The Emmys

[rm]

The bit about Heidi Klum wearing a suit and then guys bitching that it was too much fabric and then ripping her out of it into something skimpier?

Blargh. Fills me with rage really.

Because:

a) she looked hot in boy clothes (and I am sick of a woman being in a suit being a "gimmick" because sometimes I want to wear a non-feminine suit and also not do the whole drag thing and I can't without getting an eye-roll and it's annoying).
b) the 'obligation' of a woman to wear skimpy clothes -- offensive.
c) the idea that clothes that are structured and covering can't be sexy? Argh argh argh. Sexier. Often. They create narrative and structured clothes mean less tyrany over our expectations of the body. I'm sick of flesh being expected to do the work tailors aren't anymore.

Grrrr.

Comments

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Fail. Agreed with you. Ellen DeGeneres may be somewhat bland in a lot of ways, but she can rock a good old-fashioned boy-suit.

[lonebear.livejournal.com]

Huh. Heidi did rock the 'boy suit'.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

I meant that she's not the only one who can do so. (But agreed with the OP, it's a pity that it's out of vogue right now, because we could use more tailoring and less sex0rz sells.)