Bones & Noses

Last night I reluctantly venured into LA's fashion week to go see Tara Subkoff's Imitation of Christ show. When I arrived at the place and saw the scene I almost turned around and walked out, but I hung on and now I'm happy I did. The show was held in this big tent filled with lots of "fashion types" trying to act super serious about what was going on. The first thing I noticed was that the catwalk was scattered with human and animal bones. I immediately smiled...I knew this was gonna be funny.

The comedy continued when the show started and the first models walked out...well, walked is maybe not the right word. Limped out is more apt. Yes, the models were all limping! Not only that, but they all had big noses and zits. It was awesome! It reminded me of some kind of goth vaudville show or something. I was cracking up the whole time. What's even funnier though is that as I looked around the room at one point and realized that I was the only one laughing! The whole crowd was still incredibly stern faced and serious. To Tara's credit, the clothes were really quite beautiful and showed a lot of thought and attention to detail. The show delivered on all fronts. Fashion has become so banana-republican in recent years, I'm so happy someone still gets the joke.