HURRAH

for Elton John, who is not giving up on fashion, even though fashion may have given up on him.

The singing superstar was photographed in his Gucci cat-print cape over the holidays (right). ‘Perfect for tea on Boxing Day,’ was his cheery tweet. Yes, darling, particularly if you pop it on top of the teapot to keep your brew cosy, which it seems perfectly designed to do.

Elton! Someone has to explain to him that very, very few men look good in a cape, up to and including Superman.

There are exceptions. Captain Poldark could, but chooses flowing frock coats instead. James Norton as Prince Andrei in the BBC’s wonderful 2016 adaptation of War & Peace sets the gold standard for erotic gentlemanly cape age.

I still dream about his frogging, but that’s enough of my private pain for one year.