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Great Liu-mon Taste!
40 year-old Lucy Liu graces the April cover of Vogue China, looking oddly like a can of Sprite.
A very young-looking, cheekbone-riffic, pretty…can of Sprite.
Filed under: Anti-Agin' Asian, April 2009 Vogue China Lucy Liu, Fashism, Great Lymon Taste, Lucy Liu, Sprite Soda, Vogue China, Vogue is French for Ugly
Pagin’ All My Blasians
Our favorite Ragin’ Blasian Naomi Campbell graces the cover of the January 2009 Vogue China, and bitch looks good. I mean, obviously, right?
But if you do a simple blog search for this cover, you’ll find a few people who think Naomi looks a little off. One blogger cited her cheeks, another thought her eyes looked rounder, and another went the other way and wrote:
“Probably they airbrushed her face or something, but she looks Chinese! And we’re not sure that it’s all that aesthetically pleasing. Too weird looking, perhaps. There are beautiful Chinese women and there is the striking Naomi, but combining the two, doesn’t seem to have had the desired effect this time.“
Oh really? Well, newsflash: Naomi is part-Chinese. And her “weird looking” features (read: mixed) account in large part for why Naomi’s the only super from the 80′s still working. And, don’t look now, but I think there’s a phone being hurtled at your so-called “normal looking” face.
Filed under: Excessive Airbrushing, January 2009 Vogue China, Mixed People, Naomi Campbell, Naomi Campbell Vogue China Cover, Racist Notions of Beauty, Vogue China, Vogue is French for Ugly
Chinchilla Attacks Anna Wintour’s Face at Vera Wang Store Opening
Filed under: Anna Wintour, Attack of the Killer Chinchiller, Big Wangs, Paging PETA, The Wang-Wong Predicament, Ugly Furs, Vera Wang, Vera Wang Soho Store, Vogue is French for Ugly
Bitch, Please.
In the current issue of Vogue, Zhang Ziyi says that she doesn’t understand why people have been protesting the Olympics.
“I don’t see why people are so negative. The games are about friendship,” she says. “I’m Chinese and I’m proud of my country.”
Listen, lady. I’m Chinese and I’m muthafuckin proud of my mother ship, too. A lot of people like me are. But just because I’m juiced for the Olympics and ready to lock myself in my house for the next month doesn’t mean I don’t understand why people are “negative.” Yeah, it hurts me when people conflate the Chinese government with the people, and I’d like to think that if your average American lived one day in your average Chinese’s shoes, fighting their way onto a public bus, shitting in a dirty public squat toilet, watching every word they say, they would get why the Olympics matter so much to China. But that doesn’t change the fact that the Chinese government does a lot of shady shit. The Olympic Games are putting China on center stage and, for better AND for worse, China’s detractors. Don’t act like you don’t know the score, Zhang Ziyi. That’s plain stupid. And stupid, girl, ain’t very Chinese.
[via HuffPo]
Filed under: Bitch Please, China, Fashism, Nationalism, Negativity, Pride, Protests, Shut Up and Look Pretty, Stupid Statements, The 2008 Olympics, Vogue is French for Ugly, Zhang Ziyi
The Incredible Shrinking Pussy
Hello Kitty in Christian Dior
Reuters reported today that Hello Kitty is the latest cartoon celeb to seek treatment for an undisclosed eating disorder. The pussy icon had been photographed looking noticeably thinner in recent months and will be appearing next in the May issue of Japanese Vogue, modeling Dior’s fall collection.
Friends say that the Vogue fashion spread put pressure on the “normal-sized” kitty to shed weight, although it was not the sole cause of her eating disorder. One source close to HK said on condition of anonymity:
“She’s anorexic. It’s been obvious to her friends and colleagues for quite some time. I mean, duh? Look at her mouth. Have you ever seen it open? Much less filled with food?”
Hello Kitty has entered a treatment facility in Utah that has also helped actress Mary-Kate Olsen. Hello Kitty’s publicist, Sue Shimasawa, who, like her client, has no mouth, could not be reached for comment.
“I hate all of these skinny bitches!”
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Thanks, Ken!
Thanks for the pic, Jasmine!
Filed under: Eating Disorders, Hello Kitty, Pussy, Skinny Bitches, Unfunny Stuff, Vogue is French for Ugly
Rock the HanbOhk
I’m sure Sandra Oh will get some shit today for wearing this dress to the SAG awards last night:
But here are reasons why I like it. It was not chosen for her by a stylist like my cunty next-door neighbor, it does not scream Spring-Trend-as-Decreed-by-Vogue (color! metallics! lace! trains!), it was designed by Kim Mee Hee, an L.A. designer based in K-town who makes traditional hanboks and bed linens, it’s actually a riff on a hanbok, thus showing Oh’s personal style, a quality that is nearly dead in Hollywood.
Filed under: Awards Shows, Fashism, Hanboks, Hollywood Stylists Are the Lowest Form of Human, Live From the Red Carpet, Sandra Oh, The SAG Awards, Vogue is French for Ugly
Rivulvsion
Dear Riyo,
I know we’ve given you shit in the past, mostly because you’re hot and you’re Miss Universe and we’re bitchy and a little jealous. But I’ve come around to you. I’ll admit I’ve been watching Pageant Place–and I won’t even pretend that I’ve been doing so “ironically”–and you are my favorite character on the show. Sure, you’re basically mutasian (a mute Asian character often seen on television and in movies), but in this case, it’s a good thing, since all the other beauty queens you’re forced to live with are hysterical crybabies having hissy fits and bitchfights every five seconds (which I watch with pleasure, also unironically). Your silence conveys a certain dignity that I feel your housemates are sorely lacking. You come across as a decent, classy gal.
And hey, I just wanted to tell you, you are rockin’ those new bangs, which you debuted at the Vogue Nippon Women of the Year awards last weekend. But what I can’t for the life of me figure out is why you wore this, this thing:
You do realize, Riyo, that you are wearing a GIANT VULVA on your chest, don’t you?
The “Rivulvsion” dress and Georgia O’Keeffe’s Black Iris
This is not classy. This is not dignified. This is just…ewww.
thinking of you and skipping lunch today,
Jen
Filed under: Mutasians, Oops, Pageant Place, Riyo Mori, Vogue is French for Ugly, Vulvas, Why?
"Vogue" is French for Discriminasian
Jessica Stam (who I love) is on her third Vogue Nippon cover of the year this month. Other models that have graced the glossy front since its launch last year: Sasha Pivovarova and Lily Donaldson. And lots of Asian models–no wait, check that, NO Asian models.
Here’s the thing. I love a beautiful pale face as much as the next person, but would it kill us to show the Japanese reader that an Asian woman epitomizes fashion too?
I mean, unless they don’t (though I think The Sartorialist would beg to differ). Is that what you’re trying to tell us, Vogue?
Speak up! I can’t hear you! I don’t speak French!
Filed under: Dude--Asian Women Epitomize Fashion, Jessica Stam, Models, Nippon We Have A Problem, Vogue is French for Ugly
Congratulasians
…to designers Phillip Lim of 3.1 Phillip Lim and Koi Suwannagate of Koi for garnering CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award nominasians.
Watch Douglas Keeve’s Seamless to see how this award can dramatically change a young designer’s fortunes.
Filed under: Asian Fashion Designers, Fashism, Koi Suwannagate, Phillip Lim, Pretty Dresses, Vogue is French for Ugly
Enter the Very Big, Very Garish Dragon
Dearest André,
You are fierce, and that is undeniable. You are loud and proud, large and in charge, gay and—well, super gay. I love it! I love it!!!
So it is with heavy heart, my fabulous friend, that I must condemn this atrocious silk dragon muumuu. I don’t care that it has pockets and that I love pockets. I don’t care that you’re daring and outrageous and fashion forward and you don’t give a shiite. You look like a giant chaise lounge in my parents’ sitting room, covered with plastic and too uncomfortable to sit on –except without the boxy seat cushion and intricate wood detailing. So what’s the point??
I would prefer to see you in only underpants. I just disgusted myself, but it’s true.
Talk to you soon!
Diana
P.S. So sick of Jennifer Hudson. Seriously, so sick of her.
Filed under: André Leon Talley, Awkward Moments, Dragons, Fashism, Jennifer Hudson, Muumuus, Ugly Dresses, Vogue is French for Ugly
Going Out on a Lim
In the Thursday No Styles section of the NYT, it was reported that designer Phillip Lim, who was recently named fashism’s hottest emerging talent by the CFDA (another one of our peeps, Derek Lam, won for best accessories), had said it was “unfair” that the Olsen Twins, who presented at the CFDAs, were becoming “designers.”
In addition to peddling sweatshop goods at Walmart, the Twins have a label called “The Row” and “Elizabeth and James,” as well as…BILLIONS of dollars. (Remind me, again, why I went to college?) Normally, I would say that the Limster is suffering from a case of sour grapes-itis, except…he’s FREAKIN’ RIGHT.
“Who Us? We don’t give a shit.”Click here for full story.
Filed under: Famous-For-Nothings, Fashism, Phillip Lim, The Olsen Twins, Unfair Unfair Unfair, Vogue is French for Ugly
Thank God for White Models
Rising model Gemma Ward has jacked usurped granted her great white presence graced four covers of new international Vogue magazines (Issue #1 of Vogue China pictured above) in the last two years.
Fashion Week Daily reports:
“Gemma Ward’s magazine cover streak continues. In 2005, the Aussie racked up four Vogue covers, appearing on the inaugural cover of Vogue China; Australia Vogue’s teen spin-off, Vogue Girl, in May; French Vogue’s October cover; and the December issue of Vogue Australia shot by Patrick Demarchelier. Now photographer and model have reunited once again for the debut issue of Vogue India, which is expected to bow in September. Demarchelier confirmed Sunday night at a CFDA dinner hosted by Nadja Swarovski at Top of the Rock that he had just returned from India, where he shot the 19-year-old for the cover and well story. ‘It has an angelic twist,’ Demarchelier hinted. The title, to be based in Mumbai, will mark the 17th edition of Vogue worldwide.”
Oh boy!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, Vogue, for allowing us to borrow one of your incredible pale-skinned models to give our new esteem buster magazine some legitimacy!
Truly, few models inspire the spirit of angelic India so much as Gemma Ward. Don’t they call her “The Punjab Aussie,” or something like that?
Filed under: Fashism, Gemma Ward, India, Models, This Is Annoying, Vogue is French for Ugly
