Do any of these styles say "sexy" to you?

[Micro Dot]

NY Times Fashion Review
A Designer Gives Lessons on What’s Sexy They all look like random mistakes to me.
Top to bottom:
-black and white dress- three sizes too large, looks like a kid playin dress up in mom's oldest duds.
-floppy hat down past nose - a baby playing peekaboo
-too tight two-toned wrap - grabbed the wrong thing from younger sister's closet
-Tee with one arm up and one down, frizzy mop hair - still hung over, about to puke again.
-Man's coat with shorts and other mixes - being funny at the Goodwill store
-Baggy pants - ran out of clothes on wash day

[sturmhauke]

"High fashion" designers know two things about what's sexy: jack and shit.

[Anaamika]

Originally Posted by sturmhauke

"High fashion" designers know two things about what's sexy: jack and shit.

And jack just left town.

[silenus]

And shit is what they have for taste.

[Robot Arm]

Fashion shows are designed to draw attention to the clothes. The models show no personality and do nothing to distract from what they're wearing.

Sexy is the exact opposite. It's sad that some women don't realize that.

[UntouchedTakeaway]

Haute couture is mainly a promotional tool for designers. I read (sorry - don't think I can come up with a cite) somewhere once that there were only about a dozen (25? 50?) women in the world who *regularly* (every season) bought from the haute couture line.

The pret a porter (ready to wear) lines of designers are their bread and butter. While I *do* love some designers high-end stuff - Valentino, etc. - most are pretty laughable from a "can a normal woman actually wear that stuff" view.

VCNJ~

[JimmyFlair]

VCNJ has pretty much nailed it - there's no real expectation that women are going to storm the malls looking for these clothes.
They're kinda analogous to concept cars at auto shows - the designers go wild and push limits. Sometimes an element of the design will trickle down to the car on the showroom floor (or the clothes that women would really be expected to purchase).
These shows take one or two design elements, and then take them to an extreme. Sometimes, they can get the customer "used to" dramatic changes in proportions, silhouettes, color combs, etc., so that the consumers will be more receptive to the changing styles that hit the stores in the new collections.

[Beadalin]

Along these same lines, MSN has a little slide show of who they consider the best-dressed celebrities at fasion Week. I looked at all the photos and that most of the dresses they're sporting are fugly at worst, meh at best. I guess that's what I am no fashionista.

[Pithy Moniker]

Looks like they're after the 'just got out of bed' look.

[Kalhoun]

This stuff is art; not fashion. It's a creative outlet that no one ever takes seriously as wearable clothing. They just parade the stuff so people can see the inner-whimsical kook. They make real clothes the rest of the time.

[Jophiel]

While I understand that your typical wacky runway stuff isn't meant for street-wear, the article itself is titled "A Designer Gives Lessons on What’s Sexy". Given the accompanying photos, I'd say that either the article is horribly misnamed or else the designer has little concept of "sexy".

the pink and white dress thingie might look nice on a different model though.

[garygnu]

Of all the clothing I saw on the OP's link, only the jersey thing was close to being sexy, but the hair ruins it. If the girl had normal-looking hair and an actual football jersey on, it would be better.

...And would someone tell Victoria Beckham that high-gloss skin is not sexy?

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by garygnu

<snip>...And would someone tell Victoria Beckham that high-gloss skin is not sexy?

Or the clamped-on half-grapefruit boobs?

The only fashion I'm interested in is on Go Fug Yourself.

[Micro Dot]

I'm inured to the fact that designers always use "sexy" for ugly clothes, I'm just amazed that the NY Times would use it.

[An Arky]

Having a fashion designer tell me what's sexy on a woman is like having a blind guy tell me what color I should paint my walls. Like the latest commercial for a "what not to wear"-type show that's being hawked...here's a gay guy telling a woman she shouldn't wear something low cut...um, STFU, dumbass!

[Dung Beetle]

Originally Posted by Kalhoun

They make real clothes the rest of the time.

That's debatable.

[Eonwe]

I loved the interview on Da Ali G Show with the fashion designer guy. Honestly, I think a lot of these folks are just really removed from reality.

[panache45]

If this is what sexy women are supposed to look like, thank Og I'm gay.

[Trunk]

Originally Posted by panache45

If this is what sexy women are supposed to look like, thank Og I'm gay.

I've always thought that gay guys design these clothes to make women look so terrible that they're trying to turn straight guys gay.

The copy of that article is just hilarious.

“There were so many layers, and I don’t mean clothes — thought. It was really amazing and daring. . ."

“The show defined for me what is modern.” He added: “It’s ironic that Victoria Beckham was here, with her breasts out. This show wipes all that kind of expression away.”

. . .Riiiight. Women are done showing off their boobs.

[drm]

Compared to some, most of these clothes are pretty wearable and if a girl came up to me wearing that football jersey thing, well, it's go time.

Preferably not that girl though...

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by Trunk

...Riiiight. Women are done showing off their boobs.

::camera POV rises upward from Elendil's Heir, dropped to his knees in anguish, clenched fists raised in the air in supplication::

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zsofia]

I kinda liked the last one, with the loose pants. For work.

[Idlewild]

The whole "sexy" part of the story was about Marc Jacobs, and most of the pictures were from other designers' collections. Kind of a messy presentation but I'd have to see his collection before I judged. I didn't quite get the part about tweed skirts with see-through panels to show your knickers being either particularly sexy or respectful (which the article said) though. Again, I'd have to see it, I suppose.

[eleanorigby]

I once had an oversized football jersey like that when I was a teen. I probably had hair that frizzy, too. Wonder if I was just before my time?


None of the outfits or the women (those "celebs"! ugh!) were sexy to me. Blech.

[Renee]

Originally Posted by Beadalin

Along these same lines, MSN has a little slide show of who they consider the best-dressed celebrities at fasion Week. I looked at all the photos and that most of the dresses they're sporting are fugly at worst, meh at best. I guess that's what I am no fashionista.

Surely they got the pictures of the best and worst dressed mixed up. Those cannot possibly, by anyone's standards, be the best dressed. Wow, that was awful. There was one woman in a white dress in the middle of the slide show that looked good, the rest were awful.

[Greywolf73]

Originally Posted by Pithy Moniker

Looks like they're after the 'just got out of bed' look.

And that "just got out of bed hair" takes about 2-3 hours of styling from what I read on jezebel.com . They talked to a hairstylist who told them that the "natural look" took almost more work than any other hairstyle at the show and then about 10 minutes before the show the designer breezed in and informed the stylists that he preferred the hair to be more styled and less natural.

Did anyone get a look at Marc Jacobs new shoes? The ones with the high heels placed directly under the ball of the foot? It's obvious he was trying to make a statement but still...WTF?

I just don't get high fashion.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Greywolf73

<snip>I just don't get high fashion.

You're not supposed to "get" it - you're supposed to...uh, wait a minute, I can figure this one out...you're supposed to...spend a lot of money?