Five questions for the four top up-and-coming designers featured in our September issue

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Designer: Caycee Black
Label: Caycee Black
Location: New York
The collection, in a nutshell: Practical wear-it-to-work tailored separates meet 1940s movies.
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Q: Who are your top fashion icons?

A: 1960s icons Anna Karina and Dorothy McGowan, actresses Myrna Loy and Joan Crawford, and French singer Françoise Hardy.
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Q: What's your favorite place for bargains?

A: Azaleas for lingerie.
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Q: Who is a designer you admire?

A: Sonia Rykiel. A major innovator, especially in terms of knits, and though the brand has been around for decades it still looks fresh.
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Q: What are you planning for your spring 2010 collection?

It will be an explosion of color! I am creating even more prints and in multiple color combinations.
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