Comments on: You win some…you Wang some

By: class-factotum

class-factotum — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:06:42 +0000

Would someone please send these girls a sandwich?

By: Jennie

Jennie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:20:41 +0000

Leah, they have no choice about hair or makeup. Believe it or not, it is the DESIGNER that directs the aesthetics of the models. While most of these children have an eating disorder, they could have presented the aura of health and happiness if the director (i.e. designer …Vera Wang…) had decided the collection would look better with living people as opposed to walking dead.

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:04:22 +0000

Forget the dresses, all these models look like they could do with a wash and a decent helping of blush. Oh, and smiling. I hate the “it hurts to be this pretty” face in general, but I really do feel bridal shows should be given a pass. If your model can’t even be bothered to pretend to like your dress when she’s being paid for it, why would I want to spend thousands to hate it on the “happiest day of my life”?

It’s hard for me to like the dress when it is so clearly wearing the model instead of the other way around. Some would say the fashion show should be about the dress, not the model, but if someone who is pretty enough to be paid for it is overpowered by your creation, how could a regular person ever hope to get eyes on her face, not her dress? Perhaps that’s why none of them bothered to brush their hair or slap on some lipstick.

By: Omnibus Driver

Omnibus Driver — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:52:51 +0000

And I used to think that Vera Wang loved brides….

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:53:20 +0000

Is Vera on her meds? I looked at the entire collection and there is either multiple designers or a schizophrenic mind involved. Several of those gowns are magnificient! These are just biazarre! And you left out the one with the giant belly bow.

By: Pencils

Pencils — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:24:26 +0000

When I was looking at gowns, I couldn’t understand the love that people had for Vera Wang, as her runway stuff was mostly so hideous and not anything that anyone would actually wear at a wedding. Then I realized that she probably didn’t actually mean brides to wear those, that she had a salon filled with with sleek sheaths and ballgowns. That’s it, right? It’s like high fashion designers who send their models out dressed as pirates in fuchsia eyeshadow. They don’t expect people to buy those outfits, they’re for the magazines, they have a much toned-down collection for actual consumers.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:56:30 +0000

I think Dress #2 is an ode to the skinny model and all the work they put into having ribs being that visible. Dress #3, on the other hand, looks like an ode to a Japanese Geisha in half dress.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:55:10 +0000

I must take exception to the description of the first one as belonging in a classic Star Trek episode. No matter how bizarre, tacky, or just plain impractical to wear the gowns those space vixens lounged about the stars in, they were almost invariably (ahem) agressively body conscious.

But if you’re talking about some of the blobbier rubber monsters, I stand corrected. Vorta, I’m looking at you.

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:46:58 +0000

I love her out-there stuff … I love most of these gowns. Except #2. I hate shiny fabric much less in wedding gowns, and even she can’t make it work, it seems.

By: i can't think of anything clever

i can't think of anything clever — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:30:05 +0000

Actually, it’s obvious the first gown is for when Bridesmaid #5 shows up with something on her gown! Just detach, die, and go! In a pinch, you can even lend it to your friend who has “issues” with formal wear!