some of the pieces we were looking at earlier, diane von f >> it gives us a chance to look at thingsreatively and chronologically. spring is definitely full of color and lots of exciting pieces. there's some beautiful prints coming, diane von furstenberg had lots of flowers. >> whais your characterization of how the consumer is doing today? is it bouncing back from those dark days of 2008? >> absolutely. we've seen a huge turnaround. since 2008 when the whole focus on line was on discounting, this site was actual aly a reaction that. we wanted to come back and offer something full price to the customer that really appreciates the latest styles and wants the latest trends. and we've seen very strong sales. in general, the very high end of the market is strengthened. sdp >> i guess they say the economy can have something to do with certai fashions. all we hear about is gloom and doom. >> it's a little bit of a contradiction right now in the shows. the hemlines are down but the colors are right. >> so based on what you saw for the shows of 201 how do you feel walking away from it? do yo

take a look at the world's most powerful mompreneurs, tien na brown, diane von burstenburg, j.k. well, on that list. let's talk about this impressive list. i just mentioned a few of them. who else is on the list? >> you'll see an extraordinary diversity of women on this list. you mentioned women who started businesses here in the u.s., but you have share wong who started a technology company in asia. you have shang shang, a self-made billionaire. and china launching a company with her husband. and you also have gensick lang who created the company with her husband as an immigrant from south korea. living the american dream. >> in the meig zeeb, the writer says these entrepreneurs are women who, quote, brilliantly bucked stereotypes and made bank in the process. how did they do it? >> they did it like so many other women on our power of women's list. they did it through perseverance and determination and as any entrepreneur knows, there's ups and downs, often far many more downs, and they were able to persevere and they were also able to do so while managing all the other demands