"Oscar de La Renta sleeveless silk, full-skirted dress with black patent-leather bow belt – now that is pure poetry," the character once said.
There are poodle hoodies for £4.99, faux pink leather dog boots for £5.99 and a range of doggie polo shirts and pullovers.
The Iris sandal, handwoven in leather macramé, the classic tan shade set off by a cascade of yellow, red, green and blue resin beads, is what every modern-day Apfel will be wearing in Ibiza this summer.
When I walked out in smoke, dressed like a tart in leather, the audience screamed so much that I couldn't hear the backing track and I was completely out of key.
Yanis Varoufakis arrived in Downing Street yesterday in black jeans, a mauve open-necked shirt that was not tucked in, and the sort of leather coat Putin might wear on a bear hunt.
Others are cheaper but you have to source your leather.
Sewing leather is immensely satisfying; it feels like an exercise from a bygone era, as if I'm sewing gauntlets in the 16th century.
When Wang says mildly he wanted to do knitwear, note that what this meant on the catwalk was a patent leather coat embossed to give a trompe l'oeil cable-knit effect, a modern take on chainmail, and Gisele Bündchen closing the show in a round-shouldered sweater with a necklace of crystals knitted into its structure.
A far better bet for cut-price chic is to forget the designer label altogether and try the multitude of high-quality leather goods stores.
Some, like Dwayne Harms of Anamosa, Iowa, who wore a leather jacket over overalls and a hat stating he was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, hadn't realized the event had any political affiliations.
Related: Poland's stance is 'anti-Russian hysteria', says Night Wolves leader But it seems as if the Night Wolves have been stopped in their tracks, with German and Austrian authorities reporting that the Russian biker gang has been reduced to a handful of leather-clad men in a rental car.
