We had more designer patterns in the autumn/fall release. I really like Rachel Comey's designs and Zandra Rhodes but they don't appear this time round. Vogue (and McCalls to a lesser extent I think) do patterns which are knock offs of designer clothes. Their in-house designer, Carlos is really clever at that. UttaRetch spotted a version of an Alexander McQueen blouse a few releases back and there was an Alexander McQueen coat a couple of years ago. Some of these patterns do have quite 'designery' elements so I wouldn't be surprised if they were copied from designer stuff. The Pattern Vault blog is good at spotting these designer copies.