Comments on: The Irony of Misunderstanding Irony

By: Steroids

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By: editor

editor — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:06:14 +0000

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By: ambika

ambika — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:51 +0000

This is so brilliant. Ironic fashion really is something only the wearer could know for sure. I mean, I might guess that Kurt Cobain in an old man cardigan is being ironic (isn’t it unlikely a young guy would wear an old guys garments?) but maybe he thought it was genuinely cosy. & quite honestly, given that the article only targeted women, it seems a bit b.s. anyways.

Tagged you, btw, tho I doubt it’s needed!

By: hammie

hammie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:49:20 +0000

If I think about that too much I get light headed. Maybe I have an irony deficiency?
xx

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:07:10 +0000

Danielle – Hahahaha! Great quote.

WendyB – I never read her stuff before. Is she normally stupid?

Mark – The mustache thing is really baffling.

JK -That is Diane Keaton in the white. Are you taking your meds??

Make Do – Oh please see it! It is a gem. xo

Lucy – You’re welcome. My pleasure!

Sal – Well, I think “literally” is probably the most winner.

cybill – You are an excellent role model.

Jill – Now Jill, you are not twee, you can’t fool me.

ashley – You’re right, we are related.

Iheartfashion – YES! Or MK Olsen?

Rudy – Sister Wolf is not ANY American!

dust – I WANT THAT FUCKING MONEY!

Deni – Want me to call you Enid??

WCGB – Charla Krupp! Her name sounds ironic! I need to go google that idiot.

alittlelux – Yeah baby!

Honeypants – Hahaha! Surreal is good. Has it taken over for ‘insane?’

omggmab – Tragic, YES, when I need that facial filler!

Mark – Great band.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:45:48 +0000

Blues Hammer is right!

By: omggmab

omggmab — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:02:42 +0000

I think she meant “iconic” fashion and it is ironic that she would not know what that means either. A tragic irony that anyone should get paid to write such swill!

By: honeypants

honeypants — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:28:04 +0000

The abuse of the the word irony has been killing me for years as well. And Ash, I’m down with your defense of surreal too! Ugh!

My best ironic fashion statement to date: I wore a Hanson t-shirt to a Marilyn Manson show. BUT! I actually was really into Hanson at the time. So people thought I was just being funny, but the joke was on them.

As for Ghost World, I really need to watch it again. It’s been long enough since it was in the theater (when I saw it). It hit close to home though and evokes very ugly feelings that I don’t need dredged up.

Deni — sounds like one of my grandmother’s old chestnuts would suit you: “I am in this world, but I am not of it.” She said it regularly.

By: alittlelux

alittlelux — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:52:37 +0000

blues hammer!

By: WCGB

WCGB — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:05:41 +0000

Bloody ‘ell. Madge is everything and anything BUT ironic.

The whole reason Horyn wrote that article was so she could say things like this: “…I mentioned this to a friend, Luca Stoppini, the art director of Italian Vogue.”

And the crowning glory is this quote: “The fashion message we’re so used to in New York doesn’t translate elsewhere in the country,” said Charla Krupp, a stylist and the author of “How Not to Look Old.” “People don’t get the joke.”

Note to self: Everybody hates LA, and New Yorkers hate the whole rest of the country. Get used to it!

As for the misuse of irony…Feh! Meh! Gah! A friend once called me the Queen of Irony, but you’ll never see my crown. And should I sport one, it won’t be on my head—but that part is not ironic, is it?

The worst part (besides misuse of irony) is a woman in her 50’s picking on her peer group.

I didn’t know about Anna Piaggi, but I love her look and dedication.

I’ll wear any bloody hat I want to, Ms. Krupp. My husband says I look good in them.