We live in a world of bad taste. People no longer know what to deface themselves with anymore. I watched a Grace Kelly movie the other day--how refreshing it was!
We can't even imagine it, living in a time when style, effortless elegance , & a soulful grace was natural, valued, & acknowledged. Then seeing it in a b & w film peaking back at us here in this squalid dying present, oyeh.
Love your snarky takedowns of these awful outfits. But the photos make me wonder: is fashion just another dead part of our culture now? Like literature, architecture,science, education, and, well, everything else?
That is a great question. Compared to so many other institutions, it’s amazingly healthy! Just maybe a little ‘global’ if you will. Also, not much new under the sun. Everything is a revival. At some point, they’ll run out of inspiration. How many times can you bring back a leisure suit?
Ugly seems to be ‘in’, along with the brutalist prison look architecture everywhere, I think it’s designed to ‘feel’ bad, just as beauty uplifts us, this aesthetic is a psychic assault.
Up here we get photos of the well nourished ( on taxpayers dollars ) Freeland’s ever expanding butt and thighs absolutely deforming and wrinkling her attire to match her fake smiles.
I am puzzled at seeing celebrities who have both the time and the money to get the advice from and have access to the best (and I do **not** mean the most celebrated) fashion designers and stores wind up with such interesting choices. Not that I have any fashion sense at all, but still, if being noticed is the goal there are ways both good and bad.
That’s a million dollar question! Probably because the worst dressed celebrities have personality disorders. In Jill Biden’s case, she’s really WASPy… WASP women tend to be terrible dressers!
It use to be that WASPs, both men and women, were good, if bland, dressers. That was decades ago. Somewhere in the late 20th century, it all went away.
Yes, but being locked in a box with no impetus to actually look good disincentivized people. Brush your teeth, comb your hair, and put on that pressed suit or dress. And stay home!
Howling! This is awesome. Joan would be proud of you. I worked in fashion in the 80s and my inner fashion snob delights, while guiltily fearing your critique of my current lack of interest in my personal sartorial choices should you ever get a look at me now. Lmao!
Oh I'm with you on that one. If you saw my closet, you'd burst into tears--as I often do when I look at it. I have a low bar... I aim not dress like a mental case! LOL!
I miss Joan Rivers too.
Wow - now I better understand how Jill could of married the delaware dimwit - she seems to have no class at all and her dress choices make me puke.
Very funny piece.
That is a BIG compliment coming from you! 🙏
So glad to have discovered this Substack - we may be late to the party, but we got here as quick as we could!
dammit... spelt 'to' wrong LOL. Bad look for a writer... where the hell's the edit button?
Well I'm really glad you did to!
oh my eyes!!!
Lol I know, right?
We live in a world of bad taste. People no longer know what to deface themselves with anymore. I watched a Grace Kelly movie the other day--how refreshing it was!
We can't even imagine it, living in a time when style, effortless elegance , & a soulful grace was natural, valued, & acknowledged. Then seeing it in a b & w film peaking back at us here in this squalid dying present, oyeh.
Sam Smith for the award. Gimp kids party look so hot right now on Epstein Island
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Love your snarky takedowns of these awful outfits. But the photos make me wonder: is fashion just another dead part of our culture now? Like literature, architecture,science, education, and, well, everything else?
That is a great question. Compared to so many other institutions, it’s amazingly healthy! Just maybe a little ‘global’ if you will. Also, not much new under the sun. Everything is a revival. At some point, they’ll run out of inspiration. How many times can you bring back a leisure suit?
Death throes. Each pic preceded by a few seconds the spontaneous immolation of said subject, just because.
Ugly seems to be ‘in’, along with the brutalist prison look architecture everywhere, I think it’s designed to ‘feel’ bad, just as beauty uplifts us, this aesthetic is a psychic assault.
Up here we get photos of the well nourished ( on taxpayers dollars ) Freeland’s ever expanding butt and thighs absolutely deforming and wrinkling her attire to match her fake smiles.
😂
This was great. And I am not a fashionisto. Very comical. Thank you.
Thank YOU William. Fashion can be so ridiculous. I almost feel like I’m shooting fish in a barrel.
Fashionistus horribilis sum.
Jill “The CouchSkinner” Biden
😂 😂 😂
“Make that 99 Dalmatians!”
I am puzzled at seeing celebrities who have both the time and the money to get the advice from and have access to the best (and I do **not** mean the most celebrated) fashion designers and stores wind up with such interesting choices. Not that I have any fashion sense at all, but still, if being noticed is the goal there are ways both good and bad.
That’s a million dollar question! Probably because the worst dressed celebrities have personality disorders. In Jill Biden’s case, she’s really WASPy… WASP women tend to be terrible dressers!
It use to be that WASPs, both men and women, were good, if bland, dressers. That was decades ago. Somewhere in the late 20th century, it all went away.
And did you notice how the bad really escalated during the lockdowns?
Yes, but being locked in a box with no impetus to actually look good disincentivized people. Brush your teeth, comb your hair, and put on that pressed suit or dress. And stay home!
The 'Gibson girl' style of the Edwardian era was the last time when women looked truly at ease & glad to be public figures.
I miss the Worst Dressed lists too! I had no idea about Minister Freeland’s “style.”
Great read!
🙏
Howling! This is awesome. Joan would be proud of you. I worked in fashion in the 80s and my inner fashion snob delights, while guiltily fearing your critique of my current lack of interest in my personal sartorial choices should you ever get a look at me now. Lmao!
Oh I'm with you on that one. If you saw my closet, you'd burst into tears--as I often do when I look at it. I have a low bar... I aim not dress like a mental case! LOL!
Olivia Wilde — what was she thinking? Do you think she ACTUALLY chose these?
She really seems to be a jeans and sneakers girl. Hence, on a fancy night, hands it over to her overrated stylish.