My wife wears a dress and heels most of the time when she goes out - and to those haters out there, yes, I do wear a tie and a jacket when I go out as as well, though nothing quite as skinny as Don Drapers... I am willing to bet that skin cancer will bring hats back into vogue, thank god.
Yes - most clothes today are hideous - mostly because it is uncool to look like you care, or to act as if you might have expended more than a modicum of effort. But that doesn't mean that you have to wear them.
Just because other people want to look like slobs, it does not follow that you must look like a slob. You want to look nice? You want to make people think that you care? Dress the way you wish they would. Look good. Be an example for young folks - provide an alternative to sweats and track suits.
In the long view - the fashion pendulum has swung to the fully hideous position - it can only get better from here. And it will swing back.
