Feminism as a fashion accessory (puke)

[sufrommich]

For Chanel’s Spring 2015 show last night, Karl Lagerfeld turned the Grand Palais into a street parade filled with feminist protesters. Cara Delevingne, Charlotte Free, and other models held up signs such as “Women’s Rights Are More Than Alright,” “We Can Match the Machos,” and the so relevant “He For She.” In the aftermath of Emma Watson’s UN speech last week, it couldn’t have been more impeccably timed. Many people have questioned recently whether feminism needs to be rebranded, or if at least we need a new, less stigmatized word for “feminism.” But Karl Lagerfeld is more likely just having a laugh than doing anything revolutionary.

When he’s not designing for Chanel, Karl does many things. But one of his favorite roles is Police Chief of Women’s Bodies. There was that time he told Metro that Adele was “a little too fat” (lovely voice though bb) and that time he attacked Pippa Middleton, saying, “I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.” And then there was that time he did it AGAIN, claiming his statements about Adele specifically were not only correct but auspicious because she went on to lose 18 pounds. There are so many things wrong with this.

Lagerfeld has been, in fact, so disdainful of women’s bodies that a French plus size women’s group filed a legal complaint about him a year ago. “No one wants to see curvy women” will probably be one of his legacies.

It’s not the first time designers have vibed off women’s lib for a fashion show. The collection Chanel showed last night was a beautiful ode to Coco Chanel, whose clothes revolutionized the gender expectation that women should dress in hourglass silhouettes. But Karl has expressly said that Coco Chanel wasn’t a feminist because she “wasn’t ugly enough” for that. He is literally everything that is wrong with conceptions of feminism today. I mean, sure, people can change — but this guy hasn’t even changed his gloves in the last decade.

http://www.styleite.com/runway/chanels-spring-2015-show-was-not-a-feminist-revolution/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

This crap just makes me feel ill.One of the most sexist assholes in an industry filled with sexist assholes using a cartoonish depiction of feminism for profit.

[merrily]

1. For everyone else, it's called equal rights. For women, it's

called feminism and demonized and cartoonized, along with the women who dare to want equal rights.

As for Lagerfeld, meh. The whole industry exploits women and is anti women, yet originally flourished mostly because of only women. When your industry makes "heroine chic" a byword, you're probably doing a lot wrong. So are the people who let this drivel run their lives or empty their purses and pockets.

This is not the Palace of Versaille or the court of Elizabeth I. Most women don't have the time, the money or the energy to worry about what Lagerfeld thinks they should wear or look like. (Speaking of which, have you seen what Lagerfeld wears and looks like and have you heard him speak? "Lagerfeld thinks" might be an oxymoron or its kissing cousin.)

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Merrily, I really like you and the way you think. nt

[merrily]

3. Right back at you and your fonts, midear!

[Phentex]

4. Well said...

my first thought was consider the source. I don't understand this whole "fashion industry" thing so I give no credence to anything some designer says.

[PassingFair]

5. Annie Lenox went at this head-on recently....

http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=68228

Love her, and she sounds fantastic on her new "album"

[mercuryblues]

7. Thank you for

posting that interview.

It is great to read about a celeb that isn't wrapped up in themselves.

[PassingFair]

8. Yep.

She's the real deal!

[ismnotwasm]

6. Who wears that shit?

I've seen women send a lot of money for shoes and clothes and accessories,-- some of it attractive--but the high end fashion seems to be wholly ridiculous.

An example





It's like they're all in a clothed Robin Thicke video