What's your Fashion MOOD?

This Sept. 10, 1974 file photo, basketball player Walt Frazier of the New York Knicks models a black mink fur coat outside Manhattan's Plaza Hotel in New York. The coat was one of a number of mink fashions displayed at the Annual Ben Kahn Fur Collection showing in New York. .Pro player style has been on the upswing for the past decade, especially since the NBA initiated a dress code in 2005, according to observers. Back in the 1970s, players such as Walt “Clyde” Frazier and Julius “Dr. J” Irving prided themselves on their flashy looks. Now, Frazier says his style is as much a part of his persona as the legends of his playing days. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis)

Tall, trim and wearing catwalk clothes: Pro basketball stars have stepped up their style to become influential tastemakers.

On the court, of course, they're in uniform, with a lot of red and black donned by the Miami Heat, and silver and black on the San Antonio Spurs, during the NBA Finals. But actual play time is only 48 minutes, leaving a whole lot of time for a statement wardrobe.

Members of the media and guests are gathered around a trunk maker at the Dior fashion house in Paris, Friday June 14, 2013, as part of the Les Journees Particulieres, event organised for two days by LVMH group. More than forty LVMH group locations throughout Europe are opening their doors and inviting the public to discover the savoir-faire of the luxury fashion industry group, for a two day open-door event. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Members of the public in six European countries are being given a rare glimpse into the secret inner workings of the fashion industry, as part of luxury giant LVMH's two-day open-door event.

FILE - This May 1, 2001 file photo shows fashion designer Vera Wang with her models after a showing of Wang's wedding fashions at her showroom in New York. Wang, 63, was honored for her lifetime achievement by the Council of Fashion Designers at its star-studded awards show Monday night. She received the award from her former employer and mentor Ralph Lauren, and she received a standing ovation from her peers. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)

Vera Wang, arguably the queen of red-carpet dressing, didn't go into the fashion business with stars in her eyes. She knew about its unglamorous side, the hard work and, especially, the risks. And there were plenty of doubts along the way.

But every time one person — and, she says, it really just takes one — understands what she's trying to express with a certain drape of a fabric, a particular color or a new silhouette, she's reminded of the reason why she became involved in fashion, and why she's still in it: There's an indefinable payoff that comes when she's helped a woman look and feel her best.

"I didn't come into this like all these teenagers who don't know better.