| 5s | Hello, this is Bill Cunningham from the |
| 9s | fashion front and there's no question |
| 13s | we're not just in an evolution; we're in |
| 16s | a revolution. It has all to do with men's |
| 21s | perspective on dress and particularly a |
| 26s | new generation. We will see the sweep of |
| 29s | fashion. Starting, if you will, the Ralph |
| 33s | Lauren man in his very precise tailored |
| 37s | tweed suits, jackets, weskits, and then |
| 42s | you see the younger men, here, the jacket |
| 45s | as it would be all basted by a tailor |
| 47s | with basting thread. So it's taking a |
| 51s | very classic thing and tweaking it, |
| 55s | which is wonderful. Now the younger |
| 57s | generation are seeing men's dress in a |
| 60s | totally different way. Now of course |
| 62s | they're obviously not going to a board |
| 64s | meeting in a bank because they wouldn't get in |
| 67s | the door, but that's another question. |
| 69s | Look at the use of fur as a touch on men, |
| 73s | men's clothes, and the use of color. Then |
| 78s | you have the other young men showing us |
| 80s | that grunge - it's all being reinterpreted |
| 83s | by a new generation. Marc Jacobs started |
| 88s | it 20 years ago and, wow, it's back with a |
| 92s | force. As a matter of fact that's what |
| 95s | the - collection - Andy Simon's |
| 98s | collection was so criticized for |
| 100s | but there's something in the air and |
| 103s | it's all being reflected, not in women's |
| 106s | clothes, but men's clothes. But this young |
| 108s | fella in his full getup and he painted |
| 111s | his boots himself and embroidered his |
| 114s | leggings himself. And then when I looked, |
| 117s | I thought, "My God, he's got gold teeth." |
| 119s | Well they weren't gold teeth at all. They |
| 122s | were a grill. And of course, where would |
| 126s | you be without the hat? And not just a |
| 128s | hat. Look at the rakish angle of these |
| 131s | hats. Of course, how Buck Rogers got in |
| 134s | there, it's - I think it's kind |
| 136s | marvelous. Looks like the fin of a |
| 138s | Cadillac 1950 Cadillac car, doesn't it? |
| 142s | It's a very, very interesting time to be |
| 146s | observing fashion. Fashion throughout |
| 149s | recorded history has been a marvelous |
| 152s | barometer. In retrospect, historians study |
| 156s | fashion. And we're seeing it now played |
| 160s | out right before our eyes in the 21st |
| 164s | century. So I don't - I mean it's very |
| 167s | easy just to laugh and pass it off that |
| 170s | all this is going along with gay |
| 172s | marriage and all this... they can dress any |
| 174s | way they want... but it's much more than |
| 176s | that. Much more than that. The peacock is |
| 179s | emerging. He's been a sparrow since |
| 184s | mid-Victorian times. We had the beginning of |
| 187s | the peacock revolution in the 60s. |
| 189s | Well, I think we're seeing the full |
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