I is for Icon
A fashion Icon is a person who is regarded to be a representative of a style which is worthy of veneration because they exude chic and self-possession.
Such veneration is a through back to a day when valour and wisdom would have been given symbolic representation in the form of a hero or a god, however in today’s world, where fame is worthy of veneration in itself, that representation is to be found neither in the heroic nor the godly, but, rather, in the body parts of some reality show celebrity: i.e. instead of venerating Achilles or Eros, as in old, today we venerate Kim kardashian’s posterior peach as though it alone could lead an army or excrete a sage aphorism with the easy of the ancients.
With all things considered, when it comes to icons I have to say: it’s best to neglect the veneration of others and better to consider oneself one’s own style god and venerate the wisdom of one’s own wardrobe choices --after all, if I am to be a heroic as of old and with it to have an Achilles heel, it’d damned well better be a stiletto rather than a kitten.
