These pronouns demonstrative, hic, iste, ille, are distinguished thus: hic points to the nearest to me; iste to him who is by you; ille to him who is distant from both of us: When hic and ille are referred to two things or persons placed before; hic is generally referred to the latter, ille to the former:

[…] thou […] didst contract and purse thy brow together, / As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain / Some horrible conceit: […]

But other designers have done the same, notably John Galliano and Rick Owens, in a very similar style. Mr. Theyskens may have wanted loose dresses and tops in mauve and lilac-gray silk to look indistinct, his rough jackets and blousons to seem worn and unprecious.

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