#the fashionistas

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THE FASHIONISTAS

6 MAY 2023 || The fashion of the Royal Ladies and other Guests at the Coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London.

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About the Show

I fee like, with all my criticisms, it's about time I talk about what I do like about the show.

Firstly, I love Ron. He's very relatable - not instantly good at everything, but tries. He's always got Kim's back. He's not afraid to be himself, most of the time. And the way he treats Rufus like his best friend is sweet. His willingness to help his enemies is also very sweet.

Fun Fact: Rufus was put in the show because the execs requested an animal sidekick. So, they chose one that you couldn't just go out and buy, and it let them make people say "naked" a lot.

Secondly, I love the villains. Most shows of the time had villains where all their motivation is the same - money, power, etc. It can be kind of boring.

But that didn't happen in Kim Possible. Their villains were interesting, and a nice break from the usual mold.

Drakken? Recognition and revenge.

Shego? No one really knows. Hatred of her brothers is a good guess, though.

Senor Senior, Senior? Bored during retirement.

Senor Senior, Junior? Wants to be a pop star.

Duff Killigan? Revenge for being banned from every golf course in the world.

Motor Ed? Just wants to build the raddest vehicles ever.

Adrena Lynn? Revenge for being exposed as a fraud.

The Fashionistas? Fashion's too expensive.

DNAmy? Just wants real cuddle buddies.

Even the ones who did want money and/or power had interesting methods of going about it.

Monkey Fist? I am going to master Monkey Kung Fu.

Frugal Lucre? I am going to hold the internet hostage unless everyone in the world pays me $1. (This would work on me. I'd be giving him a dollar.)

Mathter? Turn someone into a guy who destroys everything he touches. (Actually, I'm not 100% sure what his goal was. Power, probably, but then what?)

The villains were genuinely entertaining. There's no other show where you're going to be fighting an angry Scotsman who's launching exploding golf balls at you, or a British master of Monkey Kung Fu.

Lastly, I like that, when Kim and Ron made new friends, they didn't immediately become new teammates. They might help out on a mission that's in their area of expertise, but they're not all joining the team right away, if ever. It's nice that Kim and Ron were able to have friends to just do normal stuff with.

Honestly, there is a lot to like about the show. There is a lot that I like about the show. But those are the three big ones I felt like mentioning.

If I listed everything I love about the show, this post would be too long to read.

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Put On Your Raincoats | The Fashionistas (Stagliano, 2002)

In the Rialto Report’s interview with John Stagliano, I remember him citing this as the artistic highpoint of his career. This is notable for being shot on film in the early 2000s, when I think such a thing was getting rarer in the hardcore genre, and swept the AVN Awards the year it came out. So it’s definitely White Elephant Art as far as porn goes. And while I’m being a little harsh and I don't have the greatest sense of the genre during this particular era, I don’t think it speaks well for its state that in the ‘70s and ‘80s we were getting genuinely stylish films with daring subject matter, while in the 2000s we’re getting something that looks like a TV show you’d catch at an off hour and where a good chunk of the plot hinges on the hero Rocco Siffredi navigating a DVD menu. (Speaking of White Elephant, I assume that’s what he calls his equipment. Elefante Bianco.)

And I do think to an extent the higher production values work against Stagliano’s artistic instincts. The features of his that I’ve seen… all the way through… were firmly in the gonzo style that he pioneered, with longer takes and free flowing camerawork that roved to whatever attracted his eye. Namely butts. That still happens here, but with film cameras, that I assume are heavier and limited in how long a shot can go, the visual style at times seems a bit neutered. You might hope this would result in some storytelling discipline, and there is a decent amount of plot here, but this is also over four hours long. (I watched it over a few days, I’m not a maniac.)

I’ve also alluded to Siffredi being pornography’s equivalent of Klaus Kinski, a quality I find off putting and is very much on display here. Some of this falls into matters of personal taste, and I’ll concede that the first sex scene here, between Siffredi and his neighbour, I found pleasingly energetic up until the halfway point when it tipped over to a level I found excessively rough. I do think it’s a bit jarring how stiff and dead-eyed he can be in the story scenes and how aggressive and unhinged he can be during the sex scenes, and the way that first sex scene is followed immediately by a deer-in-the-headlights expression is particularly severe in its whiplash. But from a narrative perspective, he’s supposed to be intrigued and seduced by the titular Fashionistas into the world of BDSM and rough stuff, a dynamic he very much fumbles.

So I was struggling with this early on, but I was eventually won over, and a lot of the credit goes to Belladonna. Whereas a lot of the other performers here are very polished in both their appearance and their screen presences, she has a naturalistic, unassuming quality that radiates a certain warmth. This movie is in part a story of her learning to stand up for herself to her dominant girlfriend and boss Taylor St. Claire (who navigates the tricky territory of being both regular mean during the plot and hot mean during the action), and I think had it been framed more consistently from that angle and concluded less abruptly, I would have enjoyed it a lot more. I should also note I found her bangs, gap teeth and skull sweater super cute, so perhaps I am not being entirely clinical in my appreciation of her performance. Also, as anyone who’s seen her in action can attest, she’s a freak in the sheets, so no matter how rough some of the later scenes get, she credibly remains an active participant, which makes the proceedings a lot more enjoyable.

I’ll also say that I found the sex scenes after the first one a lot more enjoyable, thanks to a greater emphasis on sexual variety and the changing up of dynamics, sometimes within the scene. Again, some of this comes down to matters of personal taste (I guess I prefer when ladies are meting out the roughness instead of dudes), but I think Stagliano occasionally produces some clever ideas, like when he cuts between Belladonna stripping and then being dominated by Taylor St. Claire and a DVD where Belladonna is being dominated by another woman. This is also the scene when his visual style seems the most on point, the camera moves and use of shadows working with the flow of the action, particularly during Belladonna’s initial strip routine. (The ass closeups are a particularly appropriate choice in this case.) So it’s my favourite part of the movie, although the later sex scenes are not without visual or erotic interest.

Other notes:

The other significant male character is Siffredi’s assistant, played by Manuel Ferrara. I know he has his fans too, but he mostly seems to be in this for Siffredi to outact. That being said, I don’t think the standard porn trope of ensemble casts is too much of a detriment here, as most of the sex scenes are centred around one or more of the main characters, and Siffredi is more charismatic when he plays off some of the better actors in the cast, especially when he gets to drop some Italian.

Siffredi at a few points looks pretty sharp in a white suit, but then when he visits a sex club gets called out by almost everyone he meets for dressing inappropriately for the setting.

This, being a product of the early 2000s, is very much couched in the era’s ideas of cool. Not necessarily a bad thing, as the groovy alt rock song that plays during that Belladonna / St. Claire sex scene works out pretty well. And Stagliano’s editing is more conservative than the nu metal style of filmmaking popular in the mainstream at the time.

This being about fashion, there is, not unexpectedly, a flamboyant gay fashion designer who wears a necklace that says “BITCH”, although the character is generally depicted likably. As far as the fashion in this movie goes, it is not to my personal taste, but I guess it suits the story.

Given how much of the story hinges on some DVD menus, the menu design here is pretty amazing. But even better is the cover of the tabloid magazine capturing Siffredi’s personal troubles, and the scene where Belladonna draws devil horns and a Van Dyke on his picture using a graphic design program.

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From Mojo Jojo's Carnival of Confusion, an activity book based on PPG 2016.

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Dreamcatcher(드림캐쳐) 'OOTD' MV Making Film (ENG)

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FALL/WINTER 2018

SIMONS NAVIGATES THIS SEASON’S SWEATERS WITH DAVID ALEXANDER FLINN

THE Fashionisto / PUBLISHED OCTOBER 22, 2018

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GOD i love lil nas x omfg

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Rain Coat by Andrew Wun Silk Mix Jaquard and Embossed Taffeta. Hand Beaded with over 30000 Swarovski Clear Crystals.

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✨The Fashionista✨

Rise Ramblings #234

While watching “The Clothes Don’t Make The Turtle,” I noticed something.

I found it interesting that Raph, Mikey, and Leo were content with Raph’s outfit choice until Donnie stated that he wasn’t “in love with it, ya’ know.”

Suddenly, Raph declares “I’m a disaster!” Albeit ridiculously endearing, it was a little strange to see his sudden shift from moderately content to absolute dissatisfaction. Huh…

Then, the disaster twins decide to help him out.

Take a note of their outfit choices.

Raph tries on all of these fits and more.

Donnie’s first choice is a mild “no.” Leo’s choice is a hard “NO.” (Not surprising, lol.) But then, the overwhelming consensus lands on Raph’s fourth outfit, which ended up being Donatello’s other pick for his brother.

So, in summary, Raph tried on his personal choice for an outfit, of which they rejected. Then, ultimately, Donatello picked out an outfit for his brother, and that pick ended up being perfect. Hmm…

Then I noticed something else. In this episode, we never get a Donnie “curtain reveal” moment, to our disdain. I mean, Raph, Leo, and Mikey got to try on several different outfits in order to get their brothers' opinions before landing on that “perfect outfit, you know the one.” All of his brothers got to shine. Why not DonTron?

Then it hit me.

The try-ons were to get their brothers' opinions and approval. And, for his brothers' choices, he was a major contributor in assisting them in pulling their looks together.

What if, bear with me, Donnie didn’t need the "curtain scene" because he was so confident in his fashion sense that he didn’t need to ask his brothers for help to pick out a great look.

…or they figured out how to break Hypno’s spell before he could get a “curtain reveal.” BUT STILL-

Look at his outfit choices in this episode. Some of his wardrobe changes were off-screen, but all of them were fire.

(I added the baseball cap pic because it makes me happy. I wish we'd seen more of that fit.)

To me, he makes some really smart choices for himself, pushing the envelope of what is expected and taking chances: an open collar with no tie for a “black tie” event, a beanie and spiked wristbands for their “gansta look,” no socks with loafers (a viral fashion trend that actually began in Africa) with old man slacks in his reclined pose. *muah* Chef’s kiss!

But Don’s fashion sense doesn’t just shine in this episode.

In “Reparin’ the Baron” the boys go to Draxum’s apartment. Leo and Donnie show up in some extra nice “Sunday Dinner” twin drip.

The gold is in the details. Everything Leo is wearing, Donnie rocks its compliment: for Leo’s round collar, Donnie’s is angled, for Leo’s blue shirt, Donnie’s is white, For Leo’s light slacks, Donnie’s are dark. Blah blah blah. It’s so good!

Look at the winter fit in Snow Day.

Again, Donnie is Leo’s perfect compliment. As a pair? Fire.

Donnie has “the eye.” I can go on and on with examples, but I’ve said all of that to say this…

In the future, we see that Donatello’s technology had major pull in the resistance. He had drone ships patrolling the skies. He built and designed Leo’s arm, Casey’s chainsaw-hockey stick, and Casey's mask. The list goes on…

But, when Donatello from the past see’s Casey’s clothing from the future, he says this:

We know about the “Genius Built” brand. We’ve seen that logo on all of his tech up to this point. But, here he didn’t just say “Genius Built.” He said, “Genius Built Apparel.”

“Apparel” is not a tech brand. “Apparel” is a fashion brand. Of course, tech is incorporated into the clothing, but still.

This means that past Donatello secured this trademark with plans of creating a fashion brand, comparable to the likes of Gucci, Ralph Lauren, or any other modern clothing brand, as a subsidiary of “Genius Built,” the tech company.

And why not? The evidence has been in front of us this entire time. He has a sharp eye for style, fashion, and trends. It is easily canon that he can sew. Splinter sewed their ninja garbs in “Insane in the Mama Train,” and there is a sewing machine in the house.

They already learned Ninjutsu through basically osmosis, so learning to sew is not too far-fetched.

And here it is, right in front of us, Casey’s entire ensemble, from mask, to weapons, to clothing, was made by Donatello in the middle of the apocalypse under the brand name “Genius Built Apparel.”

And that was just in the bad future. Resources were limited, they didn’t have access to much of anything in that broken world as they were survivors of a devastating Krang invasion. Yet, he created all of this.

However, now that they’ve changed the future, his future as a fashion designer is limitless. Think of what Donatello could produce with unlimited resources, unlimited technology, and unlimited creative freedom.

Tech genius. Clothing designer. Fashionista. Future Genius Built Apparel Owner and CEO. I’m sorry, but I have to call it...

Donatello Hamato of the present, of the bad future, and of the good future is a fashion icon, the likes of which the world has never seen. ○○○○

Update: I've decided to make this concept into a mini-comic series!

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THE FASHIONISTAS

1 JUNE 2023 || The fashion of the Royal Ladies and other Guests at the Royal Wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and Crown Princess Rajwa in Jordan

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🐧Waddle we have here? It's a Gerry update!

🪶It’s o-fish-ally time for Gerry’s first annual adult molt. Instead of a feather here and there, African penguins do an all-at-once feather swap in just a few weeks. Talk about a glow-up!

💪Before a molt, African penguins bulk up their fat reserves. Without an intact, waterproof coat of feathers, they can’t get into the chilly ocean to hunt for their food!

🐟Penguins face significant threats from habitat loss and overfishing. Conservation efforts are crucial to ensuring their survival and protecting their natural habitats. 

💙Let's waddle together to make a difference!

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Hot to the Touch

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yummy you made them so thicc

also this art is like so good? goddamn!

I’ll never get over the fact that they gave the FASHION BLOGGERS the lamest outfits on the show. Seriously?

They can and will make fezzes happen

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