So long, sparkle: fashion is entering a glitter-free zone (for now). How will a glitz fiend like me ever detox in time?(PERSONAL STYLE)

Harper's Bazaar, August, 2006 by Bailey, Sarah

My name is Sarah Bailey, and I'm addicted to glitter, frills, furbelows, sparkle, embroidery, beading, and fripperies of all kinds. And it's not just me who's got a problem. For seasons now the whole fashion industry has been indulging in an excess of unfettered decoration. "If they can wear it, we can embellish it" has been the abiding design principle.

From coast to coast, sisters have been blinging it on, whether expressing their personal style in a riot of brocade, vintage costume jewelry, and sequins (that would be me) or by doing the layered necklace, ...