What Does Anna Wintour Watch on TV?
André Leon Talley has officially joined the cast of “America’s Next Top Model” for the next THREE seasons, according to “WWD.”
Of course I’m excited about this — I need a Tyra fix! Anyway, the show premieres on March 10 followed by a new CW show called “High Society” (just like the classy porn magazine). But I’m also sort of shocked that neither Talley nor Anna Wintour has ever watched an episode of “ANTM.”
That made wonder what Anna Wintour does watch when she gets home from a long day at the office, throws on a sweatsuit, grabs a bag of Funyuns and plants her ass in a La-Z-Boy.
What do you think?
Happy Birthday, Sharon Case
Happy birthday, Sharon Case. I used to believe that Sharon Collins was the biggest tramp in the state of Wisconsin, but then I met my friend Rusty . . .
Saskatoon!
Everyone knows that Saskatoon is like Moose Jaw’s ugly stepsister. Nevertheless, Saskatchewan’s only metropolis that doesn’t rhyme with vagina is the hometown of Brandise Danesewich, a model competing on Season 7 of “Project Runway.”
Brandise is thirty-two-years-old and rather jaded when compared to the other girls in the competition. Still, I’m going to wish her well. Watching her complain about the coaching she received on “Models of the Runway” put a big smile on my face. A reality show just isn’t a reality show without someone like Brandise in the mix!
Happy Birthday, Vince Neil
Happy birthday, Vince Neil. I’ve got to admit that this photo really kickstarts my heart. Oh, yeah, baby . . .
Happy Birthday, Garth Brooks
Happy birthday, Garth Brooks. Amongst other things, I hope your best years aren’t behind you.
Expand Your Fashion Vocabulary #45
L.A. Gear: Iconic 80s footwear brand that has recently seen a resurgence in popularity. During the high-impact aerobics era, a pair of white L.A. Gear sneakers was de rigueur in the gym. Colored-laces and hi-top versions of the shoes followed as the shoes became fashionable outside of the aerobics studio, but the classic aerobic shoe remained a gym staple throughout the decade.
April 1993
Cover: April 1993
Context: On April 9, Nirvana plays a benefit concert for Bosnian War rape victims at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz. After a fifty-one day standoff with authorities including the FBI, a fire breaks out at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on April 19, killing seventy-six people including sect leader and self-described prophet David Koresh. During a singles match in Hamburg, Germany on April 30, a crazed Steffi Graf fan stabs the tennis player’s on-court rival Monica Seles in the back.
Points of Interest: Model Christine Harwood also appeared on the Summer 1990 cover of “FASHION,” which was also the last issue that showed the cover model’s bare feet. In fact, in the magazine’s thirty-year history, no other model has had her bare feet featured on the cover twice.
What Tyra Would Say: “In this week’s challenge we asked the girls to sell us headache medication but to make it fashion. Here’s Christine’s best shot . . .”.
What Auntie Fashion Says: I distinctly remember what a huge trend “Simplicity” was during this era, but I also remember this 1993. Kristen, Yasmin, Carla Bruni in a wig and some of the hammiest Tyra runway footage ever — it’s like I’ve died and gone to heaven!
Grade: B+.
Happy Birthday, Mamie Van Doren
Conway Twitty & Mamie Van Doren
Happy birthday, Mamie Van Doren. Here’s a shot of you as Dr. Mathilda West from “Sex Kittens Go to College,” starring you, Conway Twitty, Vampira, Woo Woo Grabowski, Brigitte Bardot’s little sister and a computer named “Thinko.”
Why have I never seen this movie?
Happy Birthday, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Happy birthday, Jennifer Jason Leigh. I really identified with you in “Single White Female.” That reminds me — I need to answer this ad for an internship at “FASHION Magazine” . . .
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
For reasons I’ve discussed in other posts, I don’t post photos of myself on my blog. But if I did, they would probably look a lot like this shot of Linda Evangelista in an editorial from November 2009’s ”W.”
