According to the Wall Street Journal, who are always right on top of the latest fashion, OBVS, one of the hotttest trends in fashion right now is gap teeth. Yes, gap teeth as in that thing your parents spent thousands of dollars and you spent years suffering the indignity of braces to fix, are now apparently “hot.” So much so that designer David Delfin actually spent thousands of dollars on getting an orthodontist to give him a gap between his teeth:
“It was a metaphor for the separation I was feeling,” said Mr. Delfin, who called his spring 2009 collection “Diastema,” the medical term for a space between two teeth, usually in front.
Apparently, the fashion elite have decided that ugly is the new pretty.
Instead of perfection, designers now want what casting directors call “characters.” ”I think people want to see something different, something off,” says casting director Natalie Joos, who is selecting models for the runway shows of Lacoste and Cynthia Steffe this season. Other distinguishing characteristics in demand this season include tattoos, piercings, scars and even albino coloring. Some say the popularity of physical flaws reflects the skepticism of today’s youth toward the air-brushed perfection of the digital age. ”It’s a love for the imperfect, and the authentic,” says Stefano Tonchi, editor-in-chief of W magazine. “These are values that are more and more important for younger generations. Originality, authenticity…in a world that is more and more digitally enhanced.”
Well ain’t it my lucky day. Please direct all modeling offers to my agent.
