"Someone somewhere along the line decided that we need a new culture-by-way-of-fashion icon as a sort of generational figurehead. That Moss chick, well, she's just been around a bit long now, hasn't she? And Lily Cole, well, rather unjustly, she somehow became the visual symbol for any discussion about anorexia, so citing her as an icon of fabulous fashionability became a little bit tricky. And then, with the kind of timing that would have Dorothy Parker gasp with envy, up pops Agyness, with her misspelt fake name (Laura Hollins, since you asked), her northern accent (so that what is often referred to as "the London style press" - aka, those big magazines that have a commendable appreciation for the utterly meaningless and will include at least one black and white photo of a model standing by a dirty canal and wearing ugly shoes and a headdress from last year's Notting Hill Carnival - can patronisingly refer to her as "real"), her frankly weird taste in clothes and her fondness for hanging out with people who live in east London. To be honest, there are times when I doubt if she's an actual human being but rather a CGI construct from the office of Dazed & Confused" - Hadley Freeman, on the Agyness Deyn phenomenon, in the Guardian.
May 06, 2008 @ 10:01am
posted by guest
May 06, 2008 10:38AM
I loved this article- just summarised everything I felt about Miss Hollins in a much more eloquent way than I ever could. And loved the comparison to Roxette- so true!
posted by guest
May 06, 2008 11:48AM
*stands up, applauds* Nice to read what I've felt for so long. Thank you for posting this! xox
posted by zapatosnuevos
May 06, 2008 12:01PM
that's so true. though, I am a huge Kate and Lily fan. Agyness is pretty damn refreshing.
posted by Rose Tyler
May 06, 2008 12:19PM
I like Agyness. I can relate to her. Her fashion feels like something I could do. Of course, I still like Kate too. Whenever someone becomes popular the claws come out. Why can't people let other people shine?
posted by Holly
May 06, 2008 12:23PM
Hello,you fool, I love you...so right about the Roxette comparison!
posted by guest
May 06, 2008 4:18PM
Finally someone realizes how not so great agyness is! I mean i don't have anything against the girl but c'mon does she really deserve all the praise she's getting?
posted by guest
May 06, 2008 4:43PM
ummm...did anyone see her in teen vogue before she changed her name? she looked totally different and not at all like a model!
posted by bananahana
May 06, 2008 5:17PM
i've never liked her.
now suddenly everyone is having an agyness relapse and she's not the it girl everyone wants to dress up as anymore. oh well, keep on raving ms. deyn.
posted by flizzers
May 06, 2008 7:56PM
Thank GOD someone finally had the balls to write the truth about her. I never understood the hooplah, and I'm glad that there's someone who's not afraid to voice their confusion as to what the big deal is about Agyness. She's definately media manufactured-- she's pretty, but nothing to get your panties in a fuss over!!
posted by guest
May 08, 2008 12:39AM
I'm sorry, but that article seems just mean spirited and rather pointless.
Besides, the 1st real sign of true success is stuff like this.
posted by guest
May 06, 2008 10:12AM
You missed the part where she says Agyness' clothes are nothing Roxette didn't do twenty years ago. So true. Media-manufactured it girl because they needed one, not because she's that great.