I always get annoyed when I’m told what I have to wear to a restaurant, but I do miss the days when people got dressed up to go to the theater or get on an airplane. There’s something nice about dressing formally to show respect for these fine dining establishments that have become institutions.
– Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor (TV sitcom Modern Family) and designer of bow ties. Mr. Ferguson is also opening a one-man show on Broadway called Fully Committed.
I miss those days too, but I don’t let the drop in standards interfere with my personal dress code. I’m pretty much overdressed, relatively speaking, all the time.
Congratulations to Carlota Caulfield on the publication of her fashion memoir, Fashionable: A Poet’s Passion for Style (Ediciones Torremozas, S.L., 2016).
The government ordered a 15 percent reduction in the allotment of yardage to be used for women’s and girls’ apparel. Dolman and leg-of-mutton sleeves became no-nos, as did tucks, pleats, plackets, hoods, and belts wider than two inches. We went along with the rules because we wanted to help our boys, but we suffered less than other women across the country, because theatrical costumes – along with bridal wear and religious and judiciary robes – were exempt from the new restrictions. In other words, we looked crummy by day and fabulous by night. 
A more sophisticated client respects that linen will crease because it is indicative of its premium quality, much like a collector would appreciate the patina on an old vintage watch. 
Let’s face it, whiter and brighter smiles are a fashion “must-have.” But some of us are not willing to risk harming our teeth with chemical bleaching and abrasive agents. So when I received a pitch to try Black Is White – a natural whitening toothpaste – I was in!
You can’t expect fashion to revolutionize things; revolution happens in society. The miniskirt came to be because of the women’s liberation. New comes from the changes in society and fashion reflects it. Fashion is attentive to change; maybe now the real revolution is the closeness between men’s and women’s wear. 
I love designing clothes. It’s a silly, ridiculous business and it pays far too much money and you meet silly, ridiculous people and I love it! 
OverDressed for Life 