Alas, these past few days in New York have reminded me, time and again, that the fashion industry isn’t simply deeply insecure, but it’s also not terribly creative. Consider the disappointing Donna Karan relaunch, which never felt right even if the whole thing was earnestly well-intentioned. Sure, the clothes were pulled from the archives of Donna Karan’s Donna Karan, but the quality of a garment made by apparel manufacturer G-III, the current proprietor of the brand, doesn’t match the caliber of the materials used in the ’80s and ’90s. Karan declined G-III’s offer to come on set for the campaign shoot, presumably because she knows that nostalgia done wrong is never chic. One friend wished the company would let this beautiful brand have a dignified death, rather than diffusing it into meaningless oblivion.