100: Estimated number of designers featured in the 2009 Philippine Fashion Week, a nine-day event that presented 14 solo shows and around 30 collections

50: Number of designers who presented their creations in the ?Barbie Fashion Show? during the 2009 Philippine Fashion Week.
15: Estimated number of cities where ?Asia?s Fashion Czar,? Jose ?Pitoy? Moreno has staged fashion shows. The list includes Paris, London, Madrid, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

30: Estimated number of years that Inno Sotto has been in the fashion industry.

750: Estimated number of diamonds sewn into the gown ?Nightingale of Kuala Lumpur,? considered the most expensive gown in the world. The diamonds weighed over 1,000 carats.

$17 billion: Amount spent by American women on fashion footwear between October 2004 and October 2005, according to The NPD Group, a retail and consumer information company based in Port Washington, New York

70: Number of years after a fashion trend?s time for the style to be considered ?charming,? according to James Laver?s Laws on the Timeline of Style. Laver, a costume historian, was a noted authority on dress and its relationship to society. Laver?s Law timeline says a fashion trend is considered ?indecent? 10 years before its time and ?beautiful? 150 years after, etc.

P20,000 to P35,000: Average cost of laser whitening procedures for teeth.

1989: Year that the US Federal Drug Administration approved the use of purified Botulinum Toxin Type A or Botox for cosmetic applications. Known as occulinum in the ?70s, Botox was originally developed by Dr. Alan Scott for treating crossed eyes in monkeys.

400: Estimated dose of Botox in units that is lethal. It normally takes only 25 units of Botox to treat eyebrows and forehead lines.

$14 million: Cost of H. Couture Beauty?s Swarovski crystal and gold-plated lipstick and mascara set, said to be the world?s most expensive. (2006)

100: Estimated number of years that the cosmetics company L?Oreal has been around. Created by French chemist Eugene Schueller, it focuses primarily on hair color, skin care, sun protection, make-up, perfumes and hair care.

$2.1 billion: Total sales of anti-aging skincare products in US department stores in 2004.

$460: Cost of Tracie Martyn?s Resculpting Facial, which involves the application of electrical currents that cause temporary muscle shortening and have the effect of lifting and tightening the skin. The procedure has been used by celebrities like Madonna, Liv Tyler and Susan Sarandon.

Compiled by Inquirer Research

Sources: fashion-era.com, luxist.com, luxurylaunches.com, thestar.com, forbes.com, msnbc.msn.com, time.com, Inquirer Archives, EverBilena.com