The Pop View » Fashion

How are you dressing for Halloween?

The Pop View — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:21:52 +0000

Grilled out nicely

The Pop View — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:36:30 +0000

If you saw the VMAs this week, hip-hop’s finest was dressed to the nines. If you missed it, then Gawker provided this handy wrap-up.

Ooh… sparkly.

Did you catch previous coverage of gold teeth fashion in the ATL?

Tags: MTV, VMAs, bling

Shirts off my back

The Pop View — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:07:11 +0000

I had a really international Father’s Day this past weekend. Having apparently maxed out my book/CD allotment for my birthday (I keed, I keed), I received shirts. As you will note, in a sign of the times, they were made in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Egypt. As you may also note, I’ve gotten into vertical stripes recently.

Tags: fashion, textiles, outsourcing

You’re lookin’ good.

The Pop View — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:34:05 +0000

Gina’s Beauty Supply on Broughton Street in Savannah. You want to put something on your head to make you look good, this is the place to come.

Tags: Savannah, Gina’s Beauty Supply, photos

“Try it on, stand in the mirror and dig yourself…”

The Pop View — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:28:37 +0000

The front window of On Time Fashions on West Broughton Street in Savannah. This is one damn sharp suit, especially since it comes with a matching cane.

Tags: Savannah, men’s clothing, photos

It has certainly gotten easier out here for a pimp.

The Pop View — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:25:31 +0000

So, Oscar is over — back in the box until next year. For a while there, during the program, I was singing, “My baloney has a first name, it’s O-S-C-A-R.” There was some self-importance about movies and a general moribund air. Who would have thought that a little life could be breathed into the proceedings by Three 6 Mafia — friggin’ Three 6 Mafia!

Let’s be catty here for a moment. In terms of fashion for women, there seemed to be a lot of outfits that were either black or cream. Nicole Kidman looked terribly classy, but one of my compatriots felt that white should be for wedding dresses only. Ziyi Zhang looked very adorable. Keira Knightly was gorgeous — very classic.

What the hell was Naomi Watts wearing? It was like some costume from a performance art piece about man’s inhumanity to man, fashioned in a scrapyard. Charlize Theron: heinous, awful bow, poofy hair. Jennifer Anniston’s dress was boring but she had a great necklace. Sandra Bullock’s hair looked as though she had stuck a finger in a light socket — no joke.

The production included several gratuitous references to watching movies on the big screen. Now, I love movies in the theater. I certainly want to see them under the best possible conditions. But it came across as a sop thrown to theater owners. As I’ve noted before, it shouldn’t matter how you consume. “Yes, the sanctity of the big screen and the religious experience of watching movies in the company of others and the pleasure of paying ten bucks for a ticket and another ten for a medium popcorn-and-soda combo and the genuine thrill of a broken seat.”

This year, the orchestra played as soon as each acceptance speech started. It was very annoying and distracting. And kids — if you haven’t watched the Oscars for years, you may not know that ludicrous production numbers were once de rigueur for the nominated songs. They had disappeared, but were brought back last night for two of the three songs. What in God’s name was that burning-cars-surrounded-by-zombies tableau for “In the Deep,” from Crash? And what could improve a performance of “It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp” more than dancing pimps and hos?

Just to have Memphis’ own Three 6 Mafia even nominated, let alone for a song about how pimpin’ ain’t easy, was mind-blowing. To see them perform that song during the telecast was jaw-dropping. But for them to win? Unbelievable. Reaction shot of Mickey Rooney: priceless. The damn Oscars turned into the MTV Music Awards for a minute. The triumph was capped as host Jon Stewart came back out on stage and couldn’t stop laughing.

The actual awards themselves were very schizophrenic. Everyone predicted it would come down to a competition between Brokeback Mountain and Crash. Instead, the four acting awards were each separately awarded to four other movies and then Brokeback and Crash split the two main awards, each getting a writing award and then splitting Best Picture and Best Directing.

I may have more reaction later today.

Tags: Oscars telecast, Jon Stewart, Three 6 Mafia, Crash, Brokeback Mountain

The doors of perception

The Pop View — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:34:32 +0000

Dressing room doors at Urban Outfitters.

Must be the shoes.

The Pop View — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:32:54 +0000

Here’s a stunner to hit the very competitive world of athletic footwear and all the surrounding cultural ramifications. Adidas is buying Reebok. The combo of the #2 and #3 sporting goods companies would make a fearsome competitor to Nike, “particularly in the United States, which accounts for 50 percent of the sports footwear market alone.”

It will also combine celebrity endorsement assets. As the Sun-Sentinel states:

English soccer star David Beckham and rap artist Missy Elliott are under contract to Adidas. Reebok sells a line of shoes branded with rapper 50 Cent’s G Unit logo and is endorsed by such NBA stars as Allen Iverson and Yao Ming.

Reebok also has deals with Nelly and Jay-Z. Once the deal is completed next year, will Tracy McGrady and Tim Duncan be able get along with Iverson and Ming?

In the tikitikitikitiki tiki room…

The Pop View — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:32:21 +0000

What can I say? I’m a big huge freakin’ Tiki fan. Maybe it’s because my father once managed a Tiki joint back in the Sixties. But love ‘em, I do. Which is why one of my favorite attractions at Disneyland was always the Enchanted Tiki Room.

In honor of Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary, Disney has been rolling out souvenir merchandise that is totally cool and totally expensive. Today, the Adventureland merchandise went on sale, which includes a replica 1964 Tiki Room Host Hawaiian Shirt for only 100 simoleons.

Re-live the magic of the Tiki Room now! (via the website 1313 South Harbor Blvd, which is now Walt’s Apartment on Facebook.)

Tiki Room Barker Bird 4:37

Tiki Room Announcement 0:35

Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room 17:28