Baubles Bangles and Beads

Fashion ! I note in some blogs that the wearing of certain clothes and glittering baubles is considered "sophisticated"sadly this does not fit in with a reasoned look at the subject,over time the wearing of suits by males has denoted a person divorced from manual work, and by definition someone in authority,the same applies to judicial figures,judges,lawyers etc. all tarted up to present a figure of authority,able to provide wise counsel to us lesser mortals.
Jewellery, gold is a malleable metal which is not a victim of oxidisation,and it glitters! other than it being a very bright metal what is its value? the value is an artificial one,diamonds are a very hard stone which has a use in drill bits which gives it a manufacturing value,it also glitters and combined with other baubles is decorative,but it only has a real value as a useful manufacturing accessory.
Works of art have a value which is the cost of materials used and the time spent in making them,any added value is not real but artificially arrived at,so the million £ $ values they fetch at auctions are false,but in our type of monetary system are traded as" status" symbols,ie "look how rich and powerful I am!"
The fashion houses(you must not call them factories)come up with ridiculous Ideas which may or may not look good on ultra thin females,and jutting jawed males devoid of beer bellies, but the monetary rich can buy them for ridiculously high prices as status symbols,the lesser mortals make do with inferior mass market copies, so aping your "betters" is the name of the game for most fashion lovers.
Real clothes are those made with a purpose and worn to carry out certain occupations ,ie overalls(coveralls) I believe they are known as in the USA,uniforms for military personnel(so you know who is on your side) protection against the weather and so on.
I was motivated into this little philosophical treatise by the sea mist blowing in and spoiling the weather and recent fashion comments on blogs, hopefully the weather will improve and we can get back to our fairly philosophy free musings .