I didn’t get a chance to post about it during Fashion Week, but I was very excited to be mentioned in the February 10, 2011, issue of The Daily, the must-read magazine handed out at the fashion shows. A Daily reporter asked me for my opinion of WikiLeaks back in January at the Fashion Group International Rising Star Awards. I figured it was for one of those humorous quote round-ups that always include someone who says, “What does this have to do with fashion?” or “Why are you asking me this question?” Sure enough, a picture of my head appeared smack in the middle of a round-up page next to my answer … and right below a “Why are you asking about this?” response.
When I first showed this to gorgeous blogger/designer Stacy Lomman of taffetadarlings, I was a little worried about the quality of my answer and a little embarrassed by the appearance of my disembodied head. (I’ve never been a disembodied head on the printed page before.) Stacy wasn’t having any of that. She was thrilled. “You’re only TWO HEADS below [Vogue contributing editor] André Leon Talley!” she kept saying. Once she put it that way, I rejoiced!
Here’s a closer look at my head’s proximity to ALT’s no-commenting head, as well as the “Why are you asking about this?” response.
And it’s true that I’m interested in context. One of my favorite books, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman, is based entirely on documentation, seeing as no 14th century peeps were around to be interviewed when Tuchman wrote the book in the 1970s. But if someone handed me all of Tuchman’s source documents it wouldn’t be anything like reading the book. It’s not enough to have documents; you have to know how to use them. Hmmm. That kind of reminds me of “It’s not the size of the wave but the motion in the ocean.” Dang! Why didn’t I say that to The Daily? I’m making a mental note to use that for future quote round-ups.
congrats for being in there 🙂
AND your head is bigger than his!
That is meant as a victorious statement — not in the bad way!
Yes, WendyB, your head is BIGGER than his! =D
Oh dear lord someone should direct Mme Pailey to my post about WikiLeaks; maybe then she’d see the connection between Assange and her livelihood.
What I really love though is how big your head is compared to the two above you, which seems to be sized in correlation to your statement. Bigger brain, perhaps?
Anyway, glad to see you on those pages. Someday, you’ll be above André and Mme Pailey! Trust!
is this some sort of paparazzi ambushing thing for for fashion folk?
Well done for your feature, you always say the right thing too!
Ha, this is awesome, Wendy!! I also like it that you’re right in the middle of the page!! 🙂
Brilliant and beautiful!!! And very clever on top of that! I love reading your posts!
Wendy, yours is the most intelligent and insightful answer I read on that page. Well done!
I’m plenty opinionated, but the few times I’ve had one of those “woman-on-the-street” questions thrown at me, I clam up and stammer something stupid.
Love this and couldn’t agree more!
What a fabulous and considered answer. Only two heads below ALT and showing everyone else up with your thoughtful reply.
I don’t know what you’re talking about! Your answer was superb. It could’ve been 50 Cents comment “What’s Wiki?” :o/
Hmmm . . . could you say that yuour lovely, smart head has been “leaked” from your body in that image? Appropriate for the context!
It’s terrific to read an intelligent response amid all the softballs on the page.
yay, I missed this somehow – I’m so happy you posted this!! And you may just have the biggest head on the page, if you get rid of Sally Singer’s hair, and knock out Costello Tag.
Well done on getting centre placing! Your answer was great, intelligence in the midst of dumbness. xxx
PS My word was Manolo, do I get shoes?
I love it!~
I think you should say “I AM a journalist” the way they used to have Star Jones say “I AM a lawyer!” on SNL.
Nice one! Judging from what I can read in the first image, your comment seems to be the most insightful of the bunch.
I was just about to say ‘And your head is bigger than his’ but I see I was beaten to it. Your answer was good, especially compared to ‘No comment’! (I have a feeling he has a personal policy of remaining uninformed!)
Nice status,WendyB.
Next time you will be two heads ABOVE!!
Congrats 🙂
well look at YOU! wow!
I can’t tell you how much this just made me laugh. I mean, your blog about it. The quote and head are just brilliant!!
That Stacy sure is smart…
Isn’t it nice when one’s head functions as well floating around like Jambi as it does when firmly attached?
Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho!
Andre came into my old museum once and, just as I saw him, a random visitor on the second floor yelled down “Dude! I’m totally digging your robe!” Andre came a gracious, almost queen-like wave, and went about his day. So, the moral of that story is that they obviously put all the classy people in the center column.
Bwah! Love it.
Congratulations! Also, may I point out that your head is quite noticably bigger than Andre Leon Talley’s. Which in this case is a PLUS.
I agree with Pseu, yours is the most intelligent response. As a passionate read of history and biography, I very much appreciate context as well.
Ha, you are in good company. And a disembodied head is so much better than a disembodied body.
Location, location, locution. Oops! I meant “location.”