With horse: Charlotte Casiraghi
There are haute couture shows in Paris, and the beautiful Princess Charlotte Casiraghi has ridden down the Chanel catwalk with her almost even more beautiful horse Kuskus. Why a princess condescends to such a circus event is not relevant here (probably boredom), nor whether that was a great agony for the graceful animal (no, it wasn’t, the ride was a prime example of trust between riders and horse). The question is why videos immediately went viral with wild enthusiasm (#OMG!). Because what followed were Chanel looks that had nothing to do with horses and riding (designer Virginie Viard cited the 1920s as inspiration). The great Master of Camp, Karl Lagerfeld, who had always made entire theme parks out of his shows, from the supermarket to the space station, was badly missed. What you would have seen there: Chanel bridles, Chanel saddles, Chanel cleaning supplies and Chanel bows in the horse’s mane, maybe even as double C-stamped horse manure! But obviously, as a fashion house, you don’t have to bother with narrative these days. Viewed soberly in front of the screen, the whole thing looked like a fourteen-year-old performing in front of her proud grandparents. The child can walk collected, and it can gallop! In this sense, today’s fashion show viewers are the well-dressed version of the parents who give their offspring a thunderous applause for just sliding down the slide. People are so insanely easy to impress these days.
With Pouf: Jeff Goldblum
It’s rare that a guest at a runway show has to hold back a laugh, most of the time the performer and the surroundings command respect – especially at Prada, where the strongest emotion is usually distant benevolence. But when actor Jeff Goldblum suddenly marched into action at the Prada show last week, one thought for a moment of a skit or that someone had lost a bet. He wore one of the long dark coats that characterize this collection, which, however, in Goldblum’s case, had been supplemented with thick faux fur pompoms on the arms and legs. It was funny, especially since Goldblum tried to look professionally Prada-like despite the giant shaggy marshmallows on his limbs. And also because he had to keep his arms slightly bent and rigid, precisely because of the thick pouf cuffs, as if they were sticks that had only been screwed on to him shortly beforehand. Essentially, he looked like an action hero character, and more like one that flirts with the dark side of the Force: Evil Arm Bands Man! Bajuwar socialized people probably feel reminded of the so-called “Loferl” with such thick calf trimmings, i.e. those rustic calf puffs that can be observed on meticulous traditional costumes at every Oktoberfest. Of course, you only wear them effectively on bare skin. But that would have been an exaggeration that Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada refrained from for the benefit of actor Goldblum.