mussel
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A. That the sort-of-idle rich are style leaders because they can devote themselves to cultivating their tastes is an interesting view, though I don't really agree with you. Our reporting on so-called high society in the past couple of year has pointed out that whereas designers like Bill Blass once looked to the tastes of Park Avenue dames for inspiration, nowadays many younger socialites (and Hollywood stars) are given their finery by designers who are looking to exploit them as walking billboards. Original and influential style comes from everywhere, high and low, rich and poor, young and old. Think of hip hop street fashion, or the blue-collar Carhartt guy look still popular in Williamsburg, or the Factory-era Edie Sedgwick, whose style is being revived. We aim to cover all of it.