First of all, how did it get to be August already?

Second, and more directly style-related: I was cleaning out some file cabinets last weekend and pulled out the (literally) thousands of pieces I produced when I wrote for a weekly paper in the 1980s and ’90s. Most of it’s ephemeral—reviews of tv shows not even their creators remember—but there were also columns about fashion and culture that I could have written this year. (Except for the part where they reference “Felicity,” but you can see that on Hulu Plus if you want to catch up.)

Click on the image below and read what I thought about style and aging in 1998.