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I Dream of T's
By Stephanie Jones
Photos by: Visko Hatfield
New York, Feb 12, 2001/FWD/-- "The doors are closed!" the black-suited bouncer yelled at me as
I tried to enter the 6:00 Custo Barcelona show. What did he mean, the doors were closed? It was
only 6:20 and everyone in the newsroom told me I'm supposed to be fashionably late. Everybody
does it, they said.
"I'm with Fashion Wire Daily and I'm supposed to review the show," I said with what I hoped was
an "I'm very important" tone and not panic. The belligerent bouncer told me it didn't matter and
I should watch the show on TV!
Thankfully, just before the show began, gracious Custo Barcelona T-shirted employees sneaked me
in and led me right to my seat - in the front row. Now rather smug, I opened my notebook, uncapped
my pen and looked to the runway.
"Ohmigod!" I thought when a model came out in a houndstooth pink and brown top paired with pink
and brown hot pants that could have passed for a bikini. A red sweater with fat brown dots
paired with a dotted white miniskirt drew appreciative whistles from the crowd. Hmm, I could
get away with that. Another big look of the show was metallic swirls in silver and bronze.
A lot of the clothes had words written in white across them. I tried to read them, but all I
could make out with my high-school French was "c'est" and "quatre."
Some of the clothes were off-kilter, like someone forgot to finish them. One skirt was knee-length
on one side and abruptly mini on the other. A yellow miniskirt was pleated only a quarter of the
way around in brown. One model in brown leather hot pants had one leg in fishnets and the other
bare. Some of the shirts were one-long-sleeved, as opposed to two-long-sleeved.
Of course I know Custo Barcelona is best known for its T-shirts. But upside-down chickens? I
don't get it. A guy and a girl both wore T-shirts with a scene of stairs in what looked like
someone's apartment. Why would someone want to wear that? The men's T-shirt prints of winding
snakes, tropical trees and a red-centered flower with yellow petals made me want to go on
vacation.
The most shocking part of the show was the bound arms. A couple female models had their arms
tied up and trapped at their sides. The final outfit of the show was an orangey dress and the
model's arms were in super-long shirtsleeves, like a straightjacket. Was this a political protest
against women's repression? A play on the S&M trend? A show stunt? Whatever, I liked it!
Custo Barcelona Fashion
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