Hype and Seek

An honest review of fashion's current obsessions

How do certain fashion wares become “IT” items? You know what I’m referring to. Jamie Haller loafers. High Sport pants. The Juju Vera Necklace. So on and so on. Something strange happens in fashion — perhaps it’s our collective rallying cry—that prompts us to suddenly take normal, inanimate objects and turn them into full blown phenomenons—complete with…