posted by Jean Voltaire

Aug 13, 2009 12:30PM

Hey Loyal Fan, maybe you should read things in their entirety before sending emails which make you sound foolish and clueless. If you were not aware, this was an INTERVIEW between Perez and Sarah Bernard who is the host of The Thread, and quite frankly a poor writer. She wrote the piece so those are her spelling errors.

And I think this whole website is pretty ridiculous - just like Perez himself. I do admire the fact that he admitted to not knowing a thing about fashion, yet he knows what looks good on women? Why because he's gay? Or because he drools over the thousands of photos of celebrities and posts them on his website? I guess you no longer need any qualifications or prior knowledge to start your own "fashion" website. Nice work Perez.

posted by mrsPILATI

Aug 13, 2009 12:32PM

I completely agree with A Loyal Fan.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 12:36PM

i'm about to pull a will.i.am

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 12:41PM

I don't understand how perez ever concurred the thought of creating a fashion blog. Almost everyone i know only reads his blog b/c they want to know what is happening in Hollywood they don't care for his opinions; he's just another fashion wannabee.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 1:07PM

honestly this makes me physically ill. he will never be a fashion blogger!

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 1:08PM

I really can't stand Perez because of the fact that he has made a career off of being cruel to people. I don't think he has a legitimate point of view on fashion, and I personally won't be checking the site out. I'll just stick with Fashionista, thank you very much. :)

xoxo,
http://KateDarling.Blogspot.com

posted by darcykins

Aug 13, 2009 1:27PM

I cannot stand Perez Hilton.
I hated his original site and have no desire to see what he calls a fashion blog.
I don't think he is at all fashionable and doubt he knows a lot about fashion.
I suspect he's one of those people that doesn't even know the designers names behind big fashion houses and buys things like Dior sweat bands (if that exists) and talks about how much he loves Dior.
And I hate his little pink patches of hair and whiny 'i'm so cool' demeanor.
I also think he is a horrible representative for gay rights in the USA.

Wow. I feel angry. Maybe I should try drinking less coffee.

posted by darcykins

Aug 13, 2009 1:32PM

Okay. I just took a little curious look and I think my anger is at least a little justified; anything interesting I had already read here or somewhere else days ago, all the same issues, just written aboout in his annoyingly snarky manner with his dumb nicknames for everyone and aahhhh. I can't stand him.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 1:36PM

Deary me..

I put Perez as a fashion blogger in the same category as Henry Holland as a fashion designer. Ludicrous and unnecessary.

Having said that - he is going to milk it in, isn't he? Aaaand perhaps he won't guard his words as much as bloggers with actual loyalty to fashion which could be interesting.

I hope he has some ruthless mole digging up some juice on Ms Wintour et al. They don't usually play nice so why should he? For gossip purposes this might be ok?

http://layersandswathes.blogspot.com/

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 1:43PM

In complete agreement...

Though I wish Jezebel would also refrain from trying to post about "fashion." The red carpet recaps KILL me.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 1:49PM

I am so happy that you addressed perez hilton. It is so obvious that he frequents fashionista.com and he reposts your posts. Especially in the last few months. I think fashionista is his number one fashion site to check out and copy w/o giving you any credit.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 1:54PM

Darcykins, I heart you, and I couldn't agree more. I used to think he just rubbed me the wrong way, but when he used the f word towards Will.i.am, and then tried to justify it, it just confirmed that he was a douchebag. Sidebar-I just saw a Tod's ad in Harper's Bazaar that had the word "d-bag" scrawled over one of their bags. I know it's immature, but I can't help it-it made me laugh. Back to topic-I meant to mention before that I am outraged that Perez is using the name Coco! I don't know if he's referencing the model, or the designer, or both, but I doubt that either one would want to be associated with him. Was the domain name PerezPretendsToKnowAboutFashion.com taken?

Ugh.

So pissed I had to comment twice-
Kate Darling

posted by sammers

Aug 13, 2009 1:58PM

I agree with you Loyal Fan. He is just regurgitating his posts from other fashion blogs and fashion news sites. It's his site, and as far as I can tell, his own opinion, but I wonder how long it will be before he starts stealing ideas from other fashion bloggers like he steals gossip ideas/funny quips/etc. from Michael K at Dlisted.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 2:02PM

Um seriously??? Just because Perez is gay doesn't mean he knows fashion. I've seen posts where he thinks some girl looks fierce when what she's wearing is actually really heinous. While I don't like him very much because I think he's a huge hypocrite, I still read his blog only because I have nothing else to do at work =(

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 2:04PM

Alright everyone, while I do agree that he is clearly pulling content from other sites and what he is doing with CocoPerez isn’t very good, let’s take a look at the bigger picture. Remember, we are talking about Perez Hilton! He’s not doing that site for the readers of Fashionista or Style.com, he’s doing it for his readership who is far larger much more mass. While nothing is wrong with that at all, he’s not writing for the fashion audience or people who are big fan’s of fashion, he’s primarily writing for everyone else. He is certainly not writing for the readers of this site and I honestly don’t think he cares too.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 2:27PM

I hate Perez, and come on he has no style at all, what the hell does he know about fashion?

posted by Jean Voltaire

Aug 13, 2009 2:28PM

His new website is indeed aimed at his core audience from perezhilton.com - white women, early 20s-mid 30s.

posted by mrsPILATI

Aug 13, 2009 2:47PM

anyone notice how the entire site is about lady gaga?

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 2:47PM

On the same lines as Jean Voltaire,
CocoPerez will be the fast food of fashion blogging, cheap and flavorless. It will be fashion dumbed down for the general public who pretend to care about fashion, aspiring to spend their pennies on Uggs and Juicy.
And while this upsets us, there is a market that wants to read his uninformed opinion on couture, and that is alright for him as long as he gives credit where credit is due.
I will not be reading this awful excuse for a fashion blog as I have nothing to learn from him. Additionally this is the only commentary I will make about his site for I hope his name is never spoken on fashion blogs again.
xox
B

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 3:02PM

I like what 'B' said:

"CocoPerez will be the fast food of fashion blogging, cheap and flavorless. It will be fashion dumbed down for the general public who pretend to care about fashion, aspiring to spend their pennies on Uggs and Juicy."

The "fast food of fashion blogging" is right. Everything he has written on his new fashion blog I've read elsewhere. All the Cocos in the world should take offense.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 3:06PM

Anyone notice how he doesn't have comments on the new site? Probably because he doesn't want to be embarrassed/ripped apart by people who actually know fashion

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 3:34PM

Im sure hes using coco because of Chanel. I highly doubt he even knows who Rocha is. She is fashion 101 but he prob has no idea.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 3:46PM

All Perez has ever done, in his whole "career" is steal information from other people/sites and not credit them.

He sucks.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 3:48PM

Perez is a mouthbreather who is read by fellow mouthbreathers. Anyone with any real whit of style or intelligence isn't going to be reading CocoPerez to begin with.

posted by darcykins

Aug 13, 2009 3:56PM

funny story, not totally unrelated:
i named my pussy Coco and when I took her to the doctor the receptionist asked me 'oh, named after the designer?'
and i said with as little indignity as I could muster 'no, actually - the model'

yes, it's kinda weird; i named my cat after coco rocha.
i wonder how often she hears that?

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 3:58PM

I totally agree with #16, but that's what's so sad about it, some girls are going to be reading news on his website that they think came from him, when in reality it came from wwd or fashionista or fashionologie or wherever

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 5:26PM

I love Perez for my Hollywood gossip, but I really don't see how he comes to be a fashion blogger. As someone who would cut off several fingers to be the author of a fashion blog w/so many automatic readers, I really don't see how it's his place to be writing this kind of content. When reading his blog, I enjoy the MSPainted words that he uses to comment on the fashion victories/fauxpas of celebrities. But that's about as much credibility I give him. Honestly, I find that the fact that he's starting a blog from scratch & already has millions of readers & industry connections more annoying then when Mary Murphy screams on So You Think You Can Dance. In case you don't watch it, let me just say, I don't think anything more annoying exists.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 5:35PM

Jeez. You guys are all really angry!

I'm an avid reader of Perez and Fashionista. I'd say the other two sites I frequent most are The Cut, and Gawker.

Though it's been said, I want to reiterate that I don't think he is trying to cut off serious fashion bloggers at the knees, he's just a good business man and expanding his empire. Kudos to him. Not to get all Bill O'Reilly on you (if you don't catch the reference, you need to expand your reading habits), but he really encompasses a form of the American dream.

That said, I understand the feeling that he's almost usurping others' power, but come on. He's not trying to steal readership - does that even happen? It's the internet! Can't the fluffy fashion stuff exist with the hardcore?

I don't hear anyone shitting on People StyleWatch or Eonline Fashion. I think that's more what he's going for, at least that's how it seems to me.

I will remain a loyal reader to Fashionista, but I'll read his too.

Why waste energy being so angry?

posted by cesarcmma

Aug 13, 2009 7:43PM

ughhh don't have time to read all comments but...come on...look at him...his skin and hair and all about him just makes me go EWWW...

posted by Jean Voltaire

Aug 13, 2009 8:14PM

Is anyone else loving the recent posts - Kate Moss covers? Hello Fashionologie!

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 8:22PM

Who cares? You all steal the same stuff. Everyday Fashionista, Fashionologie, and The Cut all spew the EXACT SAME STORIES.

Just go apply to WWD if you want to report for them so badly.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 8:33PM

HOLD ON, EVERYONE.

How come no one is talking about the REALLY awful thing here: GAP being the sponsor?!

Yes I would think most people agree that Perez has no real credibility to have a Fashion blog (unless he is trying to just be like the Fugly site), but whatever.

But GAP?! My respect for Gap just went down the drain. usually their marketing folks are real smart about partnerships and advertisements. This is clearly a really lame attempt to hit the "fashion blogosphere". They are doing it wrong. Perez tricked them!

Gap-- bad move. Retract quickly! Save yourselves! I was just beginning to like the whole 1969 jean thing!

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 8:37PM

I Just found out about the site and i felt soo offended!!! Especially when i read the interview about it... It made me sick... I will never listen to any fashion advice coming from him... HE knows nothing about fashion and Fashionista certainly does... I will always be a loyal fan!

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 8:52PM

I'm trying really hard to ignore Coco Perez or I will explode in a ball of fury. Also, speaking his name only makes him stronger :O

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 8:57PM

I hate it so much...I actually read his regular site, though I skip through most of it, but he does post good music sometimes so I like to check it out...but everytime he would post his opinions on fashion I would get so frustrated because he clearly didn't know what he was talking about...he dedicated an entire post a few months back to making fun of Victoria Beckham because she wore a belt around a sweater!!! He claimed it was a big "no no" and then updated it to say oh apparently this sweater over a belt BULL is some stupid trend in europe...um it isn't a trend people do that all the time because its CUTE and it WORKS...it makes me want to punch him in the face...And that post is all I think about when I hear about coco perez...I am truly disgusted...Oh here's the post...http://perezhilton.com/2009-03-09-fashion-icon

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 9:05PM

He knows nothing about fashion, look at what he's wearing everyday. Someone thinks that he can be a "fashion blogger" just because he has something to say.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 10:39PM

Oh my, COCO Perez? The name is inflammatory and the man is humorless& whiny on his celebrity blog already, must the web tolerate another one of big ranting/hate blogs? And I truly believe he knows nothing about this industry whatsoever. Doesn't have any taste or common sense to admit he can't talk about fashion with a straight face.
Well, I guess the only thing worth doing is what ever one does when having a rash: don't scratch it and wait for it to go away.

posted by guest

Aug 13, 2009 10:42PM

nobody who calls kate moss- one of the most influential models, muse to designers and street-fashion trend setter- COKATE should be allowed internet bandwidth. But hey, maybe that's just me.

posted by p adhikari

Aug 14, 2009 1:03AM

Its best to ignore the fakers, why give him all the attention he desperately seeks but doesn't really deserve?

P Adhikari.

www.fashionfifthavenue.blogspot.com

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 4:26AM

IMO, the internet is for everyone and is not exclusive, nor is fashion. You cant just have a little tyranny over fashion blogging and say 'oh, only fashiony people should do fashion blogs', blah blah blah. Hello, who are you to tell people what to do, just as you had the right to set up your own blog, so do othe people, you cant just stop people from expressing their rights to opinion, regardless of whatever opinion it may be about.

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 8:03AM

Guest at 4:26 AM: Well DUH there is a right for everyone to start their own blog. No one is even saying he can't. They are just saying that it is laughable that he, with his perceived sense of "fashion" is trying to set up a fashion blog.

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 9:35AM

I'm glad you posted this info about Perez. I had no idea he created a fashion website. I checked it out as soon as I read this article and I love it! Perez may not be a fashion expert but he get the information out quicker than any other website and he makes it comical. Every website has its flaws, including this one. Perez reaches more people than most other sites and I think it's good that fashion news is being reported to a larger number of people. I think people that make fun of of Perez's websites a jealous of the success he created in a blog. Get over the fact that people love Perez's gossipy sites!

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 10:25AM

i heart guest 41 and guest 43.

you all need to take a freaking breather and listen to how pathetically pedantic you sound. ultimately, no one gives a shit what any of you say or who you are and fact of the matter is people care what about him and what he thinks. if that piques the interest of even a few people and gets them deeper into the fashion realm, what's wrong with that?

i would also like to request that you all please stop acting like fashion is fucking molecular biology. Not everyone has to be off beat and sooo sub-culture to have their own opinion and spin about it.

or maybe you are all just way deeper than anyone else.

but probably not.

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 10:36AM

guest 44, I totally agree with you about how everyone makes out thatfashion is such a science and is so deep and meaningful, and how if you aren't into weird alternative music and other stereotypes about the fashion industry then you aren't a fashion person. people need to stop swallowing the opinions that people shove down their throat and start developing their own opinions and beliefs. fashion. is whatever you make it out to be, it's not this little sphere of people and a little subculture of specific people. and the people on this site annoy me so much how they think in such a fashion centric way. like one person who said that perez's site was probably not based on coco rocha and that coco rocha was fashion 101. these people are so annoying they, as do fashionista.com are so superficial all they think about is models this fashion that models this blah blah blah. well this is all I have to say - clothes are clothes and that's the point of fashion. it's not a bundle of models, parties etc. fashion is fashion and only about the clothes

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 11:31AM

BLANK STARE... When I heard I was so irate! WHAT??? Who made him an authority?

Please see my opinion here.

http://chalya.onsugar.com/4040852

Cheers
xoxo
c

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 11:37AM

ANY ONE CAN PAY A SUBSCRIPTION TO WWD (@ 41 and 43) and get updates quick. SO yes it's not hard. What we are saying is many reputable bloggers work so hard to put up posts and news and perez comes and makes it a joke.

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 1:34PM

Do not get mad, get even ;)

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 2:01PM

what does that even mean? start your own fashion blog?

people here aren't really into the whole "healthy competition" thing it seems.

slick one, 48.

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 4:00PM

ahaha, speaking of perez and his obsession with lady gaga-http://cocoperez.com/2009-08-14-orange-you-fierce-gagaloo (if you would prefer not to visit his site, he wants lady gaga, to land a vogue cover. ) too funny.

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 5:54PM

what's funny about that

posted by grammyweezy

Aug 14, 2009 7:12PM

No. 45, fashion is not just "about the clothes". Fashion is an important part of culture , and often can be rightfully considered art. That is all. I have nothing to say about Perez.

posted by guest

Aug 14, 2009 8:56PM

oh its 50 again, lady gaga, has no style or talent, and you want her on vogue?

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2009 9:48AM

Just to echo everyone else's comments, AMEN for calling out this ridiculous new venture, Coco Perez. I am appalled that he has the nerve to consider himself worthy of blogging about fashion. If you ever read the fashion-related comments Perez makes on his gossip site, they are so irrelevant and completely off base. Half the time, he calls clothes that anyone with an eye would deem amazing ugly and visa versa. All I can say is oy vey!

posted by guest

Aug 17, 2009 12:31PM

50, you're both gravely erroneous and trying too hard.

maybe you don't get her style, fine. not everyone does.

but there's no denying the broad has talent. she is a serious pianist, writes her own music, and his a killer voice. don't hate just bc you're jealous

posted by astralgirl02

Aug 17, 2009 2:48PM

Fashionista staff, maybe post something so obviously fake and made up that when he reposts it, you'll have the proof that he's been stealing your editorial???

And I will be boycotting GAP now that they're sponsoring his site... awful use of media buy dollars!!!

posted by guest

Aug 19, 2009 6:55AM

ohh... come on you guys! 'WORTHY'??? Grow up! How is one supposed to be WORTHY of fashion? Isn't fashion an expression? Trends echo the world's problems. We choose whatever we wanna wear depending on our moods. How we feel, no?

Gossip is the same thing. Whatever we gossip about and HOW we do it (what words we use, how vicious or whatever) reflects what's going on inside our minds and lives. Kinda like fashion in a smaller scale.
I do not like his sites. He steals from Michael K. HE is sacred! BUT I think it makes absolute sense for him to be making a fashion site. It seems natural for him to expand his business into something much more solid. A more visual way of being an influence in pop culture. His music thing seems like the same thing to me. Perez is part of pop culture, like it or not.
If anyone is stupid enough to think that his new site will take away readers from more 'WORTHY' sites. Do yourself a favor and grow a brain. That is impossible. 'WORTHY' fashion people (and people who think you have to be worthy of fashion, btw) do not care for what he has to say. And he in turn, doesn't care what you have to say. It is the MASS that cares and he cares about. They want to read more and know more. Those who do not breathe for fashion but still like looking good and wearing trends. Which, curiously, will probably benefit 'WORTHY' fashion people and their business. Think GAP. They are not idiots.

posted by guest

Aug 19, 2009 9:22AM

hmm, number fifty five, i'm also a high schooler who doesn't know what erroneous means, and frankly i don't care enough to google it. hmm, however, personally i think lady gaga tries way to hard, and has copied a million people with her style..(or maybe its me that tries to hard!)

posted by guest

Aug 19, 2009 5:42PM

Well, I hate that he's doing it- prior to Coco Perez, whenever he has commented on fashion or what a celeb is wearing in a general post, it has infuriated me. My reaction to everything he has always said been somewhere along the lines of: "agh! are you retarded, those are the new Chloe boots!?"

posted by Zoran

Aug 24, 2009 1:13PM

Greatings, Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.