the fashion dictator's tip of the day: wear clergy robes with a wide belt for that 80's japanese avant-garde look. 

"dear fashion dictator, where oh wear did you ever get such a heavenly idea," did you ask? well, today, i, the fashion dictator was depositing several checks into his trusty and favorite neighborhood bank. the fashion dictator could do business at the chi-chi bank closeby but finds the grittiness of his favorite bank too interesting and inspirational to pass by. 

people from all walks of life come into that bank, including old and young, cantankerous, quiet, meek, and a little crazy.

today, while waiting in line, i observed, for the second time in several weeks, a friar from a local church. he was wearing traditional brown robes with a hood and tied with a white rope. the look has been going on at least 4 to 5 centuries and still going strong in some circles. he wore it nonchalantly with sandals. he was depositing what seemed to amount to a lot of cash and change. "perhaps i'm in the wrong trade..." i thought to himself.

feeling that familiar something in the air  - no one knows where or why, but all of a sudden it happens - something new or something old comes into fashion. and today it occurred to the brilliant fashion dictator, yes, that's moi, that perhaps it's time for that 80's japanese avant-garde/british eccentric look to come back. so i googled it. yes, of course, in fact, there are inklings here and there that it's starting to happen again among the deepest thinkers of the fashion world, the japanese, where it all began.

holy issey miyake! the fashion dictator is correct again.

keeping my finger on the fashion pulse solely for you,

 The Fashion Dictator.