Dressing For Dinner
I really thought it was pretty much impossible to under-dress for a meal at McDonalds, but that will soon enough not be the case. I say it’s about time for America to get its sartorial act together and what better place to start than Big Mac land? If culture can’t filter from the top down, then let’s kick some butt from the bottom up.
It’s such a marketing breakthrough. As the airlines go broke, Christian Dior, Kate Spade and Stan Herman (whose name sounds like an amalgam of Stan Getz and Woody Herman) are determined to make them look good while they go down the tubes. Keep 'em lookin' snappy as they slide out from under their pension obligations.
Once upon a time in a land called ‘lost-America,’ the elite set the dress code and we regular common folks tried as best we could to keep up with them. If the boss had a dozen suits, we at least had one and wore it, shiny pants and all. Look at any 40’s photo and the streets are awash in men’s hats and no woman other than the Duchess of …