LAist: STYLEist: Androgyny, the New Sexy?

jrb

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:05:31 -0800

"Maybe it's Betty Shocker. Fresh from baking something moribund in the kitchen." Hey now there's an idea for the next reality show. A Goth recipes cooking show, featuring Betty Shocker making her famous moribundt cake. made with dark chocolate, of course, so it comes out looking Goth.

Tom Andrews

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:56:30 -0800

Love the "Betty Shocker" BingoDingo Miss Havisham, The connection to Marc Jacobs is the fact that he is using male models in womens clothing. There is an ad for Marc by Marc Jacobs in the August Paper Magazine, front 2 pages. The ad has a guy in a hot pink houndstooth 80's looking minidress, it's wild!

Miss Havisham

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:08:50 -0800

I don't get the Marc Jacobs connection to this. There is a lot of buzz being generated about androgyny in his designs. I don't see it. It's not so super slutty, either. The Fall/Winter line looks like typical depression era clothing, long and drapy.

BingosDingo

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:05:13 -0800

Oh and thanks once again Tom.

BingosDingo

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:04:40 -0800

I donno. What would you call it? Goth meets, rock, meets minnie mouse? You know...except for the shoes. Maybe it's Betty Shocker. Fresh from baking something moribund in the kitchen. Style? Who knows. Here everyone has the right to dress at they like. Yes, a right!

Elise Thompson

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:32:05 -0800

I'd like a venti mocha latte, please

riley

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:08:05 -0800

love the hair, the outfit not so much. i suppose some points are awarded for risk-taking, but the downside of that is that not every risky outfit actually works, this being one of them.

jrb

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:23:44 -0800

Too many piercings for my taste, but I have seen worse... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alVWUWiwUNs&feature=related

Tom Andrews

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:43:25 -0800

arbouler, i will hit the streets today! i have posted some people on melrose and beverly hills in past STYLEist posts. the woman in yellow skinny jeans was shopping on melrose and the lady with the VERY long hair was walking beverly hills. i will hit melrose west of fairfax, maybe hang out near miss sixty or one of those stores on the blvd. thanks for the suggestion, i welcome all suggestions of places to go to get pics for STYLEist. tom

arbouler

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:35:35 -0800

this dude is downright terrifying. hey tom andrews you gotta get out of hollywood blvd! there are better folks on melrose west of fairfax and in bev hills.

G Pro

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:20:15 -0800

So maybe people here confuse self expression with cries for attention.

shc97

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:14:51 -0800

"I always knew I'd make it in Hollywood"

christina

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:05:31 -0800

did someone poke him in the face with a sharpie while he was sleeping??

morrissey

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:57:58 -0800

Individuality and free expression when displayed in personal style is fantastic (in theory). Unfortunately it is not a right but a privelege. You need to earn the right to let your freak flag fly or you will just be ridiculed (and rightly so). The right to personal style exists side by side with my right to make fun of your personal style. Cheers, james

Mando

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:44:05 -0800

I'm all for fashion as self-expression, but this is dude just looks dumb. That's not style. And A7X sucks goddamn.

Ryanicus

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:37:40 -0800

I'd still do her, or him.

db

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:34:27 -0800

I admire the audacity, but that's about it.

michael

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:22:24 -0800

this is not style. it's a mess. androgyny could be sexy, but this isn't it.

rinkrat

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:10:37 -0800

She's hot!