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May's Top Fashion Stories: Did They Really Say That?

Trying to make sense of the crazy events in fashion.

After playing catch-up with some fashion headlines this week, I just have to say that if it weren’t for things like Tavi Gevinson, “Cupcakes and Cashmere” and Jack Layton’s moustache (jk), I would have lost all hope in humanity by now... or at least the always crazy world of fashion. May you enjoy these bizarre May headlines:

Starting with the cover of the May issue of Harper’s Baazar, did anyone notice something a bit different about Lady Gaga? During the interview with the magazine, she said, "Well, first of all, they're not prosthetics. They're my bones,” about the little triangular hyper-active cheekbones poking out from her face (as shown on the front cover). “They've always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am. They come out when I'm inspired." Whatever you say, mama monster! According to Gaga, The bones symbolize her artistic expression and  are a “performance-art piece.” She does not, however, that they haven’t achieved from any form of plastic surgery.

Next up, British Fashion designer John Galliano of Givenchy and Dior gets the boot, but not without a fight. Dior reportedly fired Galliano three days before he was about to host the company’s Women’s Ready-to-Wear show in Paris. As we all know by now, he was suspended in February for making alleged anti-Semitic statements while drunk – a couple called the police while witnessing his behavior at a bar. So, Galliano is now jobless, filing defamation claims against the couple and is to stand trial on June 22 on charges of verbal abuse with anti-Semitic and racist slurs. All this is a real shame because Dior’s CEO, Sidney Toledano, states Galliano is “brilliant”... but his comments were “intolerable.”

And to top it all off, “a tornado meets a volcano,” or, in other words, two giants of the fashion industry are going head-to-head about a rather trivial and laughable topic. Christian Louboutin sued fashion rival Yves Saint Laurent for stealing his idea of red-lacquered soles, which Louboutin apparently trademarked in high fashion years ago. The suit says that ever since his first boutique in Paris opened in '91, all of Louboutin’s shoes have trademark red soles. Now my question is: anybody from the Wizard of Oz bored enough to sue Louboutin over the idea of red shoes?