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Fashion Travesty: Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony
By TheStyleEditor | March 5, 2008
Now I for one have never understood Chloe Sevigny’s status as a fashion icon. And this is not because I am an uptight magazine editor–I was in college and living in the East Village at the end of the Club Kid era and have worn (and worked) plenty of platform shoes and glitter face paint. But when it comes to Chloe, I just … don’t get it.
So imagine my chagrin when I heard she was coming out with a fashion line. Oh holy hell. It isn’t bad enough the general public has to be subjected to her red carpet outfits one at a time–now we will be forced to cope with the fashion atrocity in the form of an entire COLLECTION? The humanity.
And the day has arrived friends. I hope you didn’t have a big breakfast.
Now normally we try to avoid being snarky. No, really. Fashion, like every other art form, is largely subjective, and sometimes people have to just go there in order to come up with something brilliant (to wit, Marion Cotilard’s unbelievably awesome Oscar mermaid dress). But this is just too easy a target, people.
So, our take on Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony…
As with all important fashion collections, each look has a story behind it. We at The Style Editor have the inside scoop on the subtext that inspired Chloe.
Look 1: Poor Amanda. She’s been working at the firm for ages, answering phones, sending off email newsletters, and ordering supplies from Staples week in and week out. But no matter how hard she tries, no one seems to take her seriously. How can she break free?
Look 2: Victorious Megan. Ever since she was little, everyone told Megan “no.” No, she couldn’t wear a hair hat out of the house. No, she couldn’t wear bike shorts because they made her “thighs” look “big.” No, she couldn’t wear shoes when competing in the 100 meter butterfly. But look at Megan now.
Look 3: Proud Amy. For all those plain teenage girls out there who only ever wanted to be porn stars, Amy is paving the way–showing that you can be slutty even in simple flowery dress and T-shirt–if you put your mind to it.
Look 4: Totally Twins. Annabelle and Ariana may look the same. But they’re different. Very, very, very different.
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