The pace of fashion in every age has been set by the deft, often powerful touch of men and women who, by virtue of place, personality or some special resonance with the spirit of the time, are widely emulated. Monarchs have always driven fashion before them the stylistic dictates of a potent king or queen once had the force of meteor strikes, and even modern royals have exerted great influence on prevailing notions of what is fashionable.. But a new breed of royalty has entered the field since Elizabethan times, an aristocracy of money, fame, power, talent and often sheer exposure, presidents and politicians, actors, musicians, designers, athletes - the vivid presences who sense and articulate some hidden yearning of the multitudes - are scrutinised for style cues. In fact, many of these high profile figures are in the business of finding and feeding such needs. Today, legions of trendsetters clamour for attention, their myriad offerings less like the blazing passage of a heavenly body than the shards of brilliance in a kaleidoscope - intermittent, shattered, and ephemeral....
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