About a year ago I began writing this column. Initially Eleganza met with disapproval, as well as more than a fair share of abuse. The subject matter — clothes, style, whatever — was considered by some to be frivolous, decadent, reactionary, capitalistic, anti-life and lots of other phrases left over from the sixties. The idea of presenting photos of rock promoters in suits (as we did in that very first column) costing hundreds of dollars paid for by “bleeding the culture” blah blah blah. . . well, some people were appalled. But all I really wanted to do was to try and prove a point, to say something about Dressing; and about how clothes were going to matter again. And now, a year later, I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.