Stylists Are Aliens

Wow, you went away quickly.

I've never met someone associated with this business of "styling" "stylista" etc. etc. who wasn't skeezy. They are a strange breed...sort of like sped-up more "fashiony" versions of real estate agents/gay men (even the women) who won't shut up about meeting Justin Timberlake and love shiny things as much as my cat. They seriously make you want to be crunchy so you don't have to care about anything but forcing your white girl hair into dreads and where to get your next pair of Keen shoes. Yes, the shows about this business might be entertaining, and really, what kind of literally forced from the bowels of hell show won't I watch on Bravo nowadays?

Why, when you are a stylist, do you have to be a fucking sycophant? Like it is NOT EVEN ALLOWED to not like a celebrity, or a designer, or be a little dirty sometimes. Even punk rocker stylists are gross. They dress their clients in studded miniskirts and "rock 'n' roll" tongue sticking out shredded leather bullshit DAVE NAVARRO I'M LOOKING AT YOU.

I guess I'm talking about taste levels here and maybe not the whole industry. I mean, someone dresses Gwyneth Paltrow, right? But she also has great taste herself. She is totally into fashion and knows what looks good on her...so why do celebrities need stylists? They need someone to get them the best looks from the runways that would look the best on them for events and such. But...designers send outfits to celebrities at the drop of a hat when they ask for them. It just seems like an industry built on nothing. It's like if people were obsessed with the guy who buys groceries every Saturday for Lil Wayne. Would that be interesting to people? Maybe. Just maybe. Calllll me BRAVO!!!

p.s. I hate when they talk about "pulling garments". It just bugs me.

Seattle Fashion Week

Too Extraordinary for Blayne: Having Taste

This is a pretty sad affair. Besides the biggest celebrity draw being Blayne "tannest person in Seattle" Walsh, there is a tangible lack of talent and interest. And forgive me for bringing this concept to mention, but WHERE IS THE CLASS? This is like the most trashy fashion event since...well, whatever the last event was in Los Angeles. The biggest draw is the "urbanwear" day with a party sponsored by Red Bull where I'm sure a bunch of girls in halter tops who would normally be at Belltown Billiards or Trinity are going to hump some guys with gelled tips. I can already smell the Axe bodyspray!

There is a day of this so-called "fashion week" that is dedicated to independent fashion. I'm sure the designers involved in this have worked very hard and love to make clothing. But I always feel that with things like this, because of the lack of independent design we have in Seattle, it's like "first come, first served". For example--if I was to put on a fashion show right now, from scratch, and I needed a quota of designers...there would be so few submissions, that I would have to include sub-par designs which I would normally cut out due to my personal taste and the aesthetic of the show. There is absolutely no opportunity for edit with fashion in Seattle. It's like, if you're not a crafty person making jewelry or scarves in Pike Place, then you're "urban". Or, you could be urban if you are lazy and don't finish your garments neatly (ahem, Blayne). Or, you could be "independent" if you take thrift store clothes and reconstruct them because you haven't gotten formal fashion design training. Which, I mean, there is really nothing wrong with that and a lot of designers start off this way, but A LOT of people in general do it and it doesn't mean you have any real talent.

I just wish I felt like our fashion week represented the REAL style of people of Seattle. The people who have organized the new week have definitely taken a different angle than the old week--it was mainly put on by retailers downtown (Nordstrom, etc.) and was very boring. This week for sure has more of a street edge, and is trying to bring in a young crowd. But does a Seattle fashion week have to either be A) boring, or B) INYOURFACE CUTTING EDGE ?? I would love to see someone organize a Seattle fashion event that truly captures the spirit of style in this city--innovative, tasteful, eclectic, and industrious.