Inspired by Lady Gaga's blood-splattering performance at the recent VMAs, fashion models are now staggering down the runway covered in Karo syrup and portraying the mental stability of that chick from the Cars "Drive" video:
The Huffington Post wonders if being covered head-to-toe in fake blood might be a new fashion trend, and asks their readers in a flash poll whether they think the possible fad is "gross!" or "groundbreaking and kind of cool."
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This is why I've lost faith in all humanity... except Jennifer Love Hewitt. WELCOME BACK JEN!
ReplyDeleteSo Creepy Chan was just really really cutting edge? Either that or they're drawing inspiration from Carrie.
ReplyDeleteWake me up when fashion has something to do with wearable clothes that look good on people.
Fashion on that level is kind of an artistic expression. It doesn't need to conform with any current standard. It's suppose to break into new grounds. Now, there is good art and bad art, relevant art and irrelevant art. What is which depends on the viewer...
ReplyDeleteCabaret Voltaire was doing this a generation ago, if I remember my NIGHT FLIGHT reruns correctly.
ReplyDeleteIn fifty years, it will be retro to mock the retro-sexism of the early 2000s.
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. . .you are -jivin'- me.
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I don't like it because it looks like a glorification of domestic violence, and violence against women in general.
ReplyDeleteStaying in Karo syrup for hours at a time is not a very fun experience. Just read any statement from Bruce Campbell about Evil Dead II.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I don't want to be immortal, and sit around in the 24th Century seeing something like that and remembering all the times I've seen this "shocking new" trend before...
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