Why are fashion people so fond of acronyms and weird word contractions: LBD, the shoot (shoe boot), etc?
Milly, London You know how fashion magazines are ever so fond of those boring articles in the boring beauty sections about how to stay looking younger? These are not for the readers. These are for the journalists. Fashion journalists, along with most fashion designers, would very much like to remain teenagers. For ever. Now, some of us were so grateful to leave behind our teenage years that we nearly wept with gratitude on our 20th birthday. The word “teenage” has a pungently Proustian effect on me, but instead of memories of starchy childhood and golden romances, mine consist more of the smell of Clearasil and dance halls throbbing with the sounds of Sir Mix-A-Lot. Oh, happy, happy idyllic days. But I seem to be a rarity here. The point is that fashion journalists, by and large, would all like to be teenagers (this is true, incidentally, only of British and French fashion journalists; Americans dress like middle-aged socialites, and the Italians, well, they’re just pazzi). Therefore,
