We looooved this week’s episode, in that soul-crushing way, not least because so many of the clothes were just freaking amazing. We really don’t know what to do with ourselves when we’re nothing but enthusiastic about something. Like this. Below, the gallery of our favorite looks—but in short, we’re moving to Rome, buying some high-waisted shorts, and never getting anywhere near a life like Betty Draper’s.
If you at all enjoy fashion writing—especially fashion writing baked, basted, marinated, and then stewed in (and then garnished with) schadenfreude, do not miss the New York Times’ piece on Lindsay Lohan’s debut as whatever exactly it is she does for Emanuel Ungaro, heretofore a respected Parisian fashion house. There’s a joke on every line, but in sum: “Ms. Lohan’s arrival at a 45-year-old Paris house known for $1,500 dresses and a tradition of couture craftsmanship is entirely different, something akin to a McDonald’s fry cook taking the reins of a three-star Michelin restaurant.”
Actually we can’t resist another quote:
“This is just so cool,” Ms. Lohan said, turning her attention to a white minidress splattered with sequins. “It needs more rhinestones, just so it pops.” Off to the seamstress it went. Pointing to another white dress, she said: “I call it Michelle Pfeifer in ‘Scarface.’ I was just in my office sketching for next season. I was here until, like, one o’clock last night.”
Bananas! We’ve been thinking about the word “bananas” a lot—almost as much as we use it, which is like every five minutes. We’re writing this from Delhi, which is bananas. The ride from the airport? Extremely bananas. But Lindsay Lohan for Ungaro? Banana bananas.
We will just quickly add here that we just interviewed Drew Barrymore for Nylon, and she said her schedule was “bananas,” which was itself bananas, and awesome.
Anyway: our faves and not-faves from the show. We actually love the one at top.
It’s our absolute must-have basic, half off. Click here for the sale item of the day.
But we do sort of wish we had a crack squadron of female assassins wearing mini-dresses and go-go boots.
Actually, conceptually, we find it super interesting, even if our opinion is mitigated by the fact that we do not find modeling interesting, even in the America’s Next Top form, whatsoever, at all, ever. Except perhaps in this one case. Anyway, above: an example of photographer Greg Kressler’s series on models, before-and-after backstage make-up. (When you see them at the NY Times site, that bar in the middle actually functions as a slider. Miracle!) Reliably we find the pre- version more appealing, but hey—they’re definitely not marketing to us, so whatev. Anyway: neat. We recommend.
