But fashion, not so much.
Even their necklaces of big white baubles are a reminder of other times, other fashions; not so much Renaissance pearls as Maggie-in-a-twinset pearls, Princess Di rather than a Velázquez Infanta.
I've been watching the off-catwalk fashion – not so much the peacocky Anna Dello Russo stuff as what the fashion footsoldiers wear, which is much more telling – and a key look right now is a midi-length, loose, floral or colourful dress worn with comfortable shoes (trainers, chunky loafers, flatforms).
Because right now she is the hottest thing in UK entertainment-meets-fashion circles, not so much a brand as a ubiquitous, multi-platform, poly-pulchritudinous department store of attractions.
Adrienne Antonson of State draws parallels to St James and says she sees opting off the fashion calendar as not so much a re-creation of a fashion model, but more so charting her own course.
In that he is quite old-fashioned -- not so much postmodern as premodern.
So it is a sign of fashion's current spirit – not so much androgynous, as relaxed about the rules – that bows are cropping up on unusual places.
So when Dad came round he asked him and then Jason said: 'I'm glad you've said 'yes' because I've already asked her!' So he's old fashioned in one way … not so much in another.
Not so much fashion in the sense of the sewn frock, as fashionability, a conjunction of perfomed glamour, conspicuous outrage, publicity and pizazz that Diaghilev exploited so well.
And moving away from biblical judgments, he fashioned for the good angels to remedy not so much a theological crisis as a "fine kettle of fish".
Since then, there has been a fashion frenzy for lace, but not so much the peekaboo, lingerie styles redolent of the boudoir and focusing on flesh.
