There once was a short-lived fashion magazine called Rags. The name was chosen tongue-in-cheek, of course, as when people who worked in the fashion industry refer to it as “the rag trade”. But hasn’t it become a good description for the way almost an entire generation has been dressing lately? What started out 'as colorful gypsy garb, clothing adorned with embroidered individuality, has become almost universally uniformed shoddiness.

So, it is not surprising that, perhaps with a bit of backlash, people are starting to dress up again ... and thankfully, there is an awareness of a return to Elegance. Rock groups glamming it up onstage probably don’t have much to do with it, for the glitter that seemed so much fun two years ago at the Cockettes opening in New York now looks like the face of a drag queen after a bad night. I’m talking about Dressing and it’s a real delight to see, for example, a divinely sexy man in a suit and tie for a change.