The Style Rant is a regular column that addresses some topic related to personal style. Sometimes it is literally about fashion and sartorial style; other times about social interaction, entertainment, or some other topic that has caught my attention.

The Style Rant is a regular column that addresses some topic related to personal style. Sometimes it is literally about fashion and sartorial style; other times about social interaction, entertainment, or some other topic that has caught my attention.

The Style Rant is a regular column that addresses some topic related to personal style. Sometimes it is literally about fashion and sartorial style; other times about social interaction, entertainment, or some other topic that has caught my attention.

Have you ever walked the streets of your neighborhood or city and noticed someone with such an eminence amount of fashion sense you’d deem them magazine worthy? From head to toe, they were dressed in the latest trends that were skillfully put together, one careful not to overshadow the other. Show stopping, to say the least. Then there’s the rebel who is against all things trendy and chooses to wear only what makes them happy. Both use their wardrobe to express themselves. They display self-esteem through their sense of fashion.

I met Jackie Kennedy once.  Well, she was Jackie Onassis by then.  I was just a kid, and it was at an art museum.  I have no idea why my family was there.  Not that we didn’t appreciate art, but we didn’t exactly move in the same circles.  Anyway, I still remember how she looked: so much prettier than her photos, very chic, very elegant, in very obviously expensive, beautifully