SACHA BARON COHEN STORMS MILAN RUNWAY, DEREK ZOOLANDER STYLE
September 28, 2008 · Print This Article
Taps Mary Kate Olsen’s BoHo Chic for Borat Sequel
For the uninitiated, fashion shows are the most serious events in the world. They’re like the style equivalent of the SATs to determine if you’ll get into a prestigious Ivy League university or end up at a community college. Time magazine reporter Joel Stein wrote:
Nobody in the audience smiles or talks; the models look like they’re on the Bataan death march; and people slowly, lifelessly clap at the end. I’ve been to political panels, criminal trials, locker rooms of playoff losers… I’ve never seen people take themselves quite this seriously. Vogue editor Anna Wintour, whom I vaguely knew as the lady who wears Prada and is remarkably similar to the Devil, has two bodyguards - that’s how serious fashion is.Which makes comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s cheeky Zoolander-esque storming of the runway at Milan Fashion Week that much more amusant. Parading as his alter ego, Bruno - the flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion show presenter - Cohen interrupted the fashion show of designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, strutting the catwalk past the shows’ models. Heightening the comic juxtaposition: audience members didn’t notice that the comic catwalk crasher was not actually a part of the fashion parade until security arrived. With apologies to fashion’s stern-faced maestros and grande dames, that’s hilarious. Seriously.
Almost unrecognizable in a blond wig and a prosthetic nose, Cohen looked like the Olsen twins older brother, right down to his voluminous boho chic runway ensemble. Come to think of it, Mary Kate has been snapped in similar getups on her NYC Starbucks runs. Note the mukluk tied jauntily to his leg, the perfect accoutrement for the “homeless people have the best style” aesthetic.
Footage from Cohen’s runway rampage could find its way into the Borat sequel slated to debut next year, Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt.
Unlike Bruno, a true fashionista would never have sported such a pedestrian boot, even for comedy. These Luichiny “Susanne” boots combine a bit of the equestrian look with edgy buckle details and an aggressively sexy heel and pointed toe, with a feminine fur ruff for appropriate seasonality. With boots this melt-the-ice gorgeous, you’ll be looking forward to winter.
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