Runway Oops!

Back by popular demand, it’s CC’s Runway Oops! From titillating transparency to escapist toes, the following pics may entertain and/or offend. CC realizes that some of these “slips” were actually intentional…
First photo: V Magazine editorial. Runway coverage via nymag.com except where noted.
The first failed phenomenon is the one-leg trend… ridiculously impractical, and thankfully it hasn’t caught on; though who knows? Maybe Lady Gaga will start the uni-leg trend off the runway…
Barbie’s 50th Anniversary Show; this and next via style.com
Maison Martin Margiela
Tony Cohen
VPL
And now, for something completely different:
Alexander McQueen, via style.com
Altuzarra
Amanda Wakely
Anne Valerie Hash
Emanuel Ungaro
Giambattista Valli, via style.com
Krizia
Les Copains
This little piggy tried to run away!
Brian Reyes
Marchesa
Oscar de la Renta
Preen
Sophie Theallet
Vivienne Tam
Hope you enjoyed this edition of CC’s Runway Oops, darlings!
xoxox,
CC

Oops! And TAG

Back by popular demand! CC's Runway Oops!
Antonio Marras; this and next two via nymag.com. Other runway images via style.com except where noted.
Charlotte Ronson
Chris Benz
Christian Lacroix Couture
Givenchy Couture
Jill Stuart
John Galliano hat attack; this and next three via nymag.com
Louise Goldin ... Reminds CC of The Emperor's New Clothes!
Lutz
Verrier
Preen
Backstage at Jean Paul Gaultier Couture, via nymag.com.
Sasha looking a tad sallow, poor darlin’!
Suvi Koponen making a lovely face at Dolce & Gabbana, via nymag.com.
Valentino Couture – ouch!
Versace – escape!
3.1 Phillip Lim – much more comfortable this way!

Tagged by fab Fellow Fashionista Tina of Luphia Loves to list 5 Sexy Things about CC:

1) I don’t own any unsightly knickers. Life is too short for oversize panties. I pride myself on having a fabulous array of boy shorts from Target, Hanky Panky thongs, Kiki de Montparnasse and Aubade bras, and fun little underthings from Forever 21 and Stockingirl.com.

2) I find it incredibly alluring when a guy reads to me . . . it can be poetry or a short story from The New Yorker, really anything! So sexy!

3) My Gucci glasses have no prescription; I just wear them to look cute! That's CC at right wearing a military blazer from H&M, a Banana Republic cami, and Rock & Republic jeans; seated outside Spice Market in NYC's Meatpacking District.

4) I can “stealth whistle” through my teeth, like a ventriloquist, any tune!

5) I have about 10 corsets and wear them with great frequency… bustiers make me sit up straight and send the gals sky high! Pink bustier bra at right available at victoriassecret.com.

CC encourages all of her Fellow Fashionistas to complete this one – it’s a quick and super sexy self-discovery!

xoxox,
CC

U is for . . .

Underboob
Defined in T, the New York Times Style Magazine, on April 13, 2008:

n. / a newly fetishized anatomical zone where the lower part of the breast meets the torso, popularized by ‘80s rock chicks in cutoff tank tops; recently rediscovered by girls-gone-

wild devotees and celebutantes with an appreciation for ironic excess… e.g., ''Did you see Paris's underboob on the cover of French Vogue?"

Sometimes, it is exposed by accident, as in the case of Ashlee Simpson's "oops" on the beach in May.

Photo courtesy popsugar.com.

On the runways:
Benjamin Cho, via nymag.com
Model Kat Bespyatikh,

via mmmModels.com
A swimsuit model with what CC assumes is a warbrobe malfunction (but who knows? maybe designers are doing this on purpose?).

Photo at left via celebritycrunch.com.

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Increasingly, it seems, underboob is being exposed on purpose.

It has even made its way into the world of Japanimation!

Illustration via animepaper.net.
Under-boob features prominently in several Fall 2008 ad campaigns, including one for Cesare Paciotti

Underboob has become so prevalent in magazine editorials, CC hardly bats an eyelash!
At right:
The lovely Christy Turlington on the pages of W Magazine.

Below:

Gisele, also from wmagazine.com
CC is not suggesting that you run around in an ill-fitting bikini. Underboob is not a fashion trend!

It is a part of the female anatomy that has been rediscovered [not since Jane Fonda and Norma Kamali ruled the eighties have we seen such views!] and, apparently, put to use as a vehicle for selling clothes! What intrigues CC where this newly (re)fetishized zone is concerned is the fine line between artistry and pornography . . . How do you feel about underboob and its increasing presence in fashion?

O is for Oops!

Back by popular demand, darlings!
Even pros like Karen Elson sometimes stumble.
Photo above courtesy Fellow Fashionista Mikkle of Blogue. Visit
http://mikkleblogue.blogspot.com/2008/08/gentleman.html for more!
At right: 3.1 Phillip Lim
It must be so difficult to be a model at times like these! You want to wipe your nose and adjust your hat so you can actually see where you are walking, but you can’t . . .
Need to tame those flyaways?
Static electricity wreaks havoc at Akris
Only a truly anal fashionista could spot this tress distress at Dsquared2...
This and previous two photos via style.com.
Carolina Herrera, via Paris Vogue - need lip balm, stat!




Look Ma!
I put on my lipstick all by myself!
Models at Giambattista Valli’s Fall RTW were plagued by red lipstick woes.
Photos via style.com.
Look closely at this Chado Ralph Rucci model, whose gorgeous painterly gown is affixed with masking tape!
Via Paris Vogue.
Here’s an unfortunate slip for model Jessica Miller.
More like this from model-lover http://matthaeus123.blogspot.com/2007/07/runway-oops.html
Just a warning – some of these are NSFW (as they say in the celeblogging biz!)
Chloé Spring RTW 2005,
via photobucket
Gai Mattiolo,
via Vogue Paris
Chado Ralph Rucci toe spillage,
via style.com
CC knows this was done on purpose, but . . .
Marc by Marc Jacobs,
via Paris Vogue
What happened here?
Zac Posen Spring/Summer 2008,
via Paris Vogue

Last, but not least? A celebrity "oops" that CC can’t help but think was done on purpose:

Abigal Clancy at the Brit Awards in February 2008.
Photo below courtesy thefashionpolice.net.
Didn't someone tell her about the flashbulb thing?

Oh well, I suppose if it can happen to Gwyneth Paltrow, it can happen to anyone!

The lesson here, ladies?
This fall, take care with your red lipstick, panty lines, and the fit of your garments!!

xoxox,
CC