for melis

These bitches interned at Teen Vogue and they can't even pronounce GHEE-VON-SHEE? Lisa Love and Riccardo Tisci would not be pleased.

harvey weinstein was behind this

A look from Halston fall/winter 08

Girl that's gotta hurt
Take some time and adjust can't you see people staring
And making a fuss
Could not believe my eyes had to take a second glance
Is your crotch hungry girl
Cause it's eating your pants
Do you enjoy the commotion and attention it brings
The only lips I wanna see are the ones that sing
In public putting on an X rated show cursin' people out
With your Camel Toe

[chorus]
Um hmm that's right uh huh
Oh no
Fix yourself girl
You got a
Camel Toe
Um hmm that's right uh huh
Oh no
Fix yourself girl
You got a
Camel Toe
---Fanny Pack, "Camel Toe"

ms. jackson, if you're nasty

Janet Jackson, "Discipline"
Correction: THIS. IS. THE. WORST. ALBUM. COVER. EVER.

funny face

Sia, "Some People Have Real Problems"
WORST. ALBUM. COVER. EVER.

bonnie & clyde 08

Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles
at the Empirio Armani Fall/Winter 08 show

3 things about this picture:
1. Why is Jay biting my shades-of-gray-in-one look routine? Granted, he's doing it really well, so I'll let it slide this time. Extra points for three different types of textures.
2. B is looking somewhat more subdued than usual. Wouldn't it be great if she were the face of the Balenciaga spring ads that are causing such a furor on the blogs?
3. Doesn't this make you long for this flavor of Beyonce and the same of Jay-Z?

waisted

Why this look from the Prada Fall/Winter 08 does not work:
1. Flesh toned body stocking posing as a top. And it looks possibly ribbed. Yuck.
2. Collared dickie. Yuck.
3. Cummerbund masked as a protruding thong strap. Yuck.
4. Full pant with foot long, low slung crotch in cobalt. Yuck.
5. Said full pant tucked into laquered brick red rainboots. Yuck and more yuck.

Is this really supposed to be fashion forward? Sadly this is a misstep for Miuccia and her wild mixbag of ideas and ill-subverted references. Chin up Miuccia, there's always next season.

milan fashion week: outerwear

Five painfully bad coats from the Milan menswear collections:

Versace
Alexander McQueen
Burberry Prorsum
Jil Sander
Dolce & Gabbana

i'll take a jennifer connelly spread any day

It's one thing that the new issue of Vogue Paris features a foppish buffoon on the cover, but an entire spread devoted to A&E reality stars? I support the appropriation of subcultures to introduce new ideas to a mainstream audience, but it's such a stretch to suggest that there is anything related to art or fashion in this spread. Are they being mocked or used as a prop?

Daria Werbowy and Duane "Dog" Chapman & co.
photographed by Bruce Weber

For more click here.

cheap trick

Roberto Cavalli for H&M
You know that feeling of repulsion you get at H&M when your fingers graze over the truly cheap pieces? Well, yeah, I'm certain this would happen with the Roberto Cavalli collection hitting stores soon. Skinny vests, sheer shirts, bronze scarves???? I imagine these clothes will have a better life in the discount bin six months from now. And surprise surprise he used gold everything and animal print for the womens items. Zzzzzz.

photo courtesy of fashionista

girlz in the hood

There are no words for this.

photo courtesy of dlisted

dsquared

Boobs, butts, Rihanna. Blah, blah, blah. I always get the sense that Dean and Dan Cain's design aesthetic for DSquared are more filled more with fantasy, but not the fantasy that is rooted or is a response to a reality but more of a wishful, almost childlike fantasy that purports them as gleaming celebrity Barbie dolls. What a dull point of view and it shows, especially in this ridiculous collection that was inspired by the feeling one gets when you have car trouble. Naturally in this fretful circumstance you would be wearing a rhinestone encrusted sheer caftan and dresses short enough that Britney's nether regions would get along with swimmingly. It all looks clunky and cheap. Does that bathing suit really need all of that hardware? Is this what sexy is? Sex, or looking sexy, always comes across as cartoony and overly cheeky in their clothes. It also reminds me of all the tawdry street fashion I saw in Italy last summer. Imagine lots of treated denim in odd cuts and lengths, too tight tops, and uncomfortable exposed flesh. Perhaps if they ever focused on ideas that aren't so empty and non-directional for fashion their fervent passion for one note presentations involving pop stars and tramps would be a little grounded in something desirable and attainable.

slim pickin's

Stretch Onewash, Cheap Monday $65
This gives skinny jeans a bad name. There is nothing wrong with a razor-sharp, long, and lean silhouette on the bottom but this model looks woefully uncomfortable. I fear for his genitals and whomever has to help him out of these jeans. This also let's us know the assumption all denim is created equally for men is an egregious misnomer because my lower half is similar to that model (muscular quads, a slightly noticeable bottom, skinny to average calves) and there wouldn't be a fitting chance in hell that I could fit in those jeans or be remotely comfortable. And why should I be? Isn't the point of clothing to compliment our shape and allow us to freely move in the world around us? Cheap Monday, you may lure your narrow-hipped customers in with your inexpensive prices and Swedish cache, but what kind of sadomasochist needs these jeans?

black out

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden at a Glendale, Cali. courthouse where she was sentenced for drunk driving charges
Is it really necessary to look like you've stepped out of a Versace ad when you're arriving for your jail sentencing? And, something about this makes black and Wayfrarers seem less appealing. Damn you Richie and Madden.

photo courtesy of just jared

warm leatherette

Daniel Radcliffe in the August 2007 issue of Details


Let's just say I'm glad my subscription to this publication ran out. Awkward.

short cuts

courtesy of just jared

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel in Oslo, Norway

There are three things I do not believe in: Tapered anything (with the exception of a subtle taper on skinny jeans), sweatpants, and denim shorts. And who do we spot half way around the world with the hot young actress who is envious of Scarlett and Natalie? Come on JT, denim shorts? Really?? We all have our days, but never, and I repeat never, should a style icon wear denim shorts and think it's okay. I guess after all that praise, it's only natural to have a slip up now and then, but I hope this never, and I repeat never, happens again.