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cimoreneAfter last week's Project Runway, and I didn't see (much) cause for this on the surface so it's not spoilery, and I still don't even know why especially because it's really in a way kind of gross, but I have this weird Michael Kors/Suede idea in my head that could probably make a decent original novel, especially since it would be set in the fashion industry which is pretty much the perfect place for gay romance. I'd never write it, though. A) Gross and B) I don't have the inherent bitchiness to duplicate Michael's zingers. (Still haven't recovered from the "stewardess" comment in cycle 2. LOL!)
If you're not totally grossed out already, the idea came from the runway, when they were evaluating the outfits and it was Korto's turn, because Michael was the one who first said the outfit was a "good shape" for Suede in a way that I read as saying it was kind of hot on his body. LL Cool J promptly agreed and I think they were both right, so it's not like it has to be sexual, and they were both talking to Korto and complimenting her construction and not to him - but still, there was a pregnant pause in the middle of Michael's comment. There's also an interesting kind of pathos about Suede; he's really nice and a deeply sympathetic "character", if you will, with interesting flashes of bitchiness, and a few mile-wide quirks, like referring to himself in the third person, and the hair, that would make him memorable enough to be a comic-relief secondary character in your average comedy of manners. It'd be more challenging with him as the principal, though. Then you have, for the other character, the Great American Designer (one of the top five anyway, I guess - Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, I'd say, though those aren't my personal favourites) - an unattached middle-aged gay man (please note I don't know if he's unattached, but for purposes of the hypothetical novel, the character would have to be), well-respected and liked, but maybe overly attached to his mama still, not necessarily particularly impressed by the hints of immaturity, occasional childish temper, of the young designer, who really isn't brilliantly talented, and is both too young for him and too old to be, you know, a hot young body.
It's possible for Suede to take you by surprise when he transforms, though. I don't think we saw that before the runway show this week, but Korto mentioned, and was really right, that it was like his real personality was gone then; he performed a swaggering, confident punk- or metal rocker on the catwalk, and the makeup and hair transformed his face. Some of his features looked sharp and delicate, some much more masculine, and overall he looked... sort of pretty, but in a weird way.
And he revealed hidden depths in the interview, too. A classically trained cellist and pianist? Hmmmmmmm. You could probably go somewhere with that, too.
If you're not totally grossed out already, the idea came from the runway, when they were evaluating the outfits and it was Korto's turn, because Michael was the one who first said the outfit was a "good shape" for Suede in a way that I read as saying it was kind of hot on his body. LL Cool J promptly agreed and I think they were both right, so it's not like it has to be sexual, and they were both talking to Korto and complimenting her construction and not to him - but still, there was a pregnant pause in the middle of Michael's comment. There's also an interesting kind of pathos about Suede; he's really nice and a deeply sympathetic "character", if you will, with interesting flashes of bitchiness, and a few mile-wide quirks, like referring to himself in the third person, and the hair, that would make him memorable enough to be a comic-relief secondary character in your average comedy of manners. It'd be more challenging with him as the principal, though. Then you have, for the other character, the Great American Designer (one of the top five anyway, I guess - Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, I'd say, though those aren't my personal favourites) - an unattached middle-aged gay man (please note I don't know if he's unattached, but for purposes of the hypothetical novel, the character would have to be), well-respected and liked, but maybe overly attached to his mama still, not necessarily particularly impressed by the hints of immaturity, occasional childish temper, of the young designer, who really isn't brilliantly talented, and is both too young for him and too old to be, you know, a hot young body.
It's possible for Suede to take you by surprise when he transforms, though. I don't think we saw that before the runway show this week, but Korto mentioned, and was really right, that it was like his real personality was gone then; he performed a swaggering, confident punk- or metal rocker on the catwalk, and the makeup and hair transformed his face. Some of his features looked sharp and delicate, some much more masculine, and overall he looked... sort of pretty, but in a weird way.
And he revealed hidden depths in the interview, too. A classically trained cellist and pianist? Hmmmmmmm. You could probably go somewhere with that, too.
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Date: 28 Sep 2008 05:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 28 Sep 2008 05:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 28 Sep 2008 07:03 pm (UTC)http://www.buddytv.com/articles/project-runway/exclusive-interview-suede-of-p-23124.aspx
Can you tell me a little bit about your background in fashion design and how you got started?
Wow. Well, I actually fell into fashion design, I wanted to be an actor. My parents were like, “You’re not moving to New York at 17,” so I decided to try fashion and I ended up loving it. Came to New York, interned for Jeffrey Bean and moved into denim pretty quickly, and I’ve done denim for the last 15 years. Launched companies like Fubu, RoccoWear, Jordash Vintage, Lee 1889, Polo Jeans Company, so lots and lots of denim and denim collections. This is kind of a fresh start for me, so it was an amazing, amazing experience.
http://bloggingprojectrunway.mypodcast.com/2008/09/BPR_Podcast_with_Suede-144828.html
Most awesome:
http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/07/kent_state_grad_stephen_whitne.html
During his senior year at Normandy High School, Baum had his sights set on moving to the Big Apple as the place to pursue an acting career. Throughout high school, he was active in all the school plays, performed in the show choir and played the cello.
But the thespian life was not to be. Baum's parents -- his father was an engineer for East Ohio Gas and his mother was a physicist for Union Carbide -- wanted him to pursue a more solid line of work.
They agreed to let him try fashion design after a visit to Kent during his senior year of high school piqued his interest.
"I liked what I saw at the fashion design school immediately," Baum says. "I liked the creativity and I thought, 'Why not give it a shot? ' "
The designer who most inspired him at that time was Jean Paul Gaultier, who created Madonna's cone-shaped corset top.
Immediately upon his graduation from Kent in 1995, he moved to New York and got an unpaid internship with Geoffrey Beene, one of the country's pre-eminent designers.
In the nine years since then, Baum has done well for himself -- as his apartment in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, his 30-acre hideaway in the Catskills and his endowment to Kent State attest.
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