Ballin’ It

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If high end fashion wasn't so niche, surely by now, somebody would have done a Nathan Barley-esque piss take of the fashion editors' love of  high/wide/big shoulders, vertiginous heels and wet-look anything.  Actually come to think of it, the subject of Hoxtonite media types isn't in common knowledge either so there may still be hope that fashion gets an up to date cult series send up that would incur much YouTube posting on this blog…

A precise sketch actually crossed mind when I picked up this vintage faux-Chanel-esque jacket for a fiver yesterday from Brick Lane, that in a scene between two fashion editors, they would be sparring each other off with "Who's got the biggest shoulders?" and in the bathroom of some fashion soiree, they'd resort to stuffing their shoulders with polystyrene balls in a bid to get the biggest shoulders (concealed in their YSL Muse bags of course…).  I don't possess the polystyrene balls to do this with my jacket but I'm half tempted to purchase some just to see how high/big the shoulders can go.  Then I will proceed to pitch my potential cult TV series to Channel 4….

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29 comments

  1. Haha Channel 4 would lap that up! I’m sure there was something very similar with lipstick on Smack the Pony.
    Great jacket, balls or no balls!
    xo

  10. Lol at Frankie-Swell Vintage, you made me giggle.
    I don’t see how emphasising shoulders is feminine or fashionable BUT I know it as one of the cult 80’s statements all those years ago.. and it’s back!! I don’t like blazers though, so I can’t jump on it 😀
    Very witty post, it was great, and you look marvellous I must say!

  11. NOOOO! you’ve passed the buck to Gok now! he’s so a reader, avid! Either launch Dazed TV, or this goes up in smoke!!!!!! All this ethnographic research for nadaaaa ay?

  12. Hehe….why Dazed TV…. if anything I’d give everything alternate names…. maybe not as ridiculous as SugaRape….
    Me: The idea of Gok reading this blog makes me chortle…. I doubt he’d have the patience to sell in a niche cult comedy…he’s already made his buck selling his real (?) persona to the public!

  14. You mean Gok is a real person? I just assumed he was a fictitious character, reflecting the demise of UK society…or was that BB, or was that channel 4!!?? Are you the presenter for this show then? I don’t think you should be allowed auto-ques for it 😀 oh, and like, Jon Anderson from Gladiators says, 3,2,1, *whistle* to start each battle! (because you have to have a scottish person, ahem).

  16. I love the jacket, it looks great. Can’t wait to see your fashion spoof sketches on channel 4 then 😉 I’m sure there’d be a blogging frenzy about it. x

  18. I love the idea of polystyrene ball shoulders. I have heaps of them laying around from a failed scarf project due to hot glue gun burn but maybe I’ll give this a try?

  22. There are only two people on the planet who could properly execute your idea: Edina and Patsy. I know, I know, this would mean that there would have to be an AbFab reunion. They really should get on that 😉

  23. Maja: The thought did cross my mind but I’m thinking the Smack the Pony gals could also do a great job….
    Me: I’m not getting into a blue/red onesie to do battle with the Gokster…

  28. Hmmmm. I’m sure if I do some digging I can find a shoulder padded silk jacket with crazy ass 80s print in matisse-like colours…..
    The next episode…
    How do they keep the balls in place? Double sided sticky tape? Or glue made out of the bones of crushed interns.

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