Ideefixee
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Exoteric: "not belonging, limited, or pertaining to the inner or select circle, as of disciples or intimates"
He's saying that it is esoteric and not exoteric, therefore there is an inherent level of smugness.
In which case he would be slightly mistaken, since only one level of high fashion can be invariably called 'esoteric', that is, the level which designs, never the level which can wear