On the whole, though, fashion in Texas cannot be called wildly experimental. But that doesn’t mean it has to stay that way. There are indications that as Texas grows more urban, its new cosmopolitan awareness will force a rethinking of fashion by manufacturer and consumer. “Texas Naturally” is one of the most hopeful signs that Texas fashion is coming of age. Sponsored by the Dallas Fashion Group in conjunction with the Texas Food and Fiber Commission, the show set out to predict what Texas fashion can become if and when it matures. Designers across the state from established apparel firms and small custom operations were commissioned to create individualized looks in natural fibers (the closest some of them could come were natural/synthetic blends, and a few had to bow out completely because they worked only with synthetics). The result was a 78-piece show full of pleasant surprises as well as a few clinkers.