WEAR PURPLE..It's The Color of Dignity and Solidarity!

In today's remembrance of the gay students who were driven to suicide because of the "shockingly lethal harrassment" which they received from their tormentors, the "color purple" will commemorate a day of mourning of their untimely and tragic demises.

Ladies & Gentlemen, in today's fashion world and historically speaking, the color purple is a sign of regality, so wear your purple with PRIDE and not with a sense of shame or self-imposed fear. The old rules do not apply in this case!

I myself just last night in solidarity, having to attend a rather conservative discussion group and dinner at The Cornell Club with a panel of credible and rather notable financial commentators, authors, analysts and experts from the New York Times, MSNBC, CNN, etal, about "Wall Street" and why we as individual investors should still care about investing in it (which in itself was a bit hard to digest), built a stylishly classical ensemble around a beautiful Asprey purple V-neck cashmere sweater, pairing it with a bourdeaux silk Moschino patterned tie and plum (also in the purple family) Sean Jean mini pinstriped shirt, and over that I wore a lovely, crisp mocha chocolate waxed cotton blazer, by that new lesser priced diffusion line +J, by Jill Sander and slim pants by John Varvatos.

So you see, the point is that one can wear purple and somehow blend into the most ultra-Right Wing establishmentary-ist setting, however displaying your commemorance.

Here are 9 other ways to wear purple.

Men
1. Purple aligator wallets,(available at Dunhill, Asprey) are all so chic and fashionable now and exude a tremendous sense of confidence and wealth.
2. Obviously purple shirts in a multitude of pinstripes and shades of purple with crisp white collars, by Tom Ford and other impeccable menswear designers.
3. Purple luggage by T. Anthony, which looked surprisingly quite masculine.
4. Purple shirt cufflinks.
5. Racier, but none the less wiser, purple trimmed underwear by 2(X)ist
6. The obvious and most conservative of them all, purple pocket squares, or any pocket squares trimmed in purple in a gammet of purples and patterns
7. Now for the more saavy, fashion conscious bon vivant who has a tremendous sense of flair and elan, purple neck crevattes and any neck scarves.
8. Business card cases or passport cases in purple can look oh so regal and very VIP.
9. Last, but certainly not least, shoes in mauve to purple hues from Hermes, John Lobb and other such sartorial mens shoe makers.

But the women have it easy in this case and I shall site 10 easy ways for women to wear purple.

1. Dresses and gowns (perfect for the fete season)
2. Shoes
3. Handbags
4. Scarves
5. Silky under garments
6. Hats
7. Jewelry
8. Umbrellas and parisols
9. Shadows of eye makeup and makeup in general
10.Sun glasses and eye glasses of all styles
11.Coats

Come on ladies, this is a no-brainer for you all! Although, the male gender is supposedly the peacock of the human species, purple was definitely made for women!

But men can also look just as fetching and not be walkiing targets of "HATE" criminals, which in my book are those people
who force the gentile ( often many times GAY individuals) to commit suicide by constant goading and harrassment, with DEATH as the tragic and barbaric outcome. HATERS should not be tolerated in our American society of "Freedom for All"!

Montgomery Frazier "The Image Guru" at www.montgomeryfrazier.com