Chloe Sevigny vs. Peaches Geldof; Sevigny calls Sedgwick a 'rich drug addict'

[LolaSvelt]

Chloe Sevigny recently said this in Playboy:

...the term It girl gets used too loosely. Today the term is used to describe, say, Peaches Geldof—a girl who doesn’t do anything but is just sort of around. The original It girl was the 1920s movie star Clara Bow; then, in the 1960s, with Edie Sedgwick and Warhol, It girls turned into socialites, ladies of leisure—people who had “it” just for being “fabulous.” But Edie was just a rich drug addict, and when I got called the It girl everyone thought I was that too. I looked like a junkie because it was the 1990s and grunge was the fashion. But I felt I was doing stuff, not just being a socialite.

Peaches Geldof responded to her comment via Twitter:

“Dear Chloe Sevigny. I noticed you made some catty remarks about me in the press. You and I both know the real reasons behind this, don’t we? I now know you’re still not over it, which makes me feel sad for you. Don’t use public snide comments as a platform for your anger over MM.”

 

[isa.b.elle.]

...and MM..who is supposed to be??ex-boyfriend??
btw..i totally agree with Chloe about Peaches and some of the newest "it-girls"...

 

[xPedro]

^ yeah, I agree with Chloe too!

 

[Lola Montès]

i totally agree about what she says. And I even agree about Edie Sedgwick. I know she's considered as an icon but she didn't do anything special. If it wasn't for Warhol, she woudn,'t have the same status at all

 

[Les_Sucettes]

I couldn't agree more, and i certainly agree about Edie too.

 

[ALAUU]

Hallelujah! Someone needed to tell Peaches Geldof that she's a nobody.

 

[Scott]

well at least what she says actually has some substance not something from an empty or random place. and she is right about herself too....she was an 'it' girl but we have to remember too,chloë had a lot going on.

and btw,there are a lot of terms that get tossed around pretty frivolously these days. there's not a lot of soul to these words anymore. artist,genius etc. so i suppose it speaks to our current culture. so i'm not terribly surprised by this one either.

 

[clocked]

peaches isn't even hovering NEAR the same league as Chloe. you can't even compare the two

Chloe's just correct, i'm not even a huge fan of hers but she's right on every account, and Peaches is even being gossipy cos she knows it'll get her name further it works though, i wanna know who MM is...if it's Marilyn Manson though..that's just disgusting.

 

[LolaSvelt]

well at least what she says actually has some substance not something from an empty or random place. and she is right about herself too....she was an 'it' girl but we have to remember too,chloë had a lot going on.

and btw,there are a lot of terms that get tossed around pretty frivolously these days. there's not a lot of soul to these words anymore. artist,genius etc. so i suppose it speaks to our current culture. so i'm not terribly surprised by this one either.

Another one is 'style icon'. I'm looking at you, Cheryl Cole.

 

[LUXXX]

Peaches is talking about Matt McAuley, I think -- he's Chloe's ex and maybe Peaches dated him right after? Anyway Chloe has been noimianted for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe, I think she has license to call it as she sees it on the NY underground scene -- a place she has reigned over for almost 2 decades now. She knows a "poor little rich girl" when she sees one.

 

[blueorchid]

and btw,there are a lot of terms that get tossed around pretty frivolously these days. there's not a lot of soul to these words anymore. artist,genius etc. so i suppose it speaks to our current culture. so i'm not terribly surprised by this one either.

The writer William Donaldson observed that, having initially been coined in the 1920s, the term was applied in the 1990s to describe "a young woman of noticeable 'sex appeal' who occupied herself by shoe shopping and party-going."

Yeah, I'm not sure where Peaches' sex appeal is either.

 

[shoesexy]

Pot, meet kettle.

 

[Label Basher]

Chloe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peaches.

I would never EVER consider Peaches (or her either Pixie) an "it-girl".

When has she ever influenced anything except maybe not bathing.

They are not popular in England. Everyone wants them to go away.

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

Peaches is nowhere near being an IT girl so Chloe is absolutely right about her and Edie.

 

[MayaStar]

Edie was muse, not only 'it-girl', I think..
Peaches? I know her only because of the cobrasnake's photos

 

[CharlottefromCA]

and unfortunately Steven Meisel... make it go away! make it go away!

 

[Not Plain Jane]

it's true edie didn't "do" a lot in the end; however, she did act in some films and dabble in modeling. she was talented artistically & stylistically too. but the drugs got her. and maybe her family's long history of mental illness contributed.

as for the "it girl" moniker, it is used loosely, and chloe is right about that. clearly she's a talented actress and takes issue with being called that. (though her choice to do "brown bunny" is, erm, questionable imo...i mean in terms of using her talent effectively.)

 

[Doll_Parts]

Peaches Geldof... what a nobody.

 

[IAmLordZen]

everyone who can afford Dior is called 'style icon' in our era; and everyone famous for being sl*ts, having sextapes and just being plain progenies of famous people is enough merit for the title 'it girl'. go figure!

 

[CarolineRose]

I laughed so hard when I read this . . . I adore Chloe, she may not be the most sugary-sweet person but I always think of her as a star with a brain. Not to mention she's a fabulous actress - Big Love is such a bizarre show but her every little fidget is just perfect in the role. Whereas Peaches, I mean, it's just not comparable!
I do want to know who MM is though!