Cocaine Princess here.
September is always an exciting month and no not because the colorful season of Fall arrives but because it's the most fashionable time of the year. Yes it's Fashion Week, where designers will be displaying their latest collections. The world will get a taste of what's "in" and what's "out." I'm beyond excited and can't wait to see what the designers have in store for Spring/Summer 2014. Fashion Week kicks off in The Big Apple and then will move to London, Milan and lastly Paris. Two of the shows in the Big Apple I'm looking forward in watching is Victoria Beckham (only because David Beckham will be of course sitting in the front row supporting his posh wife) and designer Tommy Hilfiger's show. I don't normally wear preppy style clothes but word has it his new collection will feature the ease and attitude of the West Coast lifestyle and iconic California beaches.
And speaking of fashion, did you hear about Russell Brand and Hugo Boss? Russell unleashed a rant aimed at Hugo Boss over the clothing brand's ties to the Nazi Regime. The comedian took to the stage Tuesday, Sept. 3rd at the British GQ Men of the Year awards at The Royal Opera House in London to accept the Oracle Award. Instead of a short thank you, Brand decided to use the podium to take a jab at Hugo Boss, the event's presenter. He appeared on stage after London Mayor Boris Johnson picked up the gong for Politician of the Year. After Johnson joked about the recent alleged chemical attack in Syria, Brand said: "Glad to grace the stage where Boris Johnson has just made light of the use of chemical weapons in Syria meaning that GQ can now stand for genocide quips. I mention that only to make the next comment a bit lighter because if any of you know a little bit about history and fashion, you'll know Hugo Boss made the uniforms for the Nazis. "But they did look f*****g fantastic, let's face it, while they were killing people on the basis of their religion and sexuality." Brand also placed a finger under his nose to mimic the Adolf Hitler mustache and did a Basil Faulty-style comedic goosestep across the stage. He was then ejected from the awards ceremony's after-party following the joke about the event's £250,000 sponsor, reportedly shouting "Nazi sympathizers."
Oh but it doesn't end there.
Brand later tweeted an argument he had with GQ editor Dylan Jones to his near-seven million followers. He wrote: "GQ editor: 'What you did was very offensive to Hugo Boss.' Me: 'What Hugo Boss did was very offensive to the Jews.'" #nazitailor
(The video clip of Russell Brand can be viewed here)
Also present at the award show was The Who's Roger Daltry who had this to say in regards to Boris Johnson: "When I was listening to Boris's speech I was reminded of the wonderful lyric that I sang when I was 19 years old: 'I hope I die before I get old'."
Never let it be said the world of fashion is boring.
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My loyal and dear readers, it's finally Friday.
Whatever your plans are have a fantastic first week of September.~x
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
Whatever your plans are have a fantastic first week of September.~x
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
4 comments:
I heard about Russell Brand's speech. I think it was fair comment, unless Hugo Boss have already atoned and apologized for their Nazi connections. I just looked up that they've paid some money into a compensation fund for victims of the Nazis, but it's a pretty small sum. And Hugo Boss himself was member of the Nazi party. Maybe they should have changed their brand name after WW2.
They did design and make the uniforms. In fact his company used slave labor. But then again look up the history of a lot of the car manufacturers Volkswagen and Honda come to mind. Both were built on slave labor during WW2.
I assume Russell wants these sort of gigs as they pay him quite well. So, guess what? Hugo Boss, as sponsors, would be contributing towards that paycheck..
Is he therefore going to give that Paycheck back as it comes from "Nazi Collaborators"?
There were Nazi collaborators here also that have been forgotten. Perhaps it is time to forget some of these decade old involvements as long was we don't forget the horrors a society can create.
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