[JimmyDimples]

Another thing on looking sexy, Pelo… in all those photos and catwalk videos I've seen… I'd pay cash money if I actually saw one of those models actually SMILE.  :-

Why do they have to have that certain stare and parting of the lips that makes them look like they're passing a golf ball through their urinary tract?  You guys know the face I'm talking about, guys?  Are they afraid their face will shatter if the corners of their mouth go up?

(How much you wanna bet that they can't smile because they're aching for a Double Quarter Pounder with large fries and a shake… and can't have it? :P)

[cpbell0033944]

Another thing on looking sexy, Pelo… in all those photos and catwalk videos I've seen… I'd pay cash money if I actually saw one of those models actually SMILE.  :-

Why do they have to have that certain stare and parting of the lips that makes them look like they're passing a golf ball through their urinary tract?

From my basic and primitive understanding of that baffling world, I think the designers would be angry if they did smile, because the clothes they're displaying are a serious 'statement' of that designer's creativity, skill and philosophy; therefore to smile would be to take the focus off the clothes and the 'message' that they are supposed to embody.  Put simply, the haute couture world is so far up its own arse that it becomes a sad laughing stock to anyone normal.

[JimmyDimples]

Hmmm.  Well, frankly, what it says to me is… if a supermodel looks unhappy wearing it… why would my woman want it?

What really caught me by surprise, though, was when I was walking past the Garden Hotel… and I saw a color poster of this guy:  Jeremy Langmead. Actually smiling in his suit.

That took me by surprise so much, I instantly remembered the brand:  Gieves & Hawkes of No. 1 Savile Row, London. 

I figure, if he's happy with wearing it… it'd probably look good on me, too.

(And if I ever win the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, I'll make a point to order one. ^^;;; )

And hey, check out the guys from the Spring/Summer 2006 ad campaign.  More smiles.  More cool overpriced duds.

[cpbell0033944]

Hmmm.  Well, frankly, what it says to me is… if a supermodel looks unhappy wearing it… why would my woman want it?

What really caught me by surprise, though, was when I was walking past the Garden Hotel… and I saw a color poster of this guy:  Jeremy Langmead. Actually smiling in his suit.

That took me by surprise so much, I instantly remembered the brand:  Gieves & Hawkes of No. 1 Savile Row, London. 

I figure, if he's happy with wearing it… it'd probably look good on me, too.

(And if I ever win the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, I'll make a point to order one. ^^;;; )

And hey, check out the guys from the Spring/Summer 2006 ad campaign.  More smiles.  More cool overpriced duds.

Yes, but that's the difference between women's catwalk haute couture, which is an exercise in po-faced showing-off, and men's Saville Row tailoring, which isn't making a 'statement', it'sjust a really good suit. 

[baditude41]

…I've always wondered about that.  I had assumed it was a state of "Professionalism"…also, consider the audience.  Just like a movie, or a speech, you must learn/know the audience you're trying to influence.  If you're showing a design to the Crem de la crem, (Big Shots), then you want your models to show dignity, grace, and proper form…often resulting in the "Kidney Stone Passing" look.  However, if you were showing models of clothing to your friends or family, then the models can basically be relaxed.  I've never seen a Wal-Mart or discount clothing paper/ad with serious looking models in them…mainly because the target audience is family. 

[JimmyDimples]

To cpbell:  To be frank, that may be so.  But for me, both women's "haughty coaters" and London tailoring meant the same thing to me:  threads that cost more than I'd care to spend on, say, a new personal computer.

And baditude:  Ah.  The target audience.  As Ernest P. Worrell might say, "Well, there's your problem, Vern.  Those skinny chicks are advertising to the wrong folks:  Are those Grand Muckety Mucks gonna be wearing those outfits?"  😛

[cpbell0033944]

As usual, baditude has expressed exactly what I was trying to say, except he put it far more eloquently. 🙂 :-[

[baditude41]

🙂 Thank you, CP  🙂

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