So we put together sportswear pieces, priced them as a unit and sold them as dresses.

Inside, a lone model dressed and undressed in the line's 25-or-so soft knit sportswear pieces.

We're seeing a return to real sportswear pieces that women can put together in different ways to extend their wardrobes.

These were great sportswear pieces that showed real range.

Over the years, American sportswear pieces that were classics in the 1950's and slowly evolved into basics by the 90's became the fashion equivalent of a golden retriever: eager to please, comfortable and dull-witted.

She provided coordinating sportswear pieces like skinny shirts, miniskirts, ankle-length skirts, pullovers and wrap tops.

Having found a client with his signature collection for his combination of whimsy and inventive cut, he cast his net wider this season, introducing a lower-priced licensed line of sportswear pieces called Shirt Tales.

Here were evening dresses that resembled sportswear pieces with their matte sleeveless turtleneck bodices and liquid sequinned skirts.

Ms. Karan now faces the challenge of creating a sparkling aura to sell what has existed as a spinoff of basic sportswear pieces from her glamourous main collection.

So far it has done well, with an extensive collection of sportswear pieces that can be combined in a variety of ways.