Plenty of discussion about this topic:
--check out this youtube video of the Brooklyn Savvy Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgV1-iCyEdA) ---hear what fashion designers have said on Women's Wear Daily (http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/for-whom-do-women-dress-1892552)
--or read this article in the New York Times (http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00D1FFF355810738DDDAF0A94DA405B828EF1D3)