03 Jun John Waters Gloriously Roasts the Fashion Crowd
Here’s a fun article from “The Cut’s” new Fashion Editor, Veronique Hylan:
“The Critically Fickle Design Awards. That’s what John Waters dubbed the so-called Fashion Oscars. Clad in a white-tie ensemble — “To hell with normcore, that’s so spring 2014 — and carrying a hitchhiker-style cardboard sign, the CFDA Awards host wasn’t afraid to rib the fashion crowd last night. “Let’s make fashion cost more,” he joked at one point. “It seems too cheap to me.” Here, some more of his bons mots.”
“On affordability: “In 2015, let’s make a blouse sell for more than a car; a coat cost more than a yacht. All we need is one customer to break the glass ceiling of pricing. I mean, when was the actual date that a handbag began costing more than a condo in Queens? Why do magazine editors question a $28,000 ‘Puffy Clouds Embroidery Dress’ by Marc Jacobs? This man has expenses.”
“On trying to make aging a trend: “Tavi Gevinson inspired me by dyeing her hair gray when she was just a kid and causing a sensation. But let’s go further. Rihanna, you’ve got fashion balls, help me out with this new rigorous style. Let’s make fun of the generation who came right before you who are beginning to fear aging. Go ahead — be daring. Draw on liver spots and wow ’em on your next red carpet. Feature fake varicose veins with that bikini in Mustique. Cause a real scandal by sketching on Ruth Gordon lips for your fourth Vogue cover. Men, you can help, too. Wes Gordon, shave a receding hairline into that signature mop and maybe women will follow the style as they slip into one of your gorgeous slip dresses. Marcus and David, how about a rag & bone gray cashmere fake paunch to wear under those Rivington jackets? We know there’s no such thing as ridiculous in couture. Every night when I was a teenager I’d leave the house in some ludicrous outfit and my dad would shout, ‘It’s not Halloween, you know!’ But as all fashion sophisticates know — yes it is! Every night is Halloween — and we are here this evening to celebrate that joyous fact!”
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