November 27th, 2007
Classic Crimes of Fashion: Bjork’s swan dress
It’s not the fact that its a dress that looks like a swan. It’s not even the fact that it’s a dress that looks like a dead swan, with it’s poor broken neck draped limply around her neck. It’s not the fact that it’s puffy and fluffy, and did I mention that it looks like a DEAD SWAN? No, it’s the fact that its head is resting right on her nipple. And that she appears to be wearing some dingy old beige support bra underneath the swan’s head. The dead swan’s head. This, my friends, is what stopped Bjork’s famous swan dress from being pleasantly quirky, and turned it instead into a crime of fashion.
Thank goodness she didn’t try pulling that particular stunt ever again, eh?
Apparently though you buy this costume off of eBay and you win a Halloween prize for creativity. Blargh.
I still wonder why people don’t get this dress. It is ridiculous because it was meant to be ridiculous. She’s Bjork!! It is what she does. She also carried around eggs and left them along red carpet behind her. Do you really consider it a crime of fashion if it was intentional?
Shirah – yes. Just because something is self-consciously “wacky” doesn’t make it worthy of praise.