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Abbey Lee Kershaw Faints At McQueen. Do We Officially Have a Martyr for the Ano’s of the World?

This weekend, Australian model Abbey Lee Kershaw fainted on the runway of Alexander McQueen. The industry is blaming a tight corset for causing the problem, but I feel this is just another notch on the belt of insiders who are looking to enforce stricter rules on the fashion industry. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for healthy body images on the runway, but I feel it’s a bigger problem than just making sure size 4 girls hit the catwalk.

Here’s what happened according to Frockwriter.

“When she was coming to the end [of the runway], back near the [entrance] ramp, I could tell she was having difficulties, because her steps were getting shorter and shorter, they were more like baby steps. I was reading her face and I could see ’struggle’ all over it and I was thinking, ‘She’s not going to make it’. But then she made it to the top of the animals and I thought she was OK, that’s why I turned my back on her to to go back to the main room.

Of course, now Abbey Lee will become the poster child for anorexia (if no one has made this claim yet, let us be the first to speculate) and she will be asked to come onto a couple of news stations and magazines will call her for shoots to show that she is in fact (now) healthy and/or is battling a disease which plagues millions of girls. Anything to prevent Alexander McQueen from looking like a designer who makes dresses that are hazardous to your health (if people faint from wearing your garments, you know you’re gonna have a few problems with wholesales). Either way this probably won’t be the last we see from Abbey Lee, who is quickly becoming infamous for her runway snafu’s (she also recently took a tumble on the runway of Rodarte).

Get to know this girl. She’ll either be the next Ali Michael and become a champion for women with eating disorders everywhere, or she’ll become the next Agyness Deyn and will hit the covers of magazines everywhere in an attempt by the industry to prevent this “faint” girl from casting a bad shadow on the house of McQueen.

Want to see a healthier version of Abbey Lee, check out this shoot from 10 Magazine…

First Look: Usher’s Lingerie Line

We’ve recently reported that Usher is set to launch a men’s and women’s intimates collection, now word is that you can get a sneak preview of the line in his new video “Trading Places.” Check it out….

McQueen is a FURRY!!!

Alexander the Furry

Alexander McQueen decided to reveal to the world that he is a furry!!! For those of you who don’t know what the hell that is, it’s a person who derives sexual pleasure from dressing like a cartoon character or animal and engaging in wickedly disturbing Animal Planet style nature porn.

Okay so he’s probably not a furry, but what the hell type of message is he trying to push here, “Fuck fashion, wear a bunny suit instead.”?

Obama. Fashion Icon. Palin. Fashion Reject.

Obamamania has hit the runway, both Jean Charles de Cashelbajac (left) and Sonia Rykel have incorporated their own public endorsement of the future President of the United States into their collections and have given the icon another notch in his fashion belt. (Now if we can only get Michelle out of her H&M dresses).

On a sidenote, Fox News is trying to convince people that that Palin chick is also inspiring runway collections. They are saying that her “signature beehive” is hitting the runways of YSL.  Reality check Murdock, the woman can barely inspire a bowel movement let alone a hair style from the house of the late, great Mr.Laurent. He’s probably turning in his grave as we speak.  

Just to clarify. Here’s what Palin’s shit hive looks like…

And this is what was on the Spring 2009 runway of YSL.

Any questions?

Thanks to Style.com for the awesome picts

A Magazine Books Gets Riccardo Tisci to Curate

Riccardo Tisci was recently tapped by A Magazine to play “curator” (also see unpaid editor, score one for free labor) for their upcoming issue. The Creative Director of Givenchy presents a series of photo essays and articles that speak on our ideals of sensuality.  Basically, it looks like someone really, really, really wants to be Hedi Slimane.

Actually, the stuff isn’t bad. I’m just getting tired with the whole “black and white photo of a model in some sort of angst while wearing bunny ears” thing.  That’s so last season. 

Tonight: Williamsburg Fashion Weekend

All you indies out there in Brooklyn, watch out. Williamsburg is hosting their very own fashion weekend.

Check out the details below.

Date: Friday, October 3rd - 4th
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Secret Project Robot (210 Kent Ave at Metropolitan, W’Burg)
Cost: Free

Bruno Continues Hyjinks in Paris

Sacha Baron Cohen continues his reign of terror in Paris when he decided to get penetrate Jean Charles de Castelbajac’s fashion show and did this…

[H]e whipped out a fold out chair, placed it in front of the front rowers and started writing love letters to girls in the audience. Then he jumped on stage shouting into his mobile phone and walked down the catwalk with the last model.

He was also spotted sucking on tampons during Stella McCartney’s show.

Bruno better have some amazing editing cause I can’t imagine any of this being funny if everyone knows who this Cohen is. I almost feel like Borat was one movie that just can’t be imitated and the humor of the “outsider interacting with a strange world” thing isn’t going to get the same laughs twice.

Thanks to The Cut for pointing this out…

The Only V-card That Maybe Be Worth More Than Miley Cyrus’

Don’t ask how, but we managed to stumble across this website where this gay man is auctioning off his “gay virginity”. For the amazing price of $11,000 you can give it to this young man anyway you want it. At first I thought “Wow this is weird. How is this legal?” but as stated on the website, everything has been approved and it is completely legal. So to show how much we love our gay readers, we have decided to write about this genius idea, because no one’s first time is that great, so why not make $11,000 for it.  Oh and the man describes himself as looking like Adam Brody from The OC. So for all you homosexual men out there, stop drooling on you keyboard, click here, and start bidding! Take notes Jonas Brothers because when you snap out of your abstinence bullshit you should look into this, you could have gay guys all over the world glued (no pun intended) to their computers.

Oh and the site is appropriately named Gay Virginity Auction, so original!

Thanks Rick Louis for the image

Katy Perry Want To Be A Designer

According to Johnny Wujek, Perry’s longtime stylist who has helped craft the singer’s signature Chiquita-meets-Lolita look, the singer has talked about designing for years. “She’s always sketching while on tour,” he says.  So what would a Katy Perry line look like?  “Custom jumpers, short party dresses, fun stuff… A fruit bowl of everything that she wears.”  Yum.

Thanks W Mag

Gold Kate Moss Revealed

Finally unvailed, Marc Quinn’s gold statue of Kate Moss is the largest (50kg of solid gold) gold statue created since the age of Ancient Egypt.

Quinn has said of using Moss as a subject: “I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who’s the ideal beauty of the moment.”

Honestly, all this needs is a Flesh Light!

Thanks Mirror