Panache

I had dinner with my daughter yesterday in an Indian restaurant located on a pedestrian-only street in my hood. It is this way every summer until the late fall when car traffic is once again permitted. 

I was facing the window and could see all types of people walking by with their different clothing choices and body shapes. Needless to say that there was gender blurring. 

Had I been sitting there in the 1940's there would have been much more uniformity with the absence of colour being the most notable. In 1910 it would have been an even more stark sea of black, grey, brown and white.

People are much more accustomed to diversity today. It is to the point where nothing shocks anyone especially if one carries themselves with confidence and panache. 

A panache that announces you know who you are.