by Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Allow me to humbly nominate a new award for the Dish, or at least for my time guest-blogging: a Zoolander Award for fashion absurdity. We have two contenders:
First, from Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle website GOOP, a nondescript pair of $795 sneakers that may evoke – in an abstract way – a blood-splattered military uniform.
Second, a pair of merely $175 sneakers that arrive already looking like you’ve stepped in mud:
Would You Wear Pre-Muddied Shoes? https://t.co/7mKJxc37TE #fashion #news #nyc pic.twitter.com/drMMSg6e4D
— Haute Mimi (@Hautemimi) August 13, 2014
The problem with making things look covered in splotchy mud is… obvious.
Do you have any good nominees? Email dish@andrewsullivan.com.