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For whatever reason, Chloe Sevigny has always been considered to be some sort of “it girl” for weird, hipster alternative culture and fashion. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because she’s seemingly fearless while attending events like this year’s CFDA fashion awards (as shown above) in really ugly dresses or indulging in belly-bearing Rodarte. Really though, when I think of Chloe these days, I am instantly reminded of Kaiser’s words while covering last fall’s MoCA event: “Chloe Sevigny was there. Of course. And she looked like a total a–hole. Jesus, Chloe.” That sounds about right for most of Chloe’s outfits.
Of course, someone in power has decided that Chloe was fit to design her own fashion line. In the spirit of promotion, Chloe sat down with Bullett Media to discuss her clothing passions and also gave them a sneak peek at her line. Here are a few glimpses — the line is obviously geared towards a younger crowd, and a few of the staged shots are, um, slightly disturbing with far too much of a “Lolita” vibe going on:
Here are a few excerpts from the accompanying interview, in which Chloe reveals that she’d rather have Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi wear her clothing than boring old Nicky Hilton. Chloe also pays lip service to The Situation being asked by Abercrombie & Fitch to not wear their clothing. Chloe also sort of disses the “Jersey Shore” guys, which doesn’t make much sense because she was spotted earlier this year hanging with DJ Pauly D. Maybe there’s some bad blood of the one-night-stand variety there? Who knows. Onto Chloe and her weird-ass fashion talk:
On Always Being An Outsider: I grew up in a really wealthy community and even the young girls would flaunt their wealth and ostracize girls who didn’t come from money. There was this one girl in particular who was the queen bee at school, and she would have the other girls tie her shoes. Me and a few other girls would go up against her. My parents were a little bit like outsiders, so I became friends with outsiders too: the daughters or sons of alcoholics and kids from divorced families, which then bred rebellion. From a very young age, I knew that I wouldn’t run with the preppy pack. I knew that there was something different in store for me.
On Her Ultimate Clothing Wish: I’ve always fantasized about finding a ’70s Yves Saint Laurent jumpsuit or a big, comfy dress, and wearing it for the rest of my days.
On Her Guilty Pleasure: God, I don’t really have one. I see all the movies, but I don’t think that’s really a guilty pleasure-that’s just supporting my industry. I was a huge American Idol fanatic for a while when I had a TV. I love reality TV.
On Jersey Shore: I think it’s really depressing that people are propping these people up as celebrities. The way they behave is embarrassing, and I think it’s kind of diminishing our culture. Most reality TV people behave like pigs, and it’s unfortunate that they get put on pedestals for doing so.
On How She Prefers Snooki Over Nicky Hilton: I read somewhere that Abercrombie & Fitch offered to pay The Situation not to wear their clothes-but who am I to say who should be wearing mine? I do remember someone saying that…what’s Paris Hilton’s sister called? Isn’t it Nicky or something? Anyway, she apparently talked to someone about my first collection, and was like, ‘I don’t get it.’ I was like, Good! I’m glad she doesn’t get it. It’s not for her. Besides, what’s there to get with clothes? So if Snooki wants to wear my clothes, go for it. I think she’d look a lot better in them. She’s probably just so used to certain things, you know. I have to admit, I do find that JWoWW sexy in a really weird way. It’s like that sexy, dirty kind of girl—not dirty, but like a hot mess. We’ve all gotten too drunk and acted crazy at parties, but I don’t maintain that and I’m kind of fascinated by those girls who do.
Why She Created A Fashion Line: I’m pretty sure everybody knows that I make it all just so I can wear it!
Who She’d Love To Dress: It would for sure be one of the Fanning girls. I don’t think I’d faint, but I would get excited.
[From Bullett Media]
Oddly enough, Terry Richardson wasn’t the photographer on the shoot (instead, it’s James Orlando), which surprised me because Creepy Terry and Chloe are so tight. As to Chloe’s dream of dressing Dakota Fanning, that doesn’t surprise me either, for this shoot exudes an aura that is not unlike that of Dakota’s recently banned suggestive Marc Jacobs ad. And both Fanning sisters just did a mutual shoot with Terry too. So basically, the perviness has come full circle here. Ugh.
Back to the point that (I think) Chloe was trying to make when favoring Snooki over Nicky. Part of this comparison stems from the fact that Nicky dissed Chloe’s clothing line, which presumably sparked the interviewer’s line of questioning. Still, it’s unquestionable that Snooki wearing something would give a designer much more exposure at this point than boring old Nicky Hilton, who basically does nothing. Say what you want about the “Jersey Shore” kids — at least they did a little something to reach their level of trashy fame instead of merely being born into a rich, trashy family.
Here are more glimpses of Chloe’s fashion line (and you can see the rest here). Well, it’s certainly not dull stuff, which is about all I can say in favor of these clothes:
Photos courtesy of Fame and Bullet Media
Written by Bedhead
Posted in Chloe Sevigny, Fashion, Nicky Hilton, Snooki
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that shit looks AWFUL!
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Nothing against her personally – dont know much about her but and some of her commenst are funny & true but it seems she tries way to hard to be different and when you have to purposely try to be “different” you usually arent.
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Nothing against her personally – dont know much about her and some of her comments are funny & true but it seems she tries way to hard to be different and when you have to purposely try to be “different” you usually arent.
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Speaking of sh*t, what is that crouching model in the jean jacket supposed to be doing?
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in that one picture, it looks like the girl is copping a squat, if you know what I mean.
yeah, I LOVE seeing a girl crouching down to pee when I’m looking for clothes to buy.
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Pontificating self-indulgent hypocrite, much?
“I love reality TV”
followed by:
“I think it’s really depressing that people are propping these people up as celebrities. The way they behave is embarrassing, and I think it’s kind of diminishing our culture. Most reality TV people behave like pigs, and it’s unfortunate that they get put on pedestals for doing so.”
You can’t have it both ways, sister.
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I get it, if her clothing line were for Halloween.
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oh my GOD, she is so pretentious…wow, look at her, she’s soooo different and everything about her is soo ironic. she drives me crazy. also, she totally dissed j-woww (not that i like her) but come on! get over yourself
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Her statements seemed pretty hypocritical… “I love reality TV.” “It is drepressing these people are celebrities.” Alos, please, like she didn’t know Nicky’s name.
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What God Awful clothes!
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“yeah, I LOVE seeing a girl crouching down to pee when I’m looking for clothes to buy. ”
At St Angie- Ummm DUH! You totally missed the point. She is squatting to show the uber-awesome feature of the outfit, it was *designed* for ease of public peeing. That is great—right?
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She is insufferable.
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Ha ha, the first picture is awesome !
Before I figured out that it was actually the head of the Swarovsky swan behind her, for a second I though “what the hell is she sporting on her head ? A giant question mark as a hat, wtf Chloe ?”
For sure this kind of misunderstanding is only possible with Chloe Sevigny !
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I know we’re talking about clothes, here… but maybe her wonk clothes are supposed to distract from her wonk face.
I have yet to see a picture where she looks even semi-decent.
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“There was this one girl in particular who was the queen bee at school, and she would have the other girls tie her shoes”.
Nicky, I don’t know? But yeah, that definetly reminds me of PARASITE Hilton.
WTF are on Chloe’s feet in that first pic? Ugh!
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She makes Gwyneth Paltrow seem humble. She’s insufferable. And those clothes are hideous. She’s a great actor, but that’s about it.
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Fabgrrl
LOL!!!!
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Very educational. That second pic of the velociraptor with full plumage right before it devours the stick insect behind it is just how my science teacher explained the theory of evolution. So, will it eat the others? Please. I’ll pay you.
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She’s only saying that because in her hipster head, Nicky Hilton is conventional and Snooki is an antihero, and hipsters hate conventional and mainstream things (even though the hipster in now mainstream.. connundrum). Even if she believes her own statement, it’s bs.
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Yeah… still love her.
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The fact that she dated that racist actor and director “What’s his face” and literally in one of the movies he made and she starred in where she gave him an actual blow job in the scene did it for me with her. I’m not against blow jobs but for her to put “trashy” people down as if she set the standard of class is very amusing to me. I don’t hate her but never really been a fan of hers. Oh yeah Vincent Gallo was her ex, he also trashed talk Christina Ricci who I love, never will watch any movie starring or directed by him. I guess in my mind she is guilty by association.
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I’d take Snooki over Nicky too. Nicky might not be as big of an *sswhole as Paris, but she still seems like a jerk. Sitting around laughing while Paris makes her racist, mean girl comments.
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I am the original “glamour fashion don’t” (really, I even had that identity protecting black bar over my first baby photo). if I know better than to wear something then it really is total shite and, Chloe, I wouldn’t be caught dead in that crap you “designed”
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@ danielle – I agree. Don’t like Nicky at all. Her only virtue is that she’s not as visible as her sister.
When is Chloe going to get back to acting? She’s actually good at that.
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well same here…I’m at a lost as to where she came from and who she knows to be some “it” girl.
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So, this is what passes for ‘fashion’ nowadays? I’m getting old, I guess, cuz it looks like crap to me (I’m 32, btw).
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Jesus, Chloe…indeed.
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I really like her. She’s so interesting to watch as an actress.
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When I think of Chloë Sevigny, I think of her in that scene in The Brown Bunny, giving Vincent Gallo an unsimulated blowjob. Gross.
I can’t take this woman seriously. She comes across as smug in interviews. Giving a blowjob on camera is actually just as bad, if not worse, than the trashy reality show behavior she criticized. That’s not indie cinematic art, it’s porn. It is nothing to smirk about.
Why does she think she can design clothes? The only one who dresses worse than her is Bai Ling. Sucking up (pun intended) to the right people in the pompous fashion industry does not make you a fashionista, Chloë. Ask Blake Lively.
Note: Bedhead, you must put the diacritic over the ‘e’ in her first name. You wouldn’t want to upset her.
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Why does this chick always have a See You Next Tuesday look on her ugly mannish face???
She put the FUG in fugly!!!
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By saying that, she unintentionally dissed Snooki. It’s like saying “I’d rather have Muamar Quadadi (see I didn’t do a Godwin) wear my line than Nicky Hilton”. I know she’s pals with the Jersey kids (or kuidos) esp. with JWow and Pauly D. she maybe serious with that but it’s still a slight insult.
Btw. Nicky’s outfit looks like it came from Jwoww’s collection.
Anyway, I love Chloè. She comes across as pretentious but I still find her interesting.
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I like the clothes. Maybe not worn put together the way it’s shown, but as separate pieces, they are interesting looking. Also they look really well made. As proper fashion should be. Way better than the tacky Macy’s crap that Farty Simpson peddles – now that stuff is just nasty looking and cheaply made.
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I really want to like this girl, going against Hollywood stereotypes and not being “perfect” looking.
But damn, I just can’t. It looks like someone took my grandma’s closet and a stripper’s closet, mixed them together and then got dressed in the dark.
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Nicki Hilton looks about as interesting and intelligent as a brown cardboard box.
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Her clothes are as stupid and useless as she.
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Clothes look like something from an anime…yikes.
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Yeah I’d take Snooki over the Hilton girl any day. At least Snooki is interesting and is out there making it in the world without the help of an influential and rich family. What does Nicki Hilton do anyway and does anyone even care?
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Vincent Gallo is racist?
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Pontificating self-indulgent hypocrite, much?
“I love reality TV”
followed by:
“I think it’s really depressing that people are propping these people up as celebrities. The way they behave is embarrassing, and I think it’s kind of diminishing our culture. Most reality TV people behave like pigs, and it’s unfortunate that they get put on pedestals for doing so.”
You can’t have it both ways, sister.
^Well with the first statement she was referring to American Idol. Those people are a lot different than the Real World and Jersey Shore.
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Her “fashion line” can be summed up in four words: Sluts at a party.
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So i take it anyone can be a fashion designer these days – are there any standards? Yes, I saw that scene with Gallo – repulsive. What’s with that look in the first pic – something stuck up her arse. And these celebutards wonder why so many are scorned by the general public.
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It takes a special kind of trashy whore to pull these clothes off.
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I don’t get the clothes either.
And talk about being a hypocrite. She totally trashes the Jersey Shore & reality tv, then says she loves to watch reality tv & that she love JWow & would rather have Snookie wear her clothes. Huh???
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