Disturbing. Although nothing ever seems to come to pass as people fear. That's why though you must tend to the future, there's no sense in worrying about it.

The future never pans out the way we think it will which is why, though it is good to keep abreast of trends, problems and issues, it seems uselss to worry about what might never be. It's good to be forewarned with knowledge of the events around one but I've never been a fatalist.

You never know when there may be a cloth revival. Perhaps we need to write articles about it like this one and start our own English cloth revival (wonder what we'd call that?). Ten years ago, the seven fold tie was practically dead as an option here, same for the cashmere tie, now you can't swing a dead cat without hitting someone wearing one. There's how many billions of people on the planet? There must be enough demand to keep the English cloth Merchants going. There might even be someone in our midsts who wants to become a spinner.