He's obsessed by all of that. Mr. Lane laughed. You know, in Russia they had the old believers, who were sent into exile. Hamish is the last of the old believers. Ms. Nickerson gave a light, coy laugh.
Ladies never show their ankles.
Perhaps because of the way he looks the angular features, the flying Etonian locks, the flash of violet or orange socks under the trouser legs of his Savile Row suits Mr. Bowles does resemble a figure out of the past. Anna Wintour, his boss at Vogue, asked the other day. Yet, in some ways, Mr. Bowles is the ideal person to put together a costume exhibition devoted to Jackie Kennedy. She, too, was something of an old believer. Though only 31 when she became first lady, she loved history and surrounded herself with older mentors and experts who helped her transform the White House into a symbol of cultural power.