Attention, Please

A new, look-at-me spirit ruled the fall runways. The question is, will you be wearing by gone-era glamour or fight-for-your-rights protest gear?

- Veronique Hyland

Late one night, a friend trying to sell me on the benefits of mindfulness sends me a text—apparently, an acquaintance of hers recently lost 170 pounds and gained a promotion, a transformation he credits to repeating a mantra 10 times every morning in the mirror. I don’t believe her, but of course I want to know the mantra, and once she tells me, I can’t stop thinking about it: “Look at me.”