in LA (as in other parts of the world I'm sure) it's easy to rebel against the norm since no one bothers to get dressed up

Wear anything tailored on weekends and evenings and you've immediately set yourself apart from everyone else.

I agree that the normal ways of being a rebel are passe and cliche.  The days when heads turned to look at pink mohawks are over.  Punk's dead.....you're next.

Tweed has to be as radical as you can get these days.

Brother, we live in strange times indeed...

What a world!

j.

A friend of mine, and one who doesn't know I write about clothes was talking to me about getting a three piece suit made in a chalk stripe. When I asked him whether he thought three piece suits were passe, he replied, he didnt care, he wanted to look different. In fact, he liked the idea that no one else was wearing them. I dont consider him very knowledgeable about clothes; although he is interested. As a matter of fact, I consider some of his choices highly suspect but it remains that he knows what he wants, that he wants to be different and has the nerve to wear whatever he wants and damn the consequences. Style, at least individual style, is never far from confidence.