Happy Sunday! I was reading the Times online while sipping a Diet Coke (DC for short) when I came across the front page of the Style section: a big ole article about the hockey player/fashion afficionado Sean Avery. A most-hated NHL athlete, Avery stands out from the typical fashionista crowd. He did an internship for Vogue last year (yeah, right) and, according to this article, can call Vera Wang a friend and be respected by Dries Van Noten.
"He’s knowledgeable,” said the designer Narciso
Rodriguez, who met Mr.
Avery last summer. “He follows fashion. He knows who
the designers are, who
are the good ones he likes.”
WOW REALLY? It's not like my friends and I follow style.com like it's our jobs for fashion updates and shows or anything. And he has PREFERENCES! Who woulda thunk it?
Obviously, the reason why he garners so much attention from the fashion world is because he is so atypical: a hockey player who goes to fashion shows? NHL and YSL in the same sentence? Yikes! Perhaps I shouldn't be resentful of Mr. Avery and instead embrace the merge between athletes and fashion--more specifically, the merge between brutal guy-sports and fashion (Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters are some of our current female fathletes (new word?)).
The gals on NYMag's blog, The Cut, were quite astounded by Avery's internship: he got to meet Andre Leon Talley, go to executive meetings, hang out with Anna herself, and guest-edit mensvogue.com (RIP). So his internship wasn't exactly a real one, but it was one all the same...right?
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/06/the_diary_of_vogue_intern_sean.html
So I'm still conflicted on how I feel about Avery. Maybe he represents this trend toward different genders exploring various sexualities/interests.
So I'm still conflicted on how I feel about Avery. Maybe he represents this trend toward different genders exploring various sexualities/interests.
Or perhaps he'll just become the new hit man for Bernard Arnault...
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