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Like TV journalist Michael Crick, I’m a fan of ties. But for precisely the opposite reasonLooking neutral can be a challenge. That’s my big take-away from LA fashion week. Did you realise it was LA fashion week? I nearly missed it. I only twigged when I saw a photo in the paper of an oddly dressed young woman holding a dog. It was from Anthony Rubio’s show – he’s a designer who specialises in dressing women holding dogs. I mean, I assume they’re allowed to put the dogs down while actually dressing. That would surely be necessary, particularly as he also dresses the dogs.The dog in the picture – I think a shih tzu – had been assiduously scrubbed, brushed, combed and then had bits of cloth tied to its hair (fur?). It appeared still to be in shock from this process as its baffled eyes were bulging out in subtly different directions. The lady holding the dog just looked sleepy. Continue reading...