Who Really Gets Fashion

Who Really Gets Fashion AT a mixed drink party at Chelsea Piers on Sunday night, a yearly Toys for Tots philanthropy drive that draws a horde of for the most part gay men, the creator Peter Som wryly watched that there were such a large number of planners, retail officials and marketing experts introduce that if the wharf fallen, "there would be no design industry tomorrow."

Two months sooner, Tara Subkoff, the operator provocateur behind the name Imitation of Christ, had commented amid an open gathering, with a lot of bothering, that form "is a gay man's calling."

Ms. Subkoff was irritated; Mr. Som was delighted.

The distinction between their states of mind toward the gay male strength of the form business, an exceptional and generally recognized condition, shows a growing pressure between the individuals who feel they are oppressed and the individuals who feel to some degree supported by a recognition, to a great extent unexamined, that men are preferred fashioners over ladies, and gay men are the best creators of all.

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