glamour and the new millennium
					Lately there has been a lot of talk of what is the "new" glamour for the new millennium. Every newsstand glossy has been reporting on the latest happenings in fashion, interiors, and entertainment and how it embraces an updated sense of luxury. Yet, by the very nature of glamour, it should not be adapted to the fast-paced, comfort-oriented mass culture that we have become. Glamour is something that is rare, unique. By its own definition, it is a spell cast to enchant its victims. Celebrities of film and fashion, sporting the latest new balance sneakers and a couture slip dress, with a mass of disheveled hair pinned ever so effortlessly with the newest barrette from Colette, makes not a glamourous spell. If we were to believe all what we read and see, glamour for the new millennium is merely a manifestation of commercial culture, dictated by the trickle up theory of fashion trend. When something is glamourous, it is untouchable. It eludes us. And that is what makes its pursuit so enchanting. In the 30's, when the hopeful youth flocked to the cinema to see the latest Garbo release, it was to escape into a world which existed somewhere between reality and fantasy. The clothing, the parties, the deluxe New York penthouses, all conveyed a universal desire to leave the confines of urban life. Each decade has had its glamourous few. Those men and women, creators and consumers that set the pace for all to follow. Each decade created its own set of unique trappings to lure the masses. The finest of materials and more than a hint of perfection was what truly cast the spell.