tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12773096.post112716399820451931..comments2009-12-04T09:22:29.540-06:00Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736176758196612844noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12773096.post-1159088329350300242006-09-24T03:58:49.350-05:002006-09-24T03:58:49.350-05:00I believe he Swan dress was not only meant to amuse, but also to be beautiful , in a whimsical sort of way. I'm sure that is why Björk chose it. Icelanders have a sense of humour that is part childish whimsy and part satire. Like our Scandinavian relatives, we don't take things like awards ceremonies and celebrity lifestyle and fashion so seriously as people do the Anglo-Saxon and European world. We prefer to have fun rather than appear pompous and phoney :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12773096.post-1127257119683956362005-09-20T17:58:39.683-05:002005-09-20T17:58:39.683-05:00Yep, the Bjork dress was designed to be funny, I'm *almost* sure, although you can never tell with Icelanders. Like Bjork, they are astoundingly beautiful, but odd with it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for linking to this, Erin, and I'm glad you put this dress up. It's pretty, which is unusual for a Belgian deconstructionist.<BR/><BR/>And whatever I'll buy, I'll get a goat. You can't go wrong with a goat.jrochestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12773096.post-1127243319695293312005-09-20T14:08:39.696-05:002005-09-20T14:08:39.696-05:00I know that the Bjork dress was supposed to be a joke, but ... I dunno, I just didn't enjoy it the way I think she wanted it to be enjoyed. I think it was the sartorial equivalent of doing knock-knock jokes in your acceptance speech. Sure, it's funny, but is funny what's supposed to be happening?<BR/><BR/>I much preferred the woman a couple years earlier who wore the dress made out of Amex cards. That was funny and pointed and actually worked as a dress, to boot! <BR/><BR/>I adore the way Bjork usually dresses in her everyday life, though.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736176758196612844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12773096.post-1127234388857578012005-09-20T11:39:48.856-05:002005-09-20T11:39:48.856-05:00I'm a fan of the swan dress, too. At the very least, it wasn't boring, which is the best effect most stars on the red carpet achieve now that the stylists and advertisers have taken over dressing them. Damn, the dresses worn at the Emmys were bor-ing!Gidget Bananashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932906614393093731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12773096.post-1127232036419026342005-09-20T11:00:36.420-05:002005-09-20T11:00:36.420-05:00The swan dress was *funny*. It was supposed to be funny. She laid a damned egg on the red carpet. She knew exactly what she was doing, and IMHO achieved the desired effect.<BR/><BR/>Unlike, say, Demi Moore's bicycle pants.Jonquilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394073543168209042noreply@blogger.com