weeks ago at Style Wars, a competition for "... aspiring designers to show off creations improvised, literally, with tape and shears," wrote Ruth La Ferla in Thursday's New York Times.

The event was produced by New York design firm House of Diehl to give young unknowns a chance to shine under pressure.

Mary Jo Diehl told La Ferla, "In a dream world you've got six months and a bolt of Italian silk to make a dress. In the real world your resources and deadlines are tighter than Shrek in a Speedo."

Got to remember that one.