A Touch of Elegance
"TO confer style and distinction upon ‘odds and ends of information is a gift which is found more readily among those who belong to older and more sophisticated cultures. It is not an accident therefore to find Gerald Cox, an Englishman, handling "A Man Looks at Fashion" in the 3YA Mainly for Women session, with a degree of this elegance which promises more should he choose further to develop his talent. The material itself is nothing. Any digest might provide us with this, but\just the right choice of words and the right delivery turns the egg into the meringue, as magically as Jaminet’s "The Letter" transforms a trivial love affair into an exquisite painting. Mr. Cox did not always reconcile apparent contradictions in his approach; e.g., that while the world of fashion is one from which the male is excluded famous designers like Christian Dior are men. On the other hand, when he spoke of the "ritual of
measuring" in Savile Row, there I felt was the kind of touch which lifted the talk up to its interesting level.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 791, 17 September 1954, Page 11
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183A Touch of Elegance New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 791, 17 September 1954, Page 11
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