Ayo Sue

 It’s something we all want but very few of us really possess. It’s true that everybody has it to some degree, and indeed for some that degree is infinitesimally small. I mean who would have thought that Burberry would have become the de rigueur of the ‘chav’? I’m talking of course of sophistication . The act of an educated manner, complex of thought, erudite and multifaceted. None of those traits are easily attributed to your every day ‘chav’. Nor sadly can it be said of many of those of you who think that knowing which shoes go with which dress qualifies you to be regarded as a bastion of sophistication. Or indeed when you fail to make use of the sommelier in a fine restaurant, it’s their job they know far more than you do about wine and what goes best with which dish.Make use of them it’s what they are there for. Your attempts of sophistication will only end up in you choosing a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau, and then ask for a vintage year.

So what is sophistication and how do I know if I have it or not. Well firstly if you have to ask you’re not. It’s an indefinable thing, an ‘x’ factor if you will, no sorry bad example, just think Jedward, aagh. It encompasses the person, being able to appreciate the simpler things in life as well as the complex, being able to adapt at a moment’s notice and equally at home when dining with royalty or artfully balancing a hotdog in one hand and handbag and glass of champagne in the other, with the hotdog doing its utmost to tip its contents all down your best dress, whilst delicately pirouetting in some Manolo Blahnik shoes not altogether best suited, though absolutely required.

It can also be said that when a man starts to complain and whinge needlessly that he is put upon or his wallet becomes seemingly fastened shut, he is losing the desire for life and all that is fun in it. A sophisticated man is a man who only sees life as a hedonistic pursuit not as economic concern.

London Courtesan xxx