1. It was a time when fashion arbiters were more influential. 2. Even the tart-tongued fashion arbiter Mr . Blackwell called her elegant. 3. Mr . Blackwell, fashion arbiter _ " She was a great fashion independent. 4. They took it from being a small respected luggage company to a global fashion arbiter . 5. _SUZY MENKES, renowned fashion arbiter , who reports on current shows and emerging trends. 6. And boy, does that tick off Mr . Blackwell, the city's most infamous fashion arbiter of good taste. 7. Even fashion arbiter Mr . Blackwell traded his usual black-and-white attire for a bright yellow shirt and colorful tie. 8. Her syndicated column, " Inside Fashion ", made her the most influential fashion arbiter of the 1950s and 1960s. 9. Alan Flusser, the men's-wear designer and fashion arbiter , admires the bow tie's built-in sense of challenge. 10. A teeth-to-toe makeover that the fashion arbiter Blackwell estimates cost $ 20, 000 has given her a CNN news anchorette gloss.