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And then she will dry her eyes, fish out a few glad rags, throw on a little makeup and get a blowout..

The family-friendly day is designed to encourage the next generation - and hundreds of youngsters donned their glad rags and turned out to dance along the route.

It was against this backdrop that fashion’s so-called system stirred to life again, with a few designers venturing out of their digital caves to mount live shows that instantaneously attracted hordes of young pretties of either — or any — gender disporting themselves in their glad rags.

But that didn't stop the stars donning their best glad rags at home and logging in for Sunday's Critics' Choice Awards, which could be a key indicator of who might triumph at the Academy Awards next month.

While Bill Cunningham may have managed to find some compelling fashion thematic in the sight of crowds shambling about Midtown in hoodies and Uggs, the crossroads of 57th Street and Fifth it is not the same now that the city mice that used to disport themselves there in glad rags are hunkered down at home.