remiss, I tell you, REMISS!
As in, I have been! On keeping up with FASHION!
So we'll start with Fall 2009, maybe work back from there.
In fact, let's start with Christian Dior. Wau, I picked a wrong time to investigate couture again.
Wau. Just...wau. Can you believe this was the first pic in the Fall '09 couture show? Women Without Pants...this is going to be a theme, isn't it? Gah.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Thana Kuhnen for Nathalie; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
Um...okay, it's BRIGHT, it's FRIGHTENING in all frightening ways and it looks...FUZZY...but...it has a skirt! It's a...step...SOMEwhere...
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Olga Sherer for Nathalie; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
Now we're going in the OTHER direction. And what is it with that carnival-flare orange nonsense? Orange is not a good color on most people!
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Caroline Trentini for IMG; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
So, 1940's bed coat, check. Weirdly fuzzy purple fabric, check. Huge fuzzy fabric-covered buttons, check.
Didn't they have a 'rest of' this outfit? And if you're going to run around and wow everyone with how hot and hip you are, shouldn't your hose at least match your garters, if not your VINTAGE BED COAT?!?
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Iekeliene Stange for Marilyn; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
I was ALMOST okay with this until I realized that wasn't a sleeve; it very nearly works as a sleeve, even IN that godawful orange tone. But just as some stylized, stiffened fabric...pouf...Man, it must snag on EVERYthing.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Anabela Belikova for IMG; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
This one almost works for me. The wide cream support panel for the garters almost looks like a kicky micro-skirt. I don't quite get the puffball mushrooms growing out of her hat, but hey, small quibble, maybe it's food for the road. And the coat isn't awful, it's very nearly cute.
Still, taken as a whole...it's a deeply, deeply odd look.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Vlada Roslyakova for Women; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
This is streetwalker chic. Seriously, it is. Just look at that. Eighties lime satin meets fetish-fifties strap heels meets no pants. This is what all the girls at the big sales convention are going to be wearing in a year.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Denisa Dvorakova for Elite; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
This is just...deeply, deeply ugly, in all ways. The makeup is severe and unpleasant. The hair is frowzy. The top is...desperately flawed. The skirt is destined to drive fashion-hungry women screaming into the streets in rejection and dismay.
Who thought this was a good idea again? Oh...right...the toxic tinsel-tot, Galliano.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Magdalena Frackowiak for Elite; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
All right. You're thin. You're vibrant. You're beautiful. You want to dress nice, yet show that you have an "edge". You are apparently clueless on how to achieve this "edge" on your own, so you're sitting through Fashion Week, hoping inspiration will strike.
When does it ever occur to you that dressing to match that edgy, hip, now feeling means wearing Madonna's cast-off stage bra and a fuzzy pink skirt with its own goddamn bustle??
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Yana Karpova for Elite; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
Now, just for contrast, let me mention something that Dior did right in this show--this sheer streamlined scarfed number a la Egyptienne. It works; it shows a considerable amount of leg while keeping some things concealed; it is flirtatious, exotic, and lovely.
What happened to the rest of these outfits?!?
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Viviane Orth for IMG; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
And for once, he looks fantastic...so what drugs was he on for the REST of the show?
(John Galliano with Sasha Pivovarova and Emma Maclaren. Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
And I know that was a lot, and gah, I think I'm done.
Last thing before dancing off. The Huffington Post strikes again.
"Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man?"
Normally I like her brand of crazy, but this put me off. Finding a good man is more important than the job you love and feeling useful? Bearing kids is more important than supporting myself? SCREW. YOU.
Listen, if I can't SUPPORT my ass, my ass does not NEED to be having kids. If I can't get my life together enough to hold down a relationship, I'm not going to want to 'settle down' and spawn anyway. And assuming I do find the PERSON...or PERSONS...I click with, AND we want to share that and make bebehs...then it's still OUR decision and BACK THE HELL OFF.
Jesus, that attitude irks me beyond all reason.
Finally, The Crazies seems an odd film. And weirdly, Nightmare on Elm Street looks like a good movie; it comes out in 2010, and I'll wait for another trailer to make a final judgement, but...maybe. Maybe there's a replacement Krueger out there.
So we'll start with Fall 2009, maybe work back from there.
In fact, let's start with Christian Dior. Wau, I picked a wrong time to investigate couture again.
Wau. Just...wau. Can you believe this was the first pic in the Fall '09 couture show? Women Without Pants...this is going to be a theme, isn't it? Gah.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Thana Kuhnen for Nathalie; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
Um...okay, it's BRIGHT, it's FRIGHTENING in all frightening ways and it looks...FUZZY...but...it has a skirt! It's a...step...SOMEwhere...
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Olga Sherer for Nathalie; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
Now we're going in the OTHER direction. And what is it with that carnival-flare orange nonsense? Orange is not a good color on most people!
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Caroline Trentini for IMG; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
So, 1940's bed coat, check. Weirdly fuzzy purple fabric, check. Huge fuzzy fabric-covered buttons, check.
Didn't they have a 'rest of' this outfit? And if you're going to run around and wow everyone with how hot and hip you are, shouldn't your hose at least match your garters, if not your VINTAGE BED COAT?!?
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Iekeliene Stange for Marilyn; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
I was ALMOST okay with this until I realized that wasn't a sleeve; it very nearly works as a sleeve, even IN that godawful orange tone. But just as some stylized, stiffened fabric...pouf...Man, it must snag on EVERYthing.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Anabela Belikova for IMG; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
This one almost works for me. The wide cream support panel for the garters almost looks like a kicky micro-skirt. I don't quite get the puffball mushrooms growing out of her hat, but hey, small quibble, maybe it's food for the road. And the coat isn't awful, it's very nearly cute.
Still, taken as a whole...it's a deeply, deeply odd look.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Vlada Roslyakova for Women; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
This is streetwalker chic. Seriously, it is. Just look at that. Eighties lime satin meets fetish-fifties strap heels meets no pants. This is what all the girls at the big sales convention are going to be wearing in a year.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Denisa Dvorakova for Elite; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
This is just...deeply, deeply ugly, in all ways. The makeup is severe and unpleasant. The hair is frowzy. The top is...desperately flawed. The skirt is destined to drive fashion-hungry women screaming into the streets in rejection and dismay.
Who thought this was a good idea again? Oh...right...the toxic tinsel-tot, Galliano.
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Magdalena Frackowiak for Elite; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
All right. You're thin. You're vibrant. You're beautiful. You want to dress nice, yet show that you have an "edge". You are apparently clueless on how to achieve this "edge" on your own, so you're sitting through Fashion Week, hoping inspiration will strike.
When does it ever occur to you that dressing to match that edgy, hip, now feeling means wearing Madonna's cast-off stage bra and a fuzzy pink skirt with its own goddamn bustle??
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Yana Karpova for Elite; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
Now, just for contrast, let me mention something that Dior did right in this show--this sheer streamlined scarfed number a la Egyptienne. It works; it shows a considerable amount of leg while keeping some things concealed; it is flirtatious, exotic, and lovely.
What happened to the rest of these outfits?!?
(Part of the Fall 2009 Christian Dior couture show. Viviane Orth for IMG; Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
And for once, he looks fantastic...so what drugs was he on for the REST of the show?
(John Galliano with Sasha Pivovarova and Emma Maclaren. Photo taken by Monica Feudi for Gorunway.com. All rights reserved.)
And I know that was a lot, and gah, I think I'm done.
Last thing before dancing off. The Huffington Post strikes again.
"Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man?"
Normally I like her brand of crazy, but this put me off. Finding a good man is more important than the job you love and feeling useful? Bearing kids is more important than supporting myself? SCREW. YOU.
Listen, if I can't SUPPORT my ass, my ass does not NEED to be having kids. If I can't get my life together enough to hold down a relationship, I'm not going to want to 'settle down' and spawn anyway. And assuming I do find the PERSON...or PERSONS...I click with, AND we want to share that and make bebehs...then it's still OUR decision and BACK THE HELL OFF.
Jesus, that attitude irks me beyond all reason.
Finally, The Crazies seems an odd film. And weirdly, Nightmare on Elm Street looks like a good movie; it comes out in 2010, and I'll wait for another trailer to make a final judgement, but...maybe. Maybe there's a replacement Krueger out there.