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Grandpa Lagerfeld sure knows how to reach out to us kids.  The designer will be immortalized (as if he wasn’t already) by becoming one of the DJ’s in Grand Theft Auto 4!!!  Wonder if his appearance in the game will be responsible for lines outside of Gamestop by pencil-thin Chanel devotees who missed out on his H&M collection?

As video games and fashion come closer together, do you think we’ll ever see some games developed for the fashion community.  Some sort of Runway Warrior game where you play a model who must eat just enough to survive, but not too much to look fat and get kicked of the show. Or a Project Runway battle royal where you play different characters in a deathmatch. Can Christian’s Fierce Fists of Fury be enough to match Micheal Kors bloated swamp ass attack?  The world may never know.

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Okay that was a total lie so don’t get your panties in a twist that all your Facebook friends might see that tit pick Merlin took of you that one night at Luke & Leroys. No, it’s the newest web phenomenon, 30 Reasons Girls Should Call It A Night a Facebook group where people can share photos of drunk chicks.  Yes, society is screwed up, I’m just glad we get to watch it all crash and burn.

We have all 30 reasons after the jump…
1. You have absolutely no idea where your friends are.

2. You have absolutely no idea where your car is… wait did you bring your car??

3. You’ve become convinced that dancing with your arms overhead, shaking your ass, and yelling WOO HOO is truly the sexiest dance move EVER.

4. You’ve suddenly decided you want to kick someone’s ass and honestly believe you can do it (bitch…i ain’t playin…).

5. You start singing 80’s songs at the top of your lungs and showing off your dance skills to the car next to you.

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The straight mans gay man, Tom Ford, spent some time topless (big surprise) with the writers of Prestige magazine, a Hong Kong fair that talks about real issues, like Tom Ford’s diet secrets (he lays of the man jizz and eats his vegetables when he’s feeling fat, oh big surprise there Tommy boy). Here are some highlights. You can read the full article here…

Which guys in the past or the present would you like to dress?
I wouldn’t mind dressing Barack Obama. I think he’s a great-looking guy but I think his suits don’t fit him very well. I think he’s a terrific potential presidential candidate and I’m very excited as a Democrat, so Hillary or Obama, I like both options. So, I wouldn’t mind dressing Obama. I wouldn’t say he’s badly dressed, but he could sharpen up his look a little better.

Did you think you would come back to fashion when you left in 2004?
No, I thought I was never going to do fashion again. I was a textbook-case burnout. I’d been burned out from not only designing two collections, which I was very proud of, but the last two years of my time at Gucci were complex contract negotiations almost every day with PPR. And it was more and more apparent that what they wanted was not what we wanted. I just saw François [PPR Chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault] the other night, actually. I gave him a big hug and a kiss. We’re friendly, I like him enormously as a man, but as business partners we had different visions. And so it started to become apparent that we were going to have to leave and that was very traumatic because I had devoted an enormous amount of myself to the company, as had Domenico. So, no, I really thought I was not going to come back to fashion.

Who’s your target customer – you?
I am. I like to design for me as I am, me if I was 60, me if I was 25, me if I were thin, blond, six foot tall and 25; everything runs through a filter of “Would I wear that if I were that person? Would I want to see my father in that or my nephew in that?” But I happen to be our actual target customer. Our real target is men in their 30s and 40s, urban customers, very sophisticated, [a man who] knows himself, who wants beautiful tailored clothing but with a bit of a modern shape.

Are many women coming into your New York store and trying to buy a Tom Ford menswear suit?
Yes they are.

And are you serving them?
No. I haven’t made a suit for a woman. I may one day, but the reason I haven’t is . . . and I know this from working at Saint Laurent. A Saint Laurent suit may look like a men’s suit but it’s not a men’s suit. It’s not made like a men’s suit. Even though the details may look like a men’s suit, it really has got to be cut to a woman’s body. It’s a completely different way of manufacturing. I’m not currently set up to be able to do that and I’m not sure I want to open that door yet.

Cigarettes Cause Cancer and Cool. (don’t deny it, you know it’s true)

What’s the last book you read?
Well, this is perfect . . . it’s the Christopher Isherwood diaries, because I’m having a little problem in Act Two of my screenplay and I was trying to find something in Christopher’s life or his thoughts about something. Because all of his books are autobiographical, so I was trying to find a clue as to what to do with the second act of my screenplay.

I also read the Dana Thomas book [Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre]. She went out on a limb with that. She said what she thought. I thought it was a great book, especially for anyone who’s not in our business, to understand what we do. I’ve given that book to a few friends, saying, “If you want to know what our business is like, read this book.”

The Nude Designer. Are we seeing a trend? 

What’s the first thing you notice when you meet a man?
Confidence, confidence, confidence! And you can fake it. I mean, it’s best if it’s real. Actually, I’m a very shy person, and you might say that’s bullshit, but I am and I guess I developed that ability to project from an early age. It’s armour. A lot of performers have it, and I’m not saying that I’m a fake at all. In fact, sometimes I’m too honest when I talk to people – often when I talk to journalists. But you project that – the confidence – and the way you carry yourself and the way you walk. That’s the first thing I always notice, the thing that makes people jump out: somebody who walks right up to you and says, “Hi, how are you?” and looks you right in the eyes.

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Remember those cute little electronic virtual pets called Tamagochi’s that everyone and their mother had back in the late 90’s.   Well a new generation will let to experience the fun of keeping something digital alive on Miss Bimbo, a new site created to let little girls everywhere discover their inner Paris Hilton.  Instead of feeding your pet, you get to get her bigger breasts. Instead of buying your pet toys, your Bimbo requires the latest fashions. If you ignore your pet it doesn’t die, instead your Bimbo just ends up in a marriage with some poor, ugly dude with a week 401k instead of Bimbo man candy Rick Solomon. Okay that last part was a lie, but the rest is pretty accurate.

I strongly suggest Bimbo’s everywhere jump on this site, plays it for a couple of days, realize how sad an pathetic you are and then shoot yourselves in the head, seriously.  Can we officially cry for society?

P.S. Can someone make a mens version, Himbo. I’ve always wanted to virtually slut myself around/live like Colin Farrell.

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 Can we finally put Thriller to rest?  Seriously, this dance was cool twenty years ago, when it first came out, when Michael wasn’t a child rapist, but it hung on and officially died when Jennifer Garner decided to rock it in 13 Going on 30 (which between me and you is enough reason to never see Jennifer Garner in anything, ever).  But alas, the dance refuses to take a dirt nap and Jeremy Scott (who was probably in high school when the dance first came out) decided that it would be important to show a new generation the dance at a Thriller themed party.  Cool or Fool?  We can’t decide, but if Thriller’s getting this much attention 20 years from it’s first radio play, will our children be rocking to Soulja Boy in 2028. I pray it isn’t so.

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In the early nineties when I was a mere fledgling fashionista, there was a huge post-acid London club scene that started me on my road to style-surfing and people-watching. Girls would spend their Saturday afternoons scoring velvet catsuits from Pam Hogg or corset tops from Wit & Wisdom at Hyper Hyper to wear with teetering, towering uber-platforms from Vivienne Westwood. Boys would sport leather trousers from John Richmond with Vivienne Westwood’s orb necklaces, perhaps topped off with a second-hand mink coat. Rankin would pitch up to Love Ranch - a club in a naff venue in Leicester Square - with his tripod and black sheet and set up an impromptu studio where he’d take snaps of creative club kids to publish in his new magazine, a foldout affair called Dazed & Confused.

Fast-forward fifteen years to a rainy Wednesday night in a naff club next to The London Palladium. Sixth form club kids are pouring into Movida to celebrate Henry Holland’s new night, complete with nineties soundtrack - Alison Limerick! FPI Project! The place is packed tighter than a Wag’s suitcase. The girls have peroxide hair, ruby red lips, body con dresses. The boys have curly quiffs, painted nails, kooky headwear. Hang on, is that a photography ’studio’ set up in the corner? Why yes it is!

Some things it seems, never change. Each generation thinks it invented clubbing but at the end of the day what does it matter really? Last night these kids on a natural high (no gurning faces in sight) had it going on with their hi-energy dancing and agonised-over outfits. All they cared about was looking hot, showing off and letting the good times roll. Isn’t that the coolest thing?

Saynt - When it’s put that way, why yes, this party may have been the shit. But the photo studio in the back sounds a bit to Misshapes to me, which definitely brought in a higher caliber guestlist.

Courtesy -Disney Rollergirl

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