Gordana Gehlhausen, 45: The Yugoslavia-born designer now owns a boutique in San Diego. Expect a lot of “textile development,” says Gunn. “It wouldn’t be a case of going shopping and using the fabric she brought back. She’d do things to it.”
Epperson, 50: “He is the most senior in terms of design career and reputation,” Gunn says of this self-taught designer who grew up in Harlem, N.Y. “He has a distinguished career. He’s elder-statesmanlike.”





