Blog Entry - BrandHabit

Someone needs to fire the stylist at W Magazine

Is it just me, or does Giselle look suspiciously like Jerry Hall circa 1987 on the cover of this month's W? Not that there's anything wrong with Jerry Hall or the year 1987. It's just not, you know, 1987... so you'd think some attempt would be made to modernize the look. As is, it looks like the movie poster for a period film about the drug-fueled excesses of the late eighties and the toll it took on America's children. I mean, just look at her. That hair is looking permed and teased within an inch of its life. And not gentle body wave permed. Like, authentically fried permed. The kind of hair my cousins used to have with the crunchy bangs that curled under and the big earrings and the loud makeup. Basically, there's A LOT going on here, and although Ms. Bundchen (yes, she does have a last name, contrary to what she would like you to believe) can probably handle it, I just think she would have looked a lot less drag-queenish with a little less. Less hair, less makeup (purple eyeshadow with red lipstick is tricky, to say the least) less jewlery. This looks like Joan Collins' wardrobe from Dynasty came and threw up all over her. And yes, I know W brings a lot of highly "editorial" (read: not wearable) fashion to the table but this is just insane. Someone must stop it. I resist few turns the fashion wheel takes in life, but 80's redux is definitely one of them that must be avoided at all costs. Like the plague. Like antibiotic-resistant Tuberculosis. You see what I'm getting at?

source: www.vogue.com