Finally, the news that we've all been waiting for, Black is the new Black, when it isn't gray, blueish or brownish.
Black is the basis for two important looks, according to Sally Singer, Vogue's fashion news director and Chelsea Hotel Resident. "The interesting thing about black this season is that it's either used as a pop art basic against white, a '60s look that shows the graphic nature of black and white. (Christian) Dior did it well. ... Or, you see a mixing of textures and tones of black. Black velvet, black gauze, black silk or viscose. ... There's varying amounts of light that goes through it to make the black sometimes look gray, blueish or brownish," she says.
Chuck Klosterman, author of Killing Yourself to Live, avoids answering a tough question.
AW: During your trip, the manager of the Chelsea Hotel said people who come to see Sid Vicious's room are looking for nothing. Why does anyone care about rock stars if they don’t have any meaning?
CK: That's a much larger question: Why do people care about celebrity? In the short term, it's a very easy answer; in the long term, it's almost impossible. We all know we're going to die, but we can't think of that all the time. So, therefore, any time a celebrity dies, that knowledge of our own mortality becomes manifested in their death.
Where does Ryan Adams rate among the greatest rock breakdowns of all times? Fans attending his recent shows have reported that Adams has been heckling his audience and bitching about the sound system. Former resident Ryan has cancelled several upcoming shows. The article points out, Ryan has a ways to go before he can even come close to the onstage antics of country boozer crooners Charlie Rich and George Jones.
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