Total shocker: designers not cultural symbols

The New York Times found that Donald Trump is better-known than Ralph Lauren or even household names Dolce and Gabbana (Is This the Most Trusted Man in Fashion?, Thursday.) Quoth the Times: "That only one designer, Mr. Lauren, made it into the top category on the strength of his own steam [not celebrity endorsements or whatever] is interesting, though. It says to Mr. Passikoff, and perhaps everyone else, that designers are not the cultural symbols we suppose them to be." The cultural symbols who supposed them to be, you twee numbnuts? Yeah, keep your eye out for the Karl Lagerfeld Christmas Special on ABC.