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To Love You or To Hate You, Vera Wang?
From Vera Wang's Spring 2010 Collection
I was beyond excited to see what globally adored fashion designer and bonafide Asian American SHEro Vera Wang came up with for this year’s spring collection. And then I read this (bold added):
In her program notes, Wang explained that she drew her “emotional and creative inspiration” from Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” in a show that was a “fusion of East meets West.” Yet, though the characters on her runway had the gutsy authority of that film’s heroine, they also suggested a far more romantic allure, especially with their Napoleonic courtesans’ twirling bouffant haircuts.
Um, what? Did you just say your Pan Asian-inspired clothes were inspired by a Pan Asian-inspired film and a tired-sad phrase that people might use to describe said Pan Asian-inspired film? Do these sound like things from which an Asian American designer should be drawing inspiration? Oh, Vera. I liked you until these idiotic things tumbled out of your mouth (or pen, rather). Also, what’s with the the “Napoleonic courtesans?” How can I take you seriously as an “artiste,” much less an informed Asian American?
Anyway, despite my griping about Wang’s self-description (which didn’t do the collection justice at all), I actually liked most of the clothes. Still hate the hair, which looks a lot like Betty Draper or Joan Holloway or Jackie O. herself had a raucous romp in the sheets before going out for cocktails at a trendy Hollywood nightclub. Judge for yourself whether this looks like Kill Bill or “East Meets West”:
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A twist on “East meets West,” but I call it “Lazy Copywriting”
So, I read the title, and wondered what this article is going to be about. Then, I read the one-sentence description and silently cursed the writer for being deceptive. Then I read about Vietnamese American artist Buu Giam’s immigrant story and decided I could come up with something infinitely better (“Asian American artist takes fresh approach to American landscapes,” perhaps?).
Oh, and someone needs to give this journalist a dictionary, so she can look up the definitions of “universal” and “nature.” And “redundant” and “concise.”
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