New York Times' fashion writer, Cathy Horyn, is feeling the backlash of her sharp words. Last February, Horyn mentioned Carolina Herrera's line in a piece summarizing the fall shows after Fashion Week. And she wasn't exactly flattering.
Horyn's famous last Herarra invited words were, "remarkably irrelevant."
"I can't imagine her wearing these clothes: print dresses in pool shades of aqua (with black tights, to boot) and rusty wool suits with fussy collars or ruched yokes and sleeves that looked trussed rather than finessed. With a ruched garment, do you really want to see the strings?"
Needless to say, the Times and especially Cathy Horyn, were not invited back to the Herarra show this time around, with Herrara's camp claiming the designer felt, "personally attacked" by the review. In other news, underpaid and unrecognized fashion bloggers are being more frequently asked to cover the fashion shows.
Amazing. Fashion designers really love to be praised. So it obviously makes more sense to have the the critics desperate for invites — they guarantee reviews so glowing, readers get sunburned from their computer screens.
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Editorial Director
You can make your point, without being cruel about it. More and more, shock talk is in and, while it does grab you, it's not a good thing for a cultured society. It's been long accepted by the Brits; they do that stuff all the time, but I like to think we Americans answer to a higher calling. It doesn't HAVE to be: "If you have nothing good to say, say nothing", but you can dip into the English language dictionary and pull out a nicer way to say what you want to say.
On THAT note, while I love, love, love the styling of that yellow gown that you show of Herrara, I'm not crazy about the black design at the bottom. It's such a classy dress and a great color (though that dress could support an array of colors), I would prefer to see a design that is more elegant- consistent with the whole mood of the dress.
How's that Carolina? : )
NYTimes-I'm willing to listen, if you are willing to talk. : )
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i couldn't find a photo of herrera's show — it's actually an oscar de la renta from the times' online slideshow. i guess they were invited to that one.