Jury duty on Wall Street: not so much fun. Jury Duty at Parsons, well, that's another story. Today I sat on a panel with designers, buyers, and industry professionals to review the work of 14 articulate and highly creative graduating seniors who looked for inspiration for their collections in everything from shipwrecks to glam rock to architecture to, yes, superheroes. The standout collections in this morning's session came from Grace Shin, whose black dresses almost every woman on the panel would have ordered if she could; Heezu Hwang, a one-time Daryl K intern who played ingeniously with patterns; and Angela Gao, who showed not only a sophisticated clothing collection but accessorized it as well. Spring 2009, at least at Parsons, is already looking good.