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Wearing shades

“WHAT’S THE COLOUR we should be wearing?” absolutely no one is asking. Once this was the kind of question wimmin and haute homosexuals were wont to inquire of gurus such as myself, only they now consider themselves too self-determining for it. Well, maybe they should revert, this kind of thing being the only means by which the likes of you and I will be able to afford a slice of fashion action.

You know matters have article entitled “The Reality and Delusion of Milan Fashion Week”, Rachel Tashjian riffed on the unaffordability of garb produced by socialist Miuccia Prada, among others.

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