NY Mag Reads PRC!?
Dearest NY Mag,
I read you religiously for your fantastic fashion news and thorough coverage of all of the fashion week happenings. I even put you in my feed reader (a word I just taught my mass media teacher), but do you actually read what lil ol’ me has to say about stuff? Apparently, because you guys quoted PRC in your story about Chloe Sevigny’s line for Opening Ceremony.
“Pink Rock Candy says: ‘The clothes are obviously ultra fresh in an ‘I love Clueless’ sort of way. I love the way she mixed pieces I never would have thought to mix (leopard leggings and below the knee pencil skirt?)’
We say: Clueless is not fresh, and there’s a reason you never would have thought to mix leopard leggings with a checked powder-blue-and-white pencil skirt. Wasn’t it Cher who used the term ‘hagsville’?”
Unfortunately, I think I may need a Chelsea Rae to English dictionary for those not in my head inner circle. When I say “fresh,” I usually don’t mean “new, modern, or ripe to eat.” I have however always wanted to tell someone not to “get fresh” with me, but that’s beside the point. Fresh, for me, is more like cool or interesting, therefore, when I said the clothes are “ultra fresh in an ‘I love Clueless‘ sort of way, ” I meant they’re cool in an “I love Clueless” way because, let’s face it, Clueless is really cool, especially for my generation.
Concerning your uncertainty about my affection for the leopard legging/pencil skirt combo, I still stand by that, because I think it takes cajones to pull off such an outfit and would totally respect anyone I saw sporting that look.
Other words I may use instead of cool (because cool is so passé): crisp, rad, dandy, and maybe even kosher on the rare occasion.
So, lesson learned. If you’re confused, just ask!
Stay fresh!
Chelsea Rae
I loved this post!
Thanks! I had fun writing it.
Hey, any publicity is good publicity, right? Congrats!
Holy crap! I said Yay before realizing there was more to read of the story. I still say Yay for the fact that you got a mention, but that editing of your quote is appalling. You should write to editor in chief and cc the reporter. I’m totally serious. If I were still in journalism and one of my editors were twisting quotes like that, I’d want to know. Then I’d go through everything the bitch ever wrote to see if I need to fire him/her.
Wendy—
I’m not exactly sure the twisting of my quote was malicious because ‘fresh’ can be used in so many different was. I appreciate their opinion and don’t expect everyone to like what I like. It’s okay that they didn’t agree with me, and I sort of stood out considering I was the only quote that had something good to say about the line. Thanks for the advice though. If I were more offended, I’d definitely email the editor-in-chief.
The fact that you’re mentioned is fabulous :] — congratulations!!
I’m glad that you were mentioned!
Whatever, NYMag losers, Clueless is totally fresh. Not understanding the terminology just points to the author’s old age and general decrepitude.