We all have guilty pleasures when it comes to television viewing, and I’m not ashamed to say that “Project Runway” is mine. I have no idea why. I’ll just blame my wife and daughter. They got me hooked. But again, why? I’m not a devotee of haute couture; if I were still dating I would do so with women; and I generally hate the contrived drama of so-called reality shows.
That said, I’ve been counting the days till PR’s Season 8 premier tomorrow on Lifetime. (As a cross-promotional aside, I’ll be appearing on a Lifetime show on August 29—“Drop Dead Diva”—in a bit role. That’s Sunday, August 29, 9 pm ET. Don’t miss it.)
Now, I’m no total stranger to the world of fashion. Before embarking on my checkered media career, I once modeled back-to-school “fashions” in a newspaper ad for a store in San Jose that was sort of like Goodwill without the elegance (check out these cool pictures).
As a local “TV news celebrity” in Louisville, I allowed someone to dress me in a tutu and then walked the runway for the perverse enjoyment of those attending the New Albany, Indiana Apple Festival (see not-so-cool picture below). And as a kid, I watched my very stylish mom organize and moderate fashion shows.
Which leads me to today’s video. It was 1979 or so, and I thought it would be funny to do a story on Big & Tall stores. You know, those purveyors of fashion for the larger portion of the population. Not fat, just enormous. But, I thought, how amusing would it be to watch the bigger-boned of our species walk around in size 54 Long jackets without some sort of context? So, not being of the plus-sized persuasion, I offered that context. Like this:
No, the wardrobe malfunction was not pre-planned. But I left it in because my philosophy has always been, “When in doubt, make fun of yourself.”
