Kate Moss, seen here chopping up a big line of cocaine while her young daughter is…somewhere, is finally ready to admit that existence in an industry that judges people solely on their looks is a little bit twisted.
24-year old beauty and Victoria's Secret model Karolina Kurkova is being criticized over her appearance in recent days at Sao Paulo Fashion Week, especially after a runway appearance in a bikini.One Brazilian paper blasted her back fat and cellulite, as did other outlets. The impetus for the stories were two still photos taken at the Cia Maritima fashion show at the end of last week.
We've said it many, many times before, but, unfortunately, it always bears repeating: FASHION IS THE STUPIDEST THING IN THE WORLD AND ANYONE WHO FINDS IT MERITORIOUS NEEDS TO BE STUDIED FOR MENTAL DEFECT!!!!!!!
Earlier, when I equated the fashion industry with a deadly disease, did you think I was proselytizing a bit too much? Well, maybe I was (surprise!), but I wasn't wrong.
Take a look at yesterday's Times article on New York City's modeling scouts, and then tell me with a straight face that fashion and the ring of shitty predators in its orbit aren't ravaging young people, both directly and indirectly.
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Did anyone else catch this particularly poor layout decision in today's New York Times online edition? Nothing like some biting irony to complement one's bitter coffee on a lazy Sunday.
If you're not getting the joke, here's the definition of "hysteria" from the 1913 edition of Webster's dictionary:
A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxysm or fits.
Women: Capable, but absolutely BONKERS for purses!
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