Tanya Taylor entered summer with heaps of her signature floral dresses and a sense of unease.
With weddings back in full swing, demand was up. But the stock market had just plunged, and with the national mood grim, the New York City-based designer anticipated that shoppers wouldn’t be in the mood for bright, breezy looks for long — that come August, her company might end up with too much unsold merchandise, which would need to be marked…