Why do I feel obese, underdressed and old? Award season is finally over, so there's no reason to feel dumpy and unaccomplished. Hmm, so what could it be? When I walk down the streets of Paris, why do I have this undying urge to stop eating, cake on a full face of make-up in an attempt to conceal my age and run into Maje to buy a floral print catsuit, an oversized blazer and a braided headband to wear over my forehead. Why am I feeling this way? I wonder...
Oh I know, it's worse than award-season...it's fucking Paris Fashion Week...and I'm working it. No, not diva "werking" it..but working it, like as a hired employee.
But who am I kidding? I live for this shit. While I do feel old and crusty in a city that's crawling with drop-dead-gorgeous gazelles with flawless skin from Eastern Europe and South America, it still beats the hell out of last year's fashion week. I had just gotten dumped by the man that I was in love with, was couch-surfing with an end-of-winter cold and was washing down Milka bars with red wine in the bathroom of the showroom where I was working, acting like a deprived addict. It was tragic.
Thank heavens that this year is different, my goodness! While this is hardly my fashion week presenting a collection to buyers in a showroom, it is my first Fashion Week at such an iconic house...here in Paris. I must admit, I'm a little nervous. Excited, but definitely nervous...I'm doing my nervous but excited shuffle now.
To kick off a week of drama, mayhem, attitude, crazy street style, and editors not dressing their age, here are my favorite songs that either inspire or are inspired by fashion.
Happy Fashion Week!
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Chew Fu Remix)
The Knife - Heartbeats
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With the Night
RuPaul - Supermodel
David Bowie and Damon Albarn - Fashion
Madonna - Vogue
LMFAO - I'm Sexy and I Know It
George Michael - Freedom 90
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
George Michael - Too FunkyNew Order - True Faith
And because I simply could not resist; the most ridiculous song ever written by Lady Gaga, performed by...
Heidi Montag - Fashion
To listen to the playlist in its entirety, click here.
