Queer eye for the santa guy: just because St. Nick's a few hundred years old is no reason for him to be unfashionable. Carson Kressley says it's time Santa donned some gay apparel.You know we love you, Santa, but isn't it time to update that look a little? Your friends at The Advocate have submitted you for a makeover session with the one and only Carson Kressley Carson Lee Kressley (born November 11, 1969 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) is the fashion expert on the American television program Queer Eye, where he is one of the show's "Fab Five" members. , Queer Eye Queer Eye (originally Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)[1] is an hour-long American Emmy award-winning television gay series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network on July 15, 2003, and promptly became both a surprise hit and one of the most clothier extraordinaire ex·tra·or·di·naire adj. Extraordinary: a jazz singer extraordinaire. [French, from Old French, from Latin extra and author of the new book Off the Cuff: The Essential Style Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them (Dutton, $24.95). Here are Carson's ideas to freshen up that old Santa suit and the Jolly Old Elf underneath. Wardrobe HAT: I think a skullcap skull·cap n. See calvaria. skullcap, n Latin names: Scutellaria laterifolia, Scutellaria baicalensis; would be sexy--maybe black Prada with a little touch of red for tradition's sake. COAT: A sleek and sexy ski jacket would look better (and will be much warmer) than that tired old velvet. It's Christmas, not a weekend in Vegas. Again, black is always chic! PANTS: Snowboard pants are much more modern. This is what all the cool Santas are wearing. BELT: OK, I love a big ... belt. Keep the belt. BOOTS: Black nylon. Maybe some Gore-Tex thrown in for practicality. Oh, and lose the fur trim. There's nothing jolly about dead animals. Grooming BEARD: Manscape that thing to human proportions. Close-cropped like Babs's hubby, James Brolin. EYEBROWS: Last I looked, they were like Andy Rooney's on 60 Minutes. No wonder kids scream when they sit on his lap. Remember, there is an s in eyebrows! GIRTH GIRTH., A girth or yard is a measure of length. The word is of Saxon origin, taken from the circumference of the human body. Girth is contracted from girdeth, and signifies as much as girdle. See Ell. : He's Santa, after all. Too buff or skinny would be wrong, wrong, wrong. He could switch to a light beer and maybe do Atkins for a couple of months. But dressing all in black is sleek and slimming! Kvessley is the fashion savant sa·vant n. 1. A learned person; a scholar. 2. An idiot savant. [French, learned, savant, from Old French, present participle of savoir, to know on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo). |
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