So apprently the new look sweeping the hipper parts of New York City is “The Elaine,” as in, Elaine Benes on Seinfeld. Yes, trendy women are rocking floral dresses, blouses with lace insets, and denim jackets with fringe. I guess this is no worse than the other ridiculous trends Chloe Sevigny has started, but really, this is a trajedy. Elaine looked dorky and square in the early ‘90s, and her look is no better today. So let’s keep our heads about us, middle America, and sit this trend out.
This is Elaine saying, “Seriously?” to those New York girls.
Some notes from the article in the New York Times about this trend:
- Chloe Sevigny says she doesn’t have a TV. Those people drive me nuts. People who broadcast the fact that they don’t have a TV only do so because it makes them feel superior to all of us plebes who they believe worship at the altar of TV. It especially drives me nuts when the people who are unnecessarily sharing this information star on a TV show, as is the case with Ms. Sevigny and Vincent Kartheiser, of the wonderful Mad Men. If we were all as “enlightened” as they are, they would be out of their jobs.
- Apparently these neo-Elaines are “too young” to even know who it is they’re emulating. Not true. These women, who are probably roughly my age, are either too pretentious to admit that they know about Elaine, or dumb.
- The women featured in the article were the ones wearing super short miniskirts a couple of years ago, and looking back on it now, they’re embarrassed of the way the dressed. Will it take them a couple of years to be embarrassed about the way they’re dressing today?
- “But now, if you happen upon an old episode, Elaine just looks cool — and of-the-moment.”
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I can get behind a trend that lengthens hem lines, even if the trend is quite ugly.