Without further ado . . .

If you need any more evidence that trashy couture is back to stay, I direct you to these photos of Elle MacPherson for the fall edition of Love:



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As you already know, I say bring it. I read an article today on Jezebel about the backlash against foodies (you can read the article here. Although as with any other movement, the backlash against foodies was inevitable, I think we could compare the backlash against the sophisticated sheath dress to the backlash against sliver-thin duck slices in morel sauce. Fall 2010 runways exhibited lingerie as outerwear, cut-out clothing, and velvet and sheer and leather silhouettes.








Designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier seem to have fully embraced this aesthetic, mixing bright colors with slouchy sweats and infusing global design with a laced-up hooker-chic sensibility. Some have said that hipster-fashion is using Elaine Benes as a muse; I say hipsterism is dead--the next movement will either embrace neo-preppydom à la Birnbach's update of The Preppy Handbook or Christina Applegate's flipped-middle-finger fashion in Married with Children.

Long may trashy couture rule the runway!

-K