While we’re keeping our eye out for the most flattering trends on the New York Fashion Week runways, the men we know are always quick to point out the wacky, weird and just plan unwearable. (Even so, we think they like the spectacle just as much as we do.) Here, one of Glamour’s favorite guys, Ryan Dodge, sizes up the runway shows and gives us a quick peek inside the male mind.
by Ryan Dodge
Alexander Wang: Granny Chic
I’m sure it’s made out of unicorn hair and sewn together by a 103-year-old samurai, but to me, it looks like an old lady’s bathrobe. The only person who could pull this off is Hugh Hefner, provided they make it in purple velour.
Altuzarra: Way Too Wild
Edun: See-Through Dress = Dating Foul
Have you wanted to try scuba diving but can’t stand the thought of wearing a boring, shapeless wetsuit? Have I got the outfit for you! You’ll be the sexiest thing under the sea since Ariel from The Little Mermaid. (Sorry, but with that seashell
bikini, she was hot.)
Cushnie et Ochs: Good Girl Gone Bad
Ruffian: Beware of the High-Glare Fabrics
Mom is gonna be so pissed when she finds out you stole her good wrapping paper and made a dress out of it. When it comes to shiny stuff, remember the words of Confucius: “Everything in moderation.”
Project Runway: It’s Official—You’re Auwt
Christian Siriano: Pythons Are People Too
I have a few questions: Um, who’s supposed to wear this? A female pimp? And how many faux pythons had to give their life for your “vision?” C’mon, Christian—Tim Gunn taught you better than that.
The model’s expression says it all: “I subsisted on wheatgrass juice and poppy seeds for a month to wear a dress that makes my hips look wider than the bus I’d like to jump on to get outta here? I hate this job.”
This is an outtake from the Zoolander runway scene, right?
Let’s leave overalls to three-year-olds and plumbers, mmkay?