We asked local fashionistas what they'd like to see less of, and more of, in 2003.
MONAH LI, designer and writer
DISAPPEAR NOW
George Bush's smirk
Anyone who calls Donald Rumsfeld one of the “10 Sexiest Men in America”
Clothes made where people aren't paid living wages
American Idol
“Designer” clothing manufacturers who never have an original idea of their own
ENCORE, ENCORE
Ideas of designer Jared Gold, especially shows and events
Books by Haven Kimmel
Designs by Oliver Twist
The “Ethicist” column in The New York Times Magazine
Stories about Miguel Adrover
BRYAN RABIN and DAVID RODGERS, event planners
RABIN:
ENOUGH
Anything by Juicy Couture
Fake tits and pumped lips, especially pucker pouts fattened up with cadaver skin
Dressing for your tattoo
Buying your manufactured cool life from corporate America
Himbos
Real women (think Pamela Anderson, Christina Aguilera, Carmen Electra) who look like trannies
CELEBRATE
Age-appropriate dressing
Wearing things that make you feel good, not because the latest starlet is wearing it
Having a sense of humor about how you dress
Not listening to the
tastemakers
Buying like the French — one good garment instead of a dozen cheap ones
RODGERS:
Go Away
Botox
White rappers
SUVs
Japanese hair-straightening treatments
STAY
Electric cars
Macaulay Culkin
National pride
DARA WAXMAN, goldsmith and jewelry designer
OUT OF BOUNDS
Camouflage
Bling bling
Listerine tabs with plastic case
Pre-washed/-worn “I wiped my hands on my ass” jeans
Glade plug-ins
French manicures on
acrylic nails
Apathy
Pop stars
IN THE KNOW
Cuff links
Culottes and gauchos
Solar power
Rose gold
Bicycles
Scarves and brooches
Trees
LUCAS MICHAEL, photographer
LESS
Hollywood
Crewcuts
McMansions
Charlton Hestons
Peels
Shaved chests
Cosmetics
MORE
Bollywood
Afros
Shelters
Gregory Pecks
Wrinkles
Male frontal nudity
Prosthetics
SKOT ARMSTRONG, artist and curator of Science Holiday Museum of Fun
VETO
Hubris
Talking in theaters
Tattoos
Cell phones
Absolutism
VALUE
Masquerade parties
Good manners
Intelligence as a sex symbol
Moderation
Reasons to wear tuxedos
JENNIFER PHILLIPS, owner of Sirens and Sailors
BEGONE
Shredded and cut-up T's — hide the scissors from those with a bag of old clothes
Pop stars turned fashion designers
Baby punk
$500 cotton shirts
Tight hip-huggers on men
BRING IT ON
Early-Hollywood starlet elegance
Vivienne Westwood- or Zandra Rhodes-inspired designs
Honey Behave Lingerie
Roaring '20s flapper fashion and speakeasy-style haunts
Fashion shows set in
non-traditional spaces
1960s muscle cars driven by females
LISA TEASLEY, writer
JUST SAY NO
Bachelor and dating “reality” programs
Ben Affleck
The Gap
Dragging pants hemlines
Corporate pandering to teens
Hummers
Trent Lott
YES, PLEASE
Skirts and barrettes on men
Raw food
Multigenerational models
Don Cheadle
Freedom of information
Tree huggers
Gardens with blooms
RON MEYERS, interior designer
REJECT
Uninspired cathedrals that cost too much to park at
Dream kitchens in the houses of people who don't cook
Uncomfortable furniture disguised as art
Design magazines featuring people with too much money
Beige anything
RESPECT
Sexy cinemas such as the ArcLight — best first-date destination in town
Dinner parties in homes that aren't quite finished yet
More than one flower at a time in the perfect vase
Ashtrays in the gardens and terraces of non-smoking homes
More personal style than the Joneses have
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