When Upside-down Logic Makes Sense

The Hungarian Countess Louise J. Esterhazy was a revered — and feared — chronicler of the highs — and generally lows — of fashion, society, culture and more. It seems the Esterhazy clan by nature is filled with strong opinions, because WWD Weekend has been contacted by the Countess’ long-lost nephew, the Baron Louis J. Esterhazy, who has written from Europe to express his abhorrence of numerous modern fashion and cultural developments. The Baron’s pen is as sharp as his late aunt’s and here is his latest column on logic — or the lack thereof. Over the years I am frequently knocked sideways and often amused at what one can only best describe as wildly “odd ball” logic. Yet many a time there’s a weird type of intellectual rigor about it, despite it being entirely wrong.I recently was chatting with a Turkish friend who has lived in the U.S. for years. She described how she was accompanying her aged parents on a road trip down the Eastern Seaboard. At one point, with her parents both seated in the back of the car, as they approached a large high river-spanning bridge, her mother and father suddenly gave each other a conspiratorial glance and then, in the

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