Catpaw – diary of an angry cat

Before going any further, you need to understand one very important thing – I don’t have a lot of respect for the fashion industry. If you’ve read any of my previous posts you will know that I believe those high up  in the fashion business are completely disconnected from the real world. They have no respect for the female form and have attempted to rework the female body into something unrecognisable. They should stop lieing – if they want their women’s clothing modeled by little boys, then stop the pretense and put little boys in their cloths – don’t keep sheering off women’s curves to suit their warped body dis-morphia.

There are some truly gifted designers out there – men and women who create fashions for real people. Designers who respect the human shape. But they seem few and far between anymore.  I do get a giggle trolling through fashion websites to see just how silly the industry can be. Case in point? Givenchy’s 2010 Spring Ready to Wear collection. Check these out:

WOW – the Coneheads are coming! The pants alone are migraine inducing, but the little pointy dunce caps send this design right into silly land. The one on the left looks like she’s a cross between a Conehead and an angry Smurfette. Now there’s an image – Smurfs from the darkside. **shudder** The design could be passable – not to my taste, but then really who cares. By plunking pointy hats on their heads, Givenchy transcends all my low expectations of the industry. No intelligent woman would be caught dead wandering down the street wearing a traffic cone on her head.

Mind you, the women came off much better than the men:

When I looked at the shimmery gold number I blurted out “WTF?” WOW … again. Love the executioners hood though. It just makes the ensemble, don’t you think? The shirt sleeves are divine! But where’s the rest of the t shirt?

The real shame is that there were a few designs that looked pretty good to me – yea, I know, I was shocked all to hell too. But I had to look very hard to find something that didn’t make me laugh my head off.

Now I know why so many models are so po-faced – they are just embarrassed.

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