The Golden Era's *ugliest* clothes

[Big Baby Macoy]

C-Dot, I agree with some of your points but.....

First, I will agree with you, she is getting tons of attention and if you don't get some sort of reaction from Lady Gaga (love, hate, obsession, maybe even a bit of disgust ) then you must be brain dead. But every move Miss Gaga makes it calculated and executed to perfection. She might be a bit dark and quite a talented performance artist...but at the end of the day she is a pop. Not that their is anything wrong with that...

I don't think shes trying to be "cute" or attractive. She's trying to shock, and get reactions from people.

She's doing a good job

 

[C-dot]

Of course, it's all about promoting popularity. Calculated or not, it's working.

It would not be my wish to become a pop star, nor would I be excited to meet one, but you can't deny she's successful (in whatever shes trying to do.)

 

[St.Ignatz]

They look like they came from "Alice the Goon's" shoe closet.

ok maybe her dress shoes

I agree. I'm always excited to see what she's going to wear. Her outfits are so over the top but they are fun to look at and I think she's the only person that can pull it off. I'd never be caught dead in the things she wears but it works for her.

The shoes Fleur was talking about, McQueenadillos:

They do look like Armadillos in a way. That's the first thing my fiance said when he saw them.

Edited to add a link to more photos of the shoes: http://cocoperez.com/2009-11-11-mcqueenadillos-could-be-yours

 

[St.Ignatz]

not to nit pick but it's Schiaparelli (ski-op) not Sciaparelli (she-op).

Speaking of Elsa Sciapparelli, here she is sporting a most unattractive combination.

I'm thinking perhaps she had to unexpectedly keep a speaking engagement and had just washed her hair at the dormitory in the nearby girl's college and raided closets on her way to the car?

I really think one of her surrealist creations would suit her much better.

 

[cecil]

not to nit pick but it's Schiaparelli (ski-op) not Sciaparelli (she-op).

Ha! Wow, I've always spelled it correctly but I've been pronouncing it wrong. Luckily I 'say' it on the internet alot more than I say it in real life. She's my favourite designer, so that could have been very embarassing lol Thankyou!

 

[Christy]

lol I love the comments from the husbands, too funny!

 

[zetwal]

I've always hated these 1938 sandals designed by Salvatore Ferragamo. Just aweful.

Here are some odd 2008 Ferragamos. It's kind of interesting to compare and contrast.

 

[C-dot]

Here are some odd 2008 Ferragamos. It's kind of interesting to compare and contrast.

Oh dear. I'd rather wear a Chinese foot bind than wear those. They are painful to see, and I imagine, wear.

 

[Hamilton_Honey]

The future is here...

Those Ferragamos immediately reminded me of this video - right about 0:50 "skirts will disappear completely and shoes will have cantilevered heels" !!

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[Widebrim]

Those Ferragamos immediately reminded me of this video - right about 0:50 "skirts will disappear completely and shoes will have cantilevered heels" !!

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"He'll (modern man) will be fitted with a telephone..." That was prophetic! And no ties! (That's coming more and more true. ) Actually, the male model's hair and beard looked more late '60s (or ancient Assyrian, take your pick), than A.D. 2000. (Yes, Doran, not C.E., as both you and I loathe...)

 

[Hamilton_Honey]

"He'll (modern man) will be fitted with a telephone..." That was prophetic! And no ties! (That's coming more and more true. ) Actually, the male model's hair and beard looked more late '60s (or ancient Assyrian, take your pick), than A.D. 2000. (Yes, Doran, not C.E., as both you and I loathe...)

What i want to know is - where's the "candy for cuties" these days?

 

[cecil]

"He'll (modern man) will be fitted with a telephone..." That was prophetic! And no ties! (That's coming more and more true. ) Actually, the male model's hair and beard looked more late '60s (or ancient Assyrian, take your pick), than A.D. 2000. (Yes, Doran, not C.E., as both you and I loathe...)

There's also a pair of heels in the video that look just like a pair Marc Jacobs brought out in 2007.

The zip-off skirt made a brief appearance recently, too!

 

[Joonie]

Odd, yet...

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The comma for the year "2,000 A.D." kills me! That and the narrators "Oooh..... 'swish!"" (It's the little things!)

 

[Lady Jessica]

Those shoes look painful! The hoof ones, and the two with no support! I imagine they're for sitting down in, not walking around in.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A very elegant lady I once knew showed up for an event in an extremely uncomfortable-looking pair of shoes -- they looked spectacular, but I couldn't understand how she could walk in them. "Dear," she said, tossing her head, "I don't *have* to walk in these shoes. They all come to me!"

 

[miss_smith]

I love how they predict every man will be equipped with a telephone...cellphones anyone?

 

[Celia Crowson]

...top this:

From the movie "Shanghai Gesture," 1941.

fftopic: am I the only one or does she slightly resemble Jocelyn Wildenstein?

 

[Miss 1929]

There's also a pair of heels in the video that look just like a pair Marc Jacobs brought out in 2007.

These would be really fun to substitute for normal shoes at a party, really drunk ladies would have trouble figuring out how to put them on.

 

[Joonie]

"Cellphone?"

I love how they predict every man will be equipped with a telephone...cellphones anyone?

More like an iPhone! My husband cannot function without it!

 

[C-dot]

More like an iPhone! My husband cannot function without it!

My FDH wanted to switch cellphone companies and throw out the iPod touch he already has for an iPhone. Is it really that worth it? [huh] lol

Back on topic, Joan Crawford was never so lovely as her Two Faced Woman number in Torch Song (1953):

In That's Entertainment III, Debbie Reynolds tells how the original version of Two Faced Woman was performed by Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon, a musical of the same year, but was cut for time. Comparing the two would make you cry (if seeing Joan in blackface didn't already!)