In more research about how style differs from fashion, I came across one David G. Hartwell's Three Laws of Fashion:
To Dress in ignorance of Fashion is to Dress badly.
To Dress knowingly in Fashion is to become invisible.
To Dress knowingly in opposition to Fashion is to have your own style.
Apparently any random blogster can create "laws" or rules of fashion (and use Capital letters whenever it suits Him/Her).
I quote him here only to reiterate my earlier blog about most people feeling one way or another because of how others regard the clothes they wear or don't wear. David G. Hartwell is living proof of this - he's telling anyone who reads him (and cares) that if you are ignorant of fashion, then you are a bad dresser and if you abide by the latest trend, then you are just like everyone else. If, however, you dress his way, and know fashion but contradict it with your dress, then you have a style. (See above photo - those are polka dots on the tie.)
Sounds like an excuse for not seeing so well in his old age.
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