I say again: I can't look at Karl Lagerfeld and not laugh.

Aw, dang. I was in the impersonator industry.

jk

Banana Republic is way too fucking expensive and the quality has been on a steady decline. Not so nice.

I thought 'smelly razors' said 'smiley razors' and I have to say I got kind of excited. Nothing like lopping off the tip of your finger opening a package and having a smiley face of blood looking back at you. Perfect for teh goths.

Hold crap, Karl, what is up with that collar? Painful! At least you're still wearing the driving gloves of no apparent purpose.

Ew, I hate to think what the retired Lagerfield uniform smells like.

My sister was working on the 'bringing Banana Republic to the UK' thing. I have been sworn to secrecy for months.

@Pinkosaurus: It's holding in his gobbler neck!

Keith Richards the face of Louis Vuitton? AWE. SOME.

Up until now, I have only imagined him as the face of collapsed veins and prescription pain killers. Rock on, Keef.

Banana Republic in the UK! And only 72 years after Kipling died. So close! But so far!

But look at the glove he's wearing...not so sweet old man. It looks like hes a new character in Superman. Hes all black and metal and...superbad, supermad, superfad, ok I don't know what I'm saying, I'm just tryying to spice up the hole story

@hamburgerhotdog: Was just going to say this. Perhaps the slave-wage Indian workers are a few reasons why.

I'm trying not to get too excited about Simon Dooan's show because I don't want to be crushed if it blows. Screw it! I'm really excited for it! Yay! Whose gonna watch it with me?

@tallyhoe: Oh, you know he had, like, 50 of those.

Not trying to threadjack, but-
I was looking at a pic of him a while back and my kid asked "Who's Grandpa is that?". I laughed my ass off and that got me to thinking..Would it be cool if your Grandpa was /or was like Karl? Or would you be horrified?

I love reading Simon Noonan -- this show oughtta be a guilty pleasure on the order of Absolutely Fabulous.

Apologies up front to rabid ABFAB fans.

@Pinkosaurus: I'm all over it. Simon is an idol in my eyes.

"My Little Pony on a trip to the glue factory" That's probably one of the most disturbing things I've read. And it's exactly what I wanted to do to my rich neighbors' daughters' Ponys.

Banana Republic is part of the whole Gap family, isn't it? Not exactly known for their top-notch labor practices. Plus, I think a lot of their clothes are sort of boring and poorly made.

I question LV's logic in choosing Keith Richards as their "face." The LV-carrying girls I see every day probably wouldn't be tempted to buy something from him, unless the purses also come with prescription drugs and coke-spoon charms.

Surely the Keith Richards / LV connection is an elaborate pun on the word "bag"

@Pinkosaurus: Even if it blows, I'll probably watch because Simon is my hero. My love for him is unconditional.

Also, I think LV has some beautiful stuff, but *not* the logo bags/purses/travel accessories. Tacky with too many knock-offs. If you want me to advertise for you, pay me to use your fucking bags. Not into the label-whore thing. Clearly I feel strongly ripshit about this. Who knew?

@prickles: No, no, they got it wrong: they're modeling their latest leather handbags on his face.

re: karl lagerfeld - it is spring, afterall. he's lightening up.

@prickles: Hey now! I carry an olddddd LV Alma (think doctor's bag-esque) and I know these ladies you speak of, but some people (like me!) think it's cool that they are doing this and maybe having more Keith and less ScarJo will make the typical LV carrying girls stop!

@prickles: Tie-in!

@bifteck-frites: Banana republic wants me to dress like a grown up. Who drinks wine from a vineyard they know. And I'll never forgive them for that. I'd like Gap, inc to make a store for me. One that wants me dress with arrested development style. A place where you look in the catalogue and say, now she pops pills from people she doesn't know. And flirts and drinks like it's 1999. When she could get away with that shit.

@prickles: I have to say this just makes me love KR more and no affect on my LV hatred. I can just see him looking up, seeing how much money they were handing out and shrugging 'what the hell.' I also love how his promotional photos are half-assed and crazy.

@stacyinbean: No offense meant. I'm glad you appreciate durable a quality leather bag can be when you take care of it. It boggles me that people will pay $300 for a bag and cram it full of books and leaky pens.

@hortense: I hear the new "Gunga Din" line of purses are to die for. I'm not so sure about the "White Mans Burden" laptop carriers though...

@TheUptightMidwesterner: I wish Karl Lagerfeld was my grandfather. It would be the best thing ever.

@hatepaperdoll:
lol white mans burden oh man I'm going to be laughing about that one all day

Also, speaking of the UK when is Topshop going to finally land in NY? I need to know so I can call in sick and wait in line for hours the night before.

@hamburgerhotdog: Yes, which means it will be INSANELY expensive in the UK. The Gap was a joke - crap camisoles were thirty bucks when I was there, and that was when the exchange rate was decent.

Gap should focus on their domestic business.

@hatepaperdoll: You are magical. I do think Carnehan is a pretty good argument for a line of sunhats, though. We could outsource them to Afghanistan.

keith richards fell from a coconut tree. (this is my first comment ever! i am kinda nervous. can anyone tell me what the stars by the comments mean?)

maybe they should call themselves the mango republic.

ok how appropriate is it that a place called banana republic is using sweatshop labor. let's give them some slack for living up to their name.

How is it that anyone knows anything about this Simon Doonan person? Who is he? And why is he a jezecrush? The fact that he posed with Donatella seems to be a strike against him in my book. And is he really interesting enough to warrant a book and tv deal? Someone explain this phenomenon to me.

@PhillyLass: You are in for a treat. Where to begin? For starters, he is the Barney's creative director, the king of window decorating, the husband of Jonathan Adler, author of several sassy books, and all around awesome and witty gay.

@PhillyLass: He's a creative genius! But I work in visual so I tend to geek out about people like him.

I've used those razors. I won't be buying them again as I tend to hold the handle of the razor with my teeth as I'm smoothing on the shaving cream, and they taste worse than they smell.

you had me at "low-rent Madame Bovary" ...

@Cry4Hemp: as much as i love the gap (stone me later, i have few choices here in america's heartland and their pants do something for my tush that delights me enough to allow me..er, my parents [i am a poor grad student!] to shell out the inflated prices, whose profit margins are increased by the lack of 'overhead'), i would definitely shop in your store.

OK, did anyone else notice the very frightening resemblance between Karl Lagerfeld and Michael Kors' mom on last seasons Project Runway? Down to the black sunglasses!

@Step_Right_Up: Aww! Don't say that about Mother Kors! She, unlike Lagerfeld, is funny and is as warm as her WASPish ways will allow her. I thought she was a delight on PR. Also, I love me some Simon Doonan. He's in the same league of Tim Gunn (for me at least).