All good things must come to an end and last night's couture show was, after 45 years, definitely his last - and a high.

I was sitting next to her at another couture show this week.

At one time, the idea of a couture show would have been overtly rich and dramatic — that's what people expected.

It's not often you can say that a couture show seems relevant.

In the most recent couture show, for example, a pink tabard-cloak was layered over a paler pink chiffon blouse and hot-pink trousers.