On Thursday, en route from London, I flew over to Savannah, of all places, to attend SCAD’s annual fashion show. Dirk Standen, the former Style.com editor and current dean of fashion at the Savannah College of Art and Design, invited me—but also, I’ve always been charmed and intrigued by SCAD, a young school (45 is the new 30) that has managed to establish itself as a formidable competitor in the industrial race to shape creative minds. André Leon Talley, for example, had a relationship with the school for nearly 20 years, cajoling his friends and acquaintances to join him for various goings-on. SCAD was where I met the late Julia Reed, a former Vogue editor and close friend of Hamish Bowles. Also, everyone in Savannah dresses up.