Elephant Couture for W Magazine-Exhibit

[Salvatore]

I saw that this morning and thought.......that is so unsexy. Elephants in Chanel just made me feel ick

I bet Kimora Lee wants a pet elephant decked in Baby Phat

 

[Erin]

Silly, silly... But a kick.

 

[liberty33r1b]

funniest idea i've heard in a long time!!

 

[AlexN]

I think it's interesting. The elephants look surprisingly good.

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by faust@Dec 9 2004, 02:44 PM
Poor elephants, they have to wear Chanel.

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yes.... poor things.. animal right groups should get furious over this

 

[softgrey]

they are raising a lot of money for animal rights groups with this project...actually...

now that you mention it...there is an event tonight...they have commissioned an artist to create all these elephant sculptures and 2 of them are in rockefeller center and the rest are on exhibit at a gallery in chelsea...

proceeds from t-shirt sales...etc...from the event tonight go to protect the indian elephant...

 

[Lena]

thats good to hear softie, it changes the concept in my eyes, thanks

 

[softgrey]

i don't know...i think think it's kind of ridiculous...but i'm going tonight anyway...i have to...

 

[beaverhausen]

You gotta love a Chanel wearing Elephant! I mean how could you not?!

 

[softgrey]

well...i love this much much more...because there is REAL clothing for people in this picture...
the pic that inspired it all...

 

[brian]

dovima...

 

[softgrey]

those chanel earrings are VERY impressive in real life...they are real clip-on earrings...fully fashioned and fully functional...with big rubber bits to keep them from slipping off the ear the way a real clip-on has...very impressive...

the wire figures that were made for the event were pretty cool...but the deisgns were generally boring and unimpressive...

isaac mizrahi's was downright lame...!!! just a big pink ribbon tied in a bow...what?...and what's his excuse?...everyone else did this in the middle of prepping for shows...he doesn't even do a show!...whatever!...he bugs me...

oh...and miguel androver was there...

 

[Meg]

hahaha softie loved your response!! I would love to have seen the balenciaga and chanel in person. Thats funny about Mizrahi. You'd think he'd want to impress. oh well

 

[angela]

Haha, I love the elephants,they are so cute.

 

[metal-on-metal]

Honestly, I really love the idea. I flipped through the new W today and it's so great. So fresh and so pure. It's nice to see a magazine do something honest and sweet for a change, with no politics and no ulterior motives. It's just cute and it made me excited for spring and the new season.

 

[Acid]

brilliant!!

 

[Mettchen]

i love the irony of that and the elephants are adorable. i just bought the t-shirt on elephantfamily.org - i'd like to support a cause like this one.

 

[tiffany]

I'm dying this is brilliantly bizzare and ironic

 

[metal-on-metal]

I just think it's cute. And I'd rather see a couple elephants roaming around than another anorexic, moody model in 'edgy' photography. Bruce Weber's style really makes sense.

 

[ultramarine]

For a moments I thought twas April's Fools or something ..in here we celbrate it on Dec 28th (Innocent's day)