Debonair Fashion
Sometimes trading in their casual streetwear for refined ’30s and ’40s style dress wear-and scuffed Converse for shiny Italian oxford shoes-Gen Ys are leading a renaissance in elegant style. Donning a sophisticated Oliver Twist/Orphan Annie look, men are wearing slim wool ties, vests and short tailored pants while women’s style includes wool knee socks, feather headpieces and white fitted gloves. A 25-year-old respondent explained that dressing up “counters the perception that all twentysomethings are lazy, self-involved, no work ethic punks.”