My patience has been rewarded – I’m finally in vogue

After a handful of recent compliments, Will Gore readies himself for the fashion world

If you wear something for long enough, it’s bound to come on trend at some point (Getty)

Something odd may be afoot. Whisper it, but I have an inkling that I’ve become a fashion icon.

When I mentioned this to a friend a few days ago, he laughed uproariously. And yet the reason I had brought up the possibility was that he had just complimented me on my tie, the style of which – horizontal stripes, square end – he understood to be rather the in thing.

In the case of this particular garment, it may simply be a case of what goes around, comes around, since I bought it at least 15 years ago. But the broader point is that this was the fifth occasion in less than a month that I’d received favourable comments about my sartorial choices. Indeed, it was the second of that day about the tie alone. Surely, this was beyond mere coincidence.