maybe she's born with it

"Some people come to New York to achieve fabulousness; some come and find fabulousness thrust upon them. . . .

'There was  a time when, as long as you brought the party, nothing else mattered,' said Charlie Brown, a hairstylist who, despite his own crew cut, often coifs his friends to go out clubbing. 'That's what's changed about night life. People got jaded and bored with what was going on. You need to get people excited, and dressing up is something that can get people going.'

Despite their devotion to fashion, the party hoppers of the last decade who went to club nights like Misshapes were pretty low-key; their signature look was skinny jeans, a designer T-shirt and bangs in their eyes. Now, with even middle-of-the-road young people dressing more smartly, that look is changing. The last year saw rumblings of a return of club-kid finery and the kinds of madcap outfits that were a mainstay of the 1980s and early 1990s nightclub scene."

- "Dress Codes: Going Gaga" (NYTimes)