Let’s get real guys. The Pretty Litte Liars Fashioncaps got out of control. Like really out of control. All of a sudden they were going on and on and on as I tried to address all of Spencer’s weird shirt/vest/dress combos. They were probably getting boring to read and also taking me forever to write. So here I am at a new season of my very favorite show and I’m setting some new ground rules (mostly for my own sanity).
1. Since Riese does such excellent/hilarious Glee recaps, my glee fashioncaps will be heavy on the fashion and light on the cap.
2. I will only cover clothing/shoes/accessories on gay characters or that I think are gay (the definition of gay is to be determined by me/a level of wishful thinking).
3. I will keep it short and simple.
If I don’t put up a link to something you totally love, I’ll bet you anything you can find it on the Fashion of Glee website.
Okay, let’s get crackin’. First off, we discovered that out of his Our Lady of the Immaculate Collection Academy school uniform Blaine dresses fucking awesome. I think regardless of your gender this outfit is gay. Seriously, if my mother wore this outfit it would be gay. Hell, if my childhood dachshund wore this outfit it would be gay.
THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR HOW GAY THIS IS
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| $36.99 – Ralph Lauren | $85 – Brooks Brothers | $23.78 – ASOS |
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| $49.95 – Roxy | $85 – Brooks Brothers | $40 – American Apparel |
Just in case you were worried that the bow tie’s appearance was a one time special engagement, the next time we seen Blaine– in the choir room– it’s Kurt’s turn to wear a bow tie.
YAY BOW TIES. IT'S A THING!
Because this isn’t clear unless you look online, that’s ceramic bow tie. Yes, a bow tie made out of clay fired in a kiln, painted with high fire glossy glaze, re-kilned and attached to a piece of fabric. Yeah, that exists, Don’t worry, you can buy one for like $200 from ASOS. Also you can eat off of it I guess.
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| $210.39 – Asos |
Don’t worry though, Blaine reclaims his bow tie later in the same scene when everything magically turns in to a big dance number in the auditorium.
FANTA FANTA, DONCHA WANTA, FANTA FANTA...
Is Glee sending us a message here? Yes. Outside of black tie events or high school band concerts bow ties are gay. Anyhoo, let’s move on to our favorite characters.
GLEE IS ABOUT TO GO ALL NIGHT
I was conflicted when I saw that Brittana was back in Cheerios uniforms. One the one hand, that really cuts in to “my lezzie characters wear this” material. On the other hand, it makes my Santana costume for Halloween really easy.
ALTHOUGH ALL IN PURPLE BRITTANY IS MY SECOND CHOICE COSTUME
The best part of the episode? Like a beacon of light shining down from the fashioncap heavens, Glee gave me a shiny, amazing gift. I can only compare this to the end of Annie when FDR shows up an announces to all the orphans that his New Deal is going to end the Great Depression. That’s right.
WE'RE GETTING A NEW QUINN FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR
I’m so pleased we have Quinn’s new look to discuss until the joyful time when Santana inevitably quits the Cheerios and runs lovingly back to the arms of Brittany like the protagonist in a lesbian YA novel written by a straight middle aged married woman. Honestly, Quinn looks hot. Even if she’s supposed to be having some high school find-yourself-but-really-you-go-back-to-dressing-normal-in-a-month thing, it’s a nice change from every character wearing the same outfit all the time. Like how Mike Chang always wears a T-shirt with a button-up over it. Or how Artie has a collection of sweater vests so large and eclectic that the British Museum tried to steal them. To celebrate, I got a little gift for you. That’s right: Quinn’s shirt.
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| $63-Revolve Clothing |
I know, it actually says “Hell is So Hot Right Now.” I love it here in Gleefashionland; let’s stay forever.
I just want all of Blaine’s clothes so bad.
Whyyyyy so expensive why?
I would wear most of Kurt’s clothes, too. Not sure about the ceramic bow tie, though.
I bet you could make a Blaine-esque bowtie (a clip-on one, anyway) by buying a cheap hairclip or headband with a white bow on it, removing the bow, and using fabric markers to make the stripes. And then safety-pinning it on or something.
Blaine needs to stop wearing polo shirts with bow ties. Why can’t he just wear nice short sleeved button ups with them? Why polos? It just offends my sensibilities so much.
AGREED. GODDAMNIT.
my roommate was like “it’s fashion!” and I was like “it’s stupid and it makes me want to die.”
in conclusion, not okay.
It’s not fashion. Fashion would have him in well fitted short sleeve button up shirts. NO ONE FASHIONABLE WEARS BOW TIES WITH POLO SHIRTS. NO. ONE.
Which is a shame, because I really enjoy the rest of his outfits so much. Some of the patterns I’m a little wary on, but the overall style is great.
Thank goodness. I thought I was just so fashion impaired that I’d be the only one that HATED the bow tie with the polo shirt.
I’m probably still fashion impaired but at least I know what I DON’T like.
The red pants though, I am a fan of. The bow tie/polo shirt is just odd
I realize it makes my wife sound very uptight, but it looks like she’s in good company! She, too, took issue with the polo + bow tie combination. “Is he going to do that ALL season?” she spat out, actually. With disgust. Lots of it.
bow ties should not cost 85 dollars unless they are made from the Shroud of Turin
That bow tie would make Quinn’s shirt hiss and retreat into the night.
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PS: why is Quinn so hot with the hair or do I have a thing with girls with alternative hairstyles!?!
Bowties are cool.
Fezzes are cool.
I’m glad there’s at least one other Dr Who fan out there ;) That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the bowties in this post.
We have our own group :)
http://www.autostraddle.com/groups/doctor-who/home/
I have a friend who has THE Dr. Who bowtie. He wears it around town.
Haha, it was the first thing I thought of too! :)
No, seriously. I almost humped my screen when Quinn 2.0 arrived.
Then I realized it’s not 3-D and refuses to talk dirty to me.
I see common gay-consensus is that Quinn is sexy-awesome. I got in a mini-debate with a straight friend on FB who claims that she looks “sooo unbelievable”. GUESS I’M ON THE WINNING SIDE.
quinn is sexy awesome but i feel like shes all angsty out of nowhere, and im all about the context for hotness. but then again, this is glee so half the plots make no sense anyways so ill just pretend this wont last max 2 episodes.
also the like latina “skank” was pretty hot too.
actually idk if she was latina or ultra-tanned italian…its been a few days. NO OFFENSE MEANT ZOMG
Her name is Courtney Galiano, she is Italian, and she was a finalist (she came in 4th place) on So You Think You Can Dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STU0NQPRsr8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig4-szwS_7k
Which is making me hope that there’s going to be dancing in the Skanks’ future…
Ooooh, dancing Skanks! All kinds of win.
i knew i recognized her from somewhere! thanks! :)
Damn, I thought she looked familiar but could’t place where I had seen her before.
At least the cumulative angst of Quinn makes sense. Like, if Artie suddenly went emo, it’d fucking stupid.
i THOUGHT kurt’s bowtie looked rather hard!
ok, there’s a raunchy joke in there somewhere. anyone?
i adore quinn’s tank but… why are clothes so expensive? thank god i’m crafty. i’m making that shit for a cool 7 bucks.
While I agree that the whole bow tie/polo combo was not a good move (now that I’ve noticed it!), other than that Blaine was looking pretty amazing. Then again, he always does, not matter what he’s wearing… And ZOMG Quinn! I just about wet myself when I saw her new look–soo sexy. Also, is it just me, or was her voice way lower than usual?
Oh no, it was lower and raspier. Which is why I’m starting a foundation called, “The ‘Get Dianna Agron to Record Every Audiobook Ever From Here on Out’ Foundation.”
it was not just you. my friends and i had a discussion about the fact that her voice has even more of that smoky sexiness than usual. i never thought i’d say this, but i’d like to see new quinn and santana get it on. that shit would be hot.
i thought the same thing! although surprisingly, there’s TONS of people in the quinn/rachel boat. …i don’t get that one.
That’s on account of how Quinn is totes in gay love with Rachel but is mad closeted.
Yep – that’s my favorite ship – Faberry forever. :)
Quinn’s pink hair is hott.
And I kinda wanna see Quinn and Santana together too.
In the end though, I really just wanna see Santana with SOMEBODY.
http://SoNotStraight.tumblr.com
Oh my god yes QUINN. I have always loved Quinn; she is sexy and witty and vicious and sexy and stylish and funny and sexy and… yeah.
When I saw her with her new little makeover thing I fell in love. PINK HAIR. BLAKC RAGGEDY BUT ALSO SEXY CLOTHES. BAD GIRL ATTITUDE. *clears throat* But yeah, also cuz I really sympathise with that whole “trying to find yourself so bad that you just DON’T CARE ANYMORE”. And is it just me, or does her new hair really seem queer with its asymmetry? At least bicurious? *wishful thinking*
One final thing. I find it HILARIOUS that all these high school kids in Ohio (without jobs?) apparently have the money to buy raggedy shirts for like 80 dollars or something. WHAT.