Hot and Spicy Dreams

After the largely dark, recession-tinged array of clothes shown during New York Fashion Week, weve been eager to bask in the dramatic, fanciful quirk of Milans collections — the searing-hot pinks at Dolce Gabbana, Guccis polka dots, and the baguette hats and handlebar-mustache dress that only Agatha Ruiz de la Prada could hallucinate. So it dismayed us to discover that the Dsquared2 collection — the same boys currently putting the touring Britney Spears in headdresses and feathered epaulets — looked more like a Walk of Shame than a runway show. Is it possible that the pervasive, sloppy-starlet style we’re most accustomed to seeing in Us Weekly’s Stars: They’re Just Like Us section (They look hung-over!”) actually is crossing over to the catwalks? I mean, look at the pictures above. Models are actually holding Starbucks drinks and even cell phones. Last time I checked, Starbucks wasnt runway related.
For years, weve been perplexed by adorable actresses embracing their inner slob grunge. Homeless made for a brilliant parody in Zoolander, but that movie also theorized that you could brainwash someone into committing murder by playing Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was never meant to be taken seriously. When the satire became celebrity street attire, we threw up our hands. An untidy aesthetic can be excused when you’re popping out for some groceries, and sometimes, the unpolished thing can be very sexy. But there’s carelessly cute, and then there’s looking like : Mary-Kate famously pioneered ripped hose paired with mountains of heavy layers (and $2,500 shoes). Lindsay Lohan spent the last two years in leggings and unwashed-looking concert tees. And despite Blair Waldorf’s testimony that tights are not pants, Mischa Barton actually did treat a mangy old pair of brown hosiery as if they were real trousers. Grunge was one thing; what these girls did seemed more like grime.

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