Yes, the toque has gone upscale for 2002. No longer just a woollen lid for keeping your melon warm, the toque a la Galliano is head-turningly bold and Inca-inspired – sort of like "Bob and Doug Mackenzie go to Manchuu Pichuu and eat some back bacon before being spreadeagled over a stone altar and having their hearts ripped out to appease Tlaloc the God of Thunder." You know the look I mean.

It is almost certain that trend-conscious university students from McGill to Kitsilano will be lining up to buy Galliano's Inca Toque faster than you can say "Eight hundred bucks for a frigging toque?!"

Next up: embroidered diving helmets for deep-sea style.