“Zac Posen has hip-hop impresario Sean Combs as an investor. And there is the sense that Combs was attracted to Posen not because of the clothes he had produced but because of the clippings he had accumulated. Posen rose to fame because of his dramatic clothes and his connections. But he has yet to produce a collection that explains his outsize popularity. ...Posen fits the image of a hot young fashion designer. His clothes are flamboyant. He has famous friends, a big personality, charm and a good patter. He is the fashion equivalent of "N Sync, but the fashion industry thinks it's found a later day Mozart." She goes on to laud Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan as predictable and reliable - and that is a good thing. ”
