Amy Winehouse The Style Icon… Really? May 26, 2009

Can we just talk for a second about Amy Winehouse’s fashion collection with PPQ?

I might not be Amy’s biggest fan but even I can admit she’s one hell of a singer, when she’s not off her face. Her talent is singing through and through though, fashion is not a place for her. Her wardrobe seems to consist solely of grubby vest tops, cut off shorts and blood stained ballet pumps. And if there is better stuff back there then why isn’t she wearing that?!

I am yet to see a picture of Amy where I think  ‘Oooh I like that outfit’, even when she does swap her vest and shorts combo for something different, so why has this woman been given a collection with a fashion label as brilliant with PPQ? She has been sharing clothes with a 69 year old grandmother this week for God’s sake!

There seems to be a trend in the fashion industry for any celebrity who has ever worn clothes to release their own fashion collection, regardless of their experience in fashion. Kate Moss, we can understand that one but Beth Ditto? What are Evans thinking?! Surely there are plenty of plus size celebrities more stylish than her.

Just because someone is popular does not automatically make them a style icon. It is a similar case with Michelle Obama. She seems like a lovely woman and she does look nice, but so is my mum and she certainly hasn’t become a style icon. Let’s leave designing to the designers and let celebrities do what they do best, hang around outside ChinaWhites waiting for the paparazzi.