<![CDATA[Jezebel: Erin Wilson]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Erin Wilson]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/erin wilson http://jezebel.com/tag/erin wilson <![CDATA[Six Reasons We Are Gay For Designer Michael Vollbracht]]> A point of clarification: Sure, we called just-resigned Bill Blass designer Michael Vollbracht a "bitch" last week. And we stand by that claim — word on the street is that Vollbracht, who in all fairness never saw the kind of success of he should have (um, paging Patrick Robinson?), is a pain to work with. But for those of us who think we say "bitch" in a bad way: You're talking to the wrong bitches! In fact, ever since he stopped clanging his gray head against the walls of the celebrity-sartorial complex and started giving interviews, we've been in total LURVE with what he's had to say:
I had an epiphany recently. I realized I am the old guard. I used to turn heads... I'll be 60 in November. For a gay man, that's a huge thing. We become trolls at 45.
I had someone come up to me and say, 'You do such beautiful clothes. Another woman patted my hand and said, 'Don't take that as a compliment.'
I didn't know the rules. You've got to be with the right stylist, the right models, the right mafia — when all it just comes down to is... clothes.
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