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How much will your daughter expect you to spend on her own designer outfits after she dresses up her doll in everything from a Gucci jacket to John Galliano high-heeled sandals?

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Nearly all the Barbie clothes at our house came from garage sales. For that matter, so have some of my daughters' clothes. And mine.

I spent a few minutes yesterday doubled up laughing over Barbara Amiel's article. If you haven't read it, you must. Lady Black advises us all what to do if we learn that one of our society friends has bought the same $45,000 jacket (zippers all over the place -- as if) we just did: apparently, we're supposed to co-ordinate by phone so that we never turn up at the same functions dressed identically.

I didn't know that Lady Black had finally made the Best Dressed List -- did you? Bet you feel greatly improved by that knowledge.

Sometimes I look through it to find the winner of the "most pretentious article" award. But this may be more than I can face. Anyone else?

(P.S. I refuse to start a thread on FQ under Media. That would be to recognize it as a legitimate publication, rather than a throw-away of glossy fashion ads.)

[ 10 September 2004: Message edited by: Wilfred Day ]

I had forgotten that post of mine above, written only a year ago, it seems.

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I may sue for back injuries caused by lugging in this morning's FQ.

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So, is this an annual magazine?