And so I remain fervently infatuated with the Council for Fashion Designers of America’s official Fashion Week and deeply enchanted by its mystique. I guess you can say it’s a bit of a toxic romance — one-sided, with one party granting the other not even a minute of their time.

Well, Beyoncé said it best — if you like it, then you should probably put a ring on it. You know, just in case somebody else does.  “Single Ladies” perhaps takes a bit too literal of an approach to the message here, but you get the idea: don’t take for granted what’s right in front of your face. And when it comes to relationships, sometimes the solution to that thing is a ring — a promise ring, to be exact.

Imagine walking into a bar on a Friday night. Instead of the usual mix of familiar faces, random older individuals and that other weird group in the corner, there is only an amalgamation of the  most...