When The Fashion Critic Does Not Get the Last Word
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There’s a sense of invincibility to powerful fashion editors – the ones that work for the most illustrious media and publishing houses. They can destroy designers, bring down labels, decimate sales figures, all with the stroke of a send button, and still be invited back next season. So it must have come as a shock to New York Times head critic, Cathy Horyn, when a feature article published by the Times extensively profiling MisShapes trio was rebuttled in print by Dior Homme designer Hedi Slimane. Ms. Horyn had suggested that the style of DJs Geordon Nicol, Greg Krelenstein and Leigh Lezark had been inspiration for last July’s Dior Homme show (one she had given a bad review). In a statement faxed to WWD, Slimane wrote: “There must be some conflict of interest I am not aware of. I would gladly own up to being inspired by something if it were the truth, but Ms. Horyn’s reporting seems not to be based on fact and it makes me question what’s behind it.”
