THE ROGUE...IN VOGUE .....DACRON POLYESTER BEGINS TO COVER THE WORLD LIKE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS.....SUPPLANTING NYLON.....NIK NIK BEGINS ITS RULE OF GAY URBAN SOPHISTICATES', OUT OF THEIR CLOSETS AND INTO EVERYDAY LIFE, OUTSIDE THE OLD PARAMETERS OF HETERO-NORMALCY.....

"space age" synthetic materials,such as retro-Lurex, inundate the men's clothing market in the late 1960's and oil-based polyesters 'snag' the attention of Gay America....alas.....I lived a couple of blocks from "The Rogue", that touted this ultra tacky fashion trend.....a 'fashion police' friend, who worked there, teased me for dressing 'so Saks 5th Ave' and for wearing 'old', 'used' clothes....like 1940's styles that came from thrifts and Goodwill stores.........I'm still laughing!