Simon on Slate
September 10, 2013
Remembering Fashion’s Fallen Heroes: An excerpt from Simon Doonan’s new book The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences … and Hysteria.
"Learn to point the finger. If people are giving you the thumbs down on your outfit, simply pass the buck, 'Yes, I know… isn't it hideous! The designer should be ashamed of himself.'"
"Sometimes fashion can damage your credibility: nobody wants a colonoscopy performed by some chick in a Comme des Garcons hump dress or a Cavalli sequined unitard."
"I like my politicians-and their wives-to be frumpy and frowzy. They must deny themselves any fashion indulgences so that the rest of us can be flossie flosssie and fabulous."
"As you get older make sure your eye-wear gets larger. Think Yoko Ono! Think Swifty Lazar! By the time I am 80 I want to be Mr McGoo."
"Ditsy jewelry is annoying and unacceptable. Rocks and gems should be emphatic: e.g., turquoise. It’s bold, it’s chunky, it’s bohemian–even if you’re not. It has many moods and magic properties including, some say, the power to protect a rider from a falling off a horse."
Simon on Slate
September 4, 2013
Kate Moss and Me: Encounters with the coolest girl in the world—and how we both found a home in fashion.
Simon in the News
With his new book, ‘The Asylum,’ Simon Doonan dishes on Gore Vidal, Tom Ford, Diana Vreeland, and the problem with toe fungus.
Simon in the News
The Asylum by Simon Doonan: Career Advice for Young People
Simon in the News
The Asylum by Simon Doonan: Fashion People are Very “Spiritual”
Simon in the News
The Asylum by Simon Doonan: Toxins in a Gwyneth Kind of Way
Simon in the News
Asylum. The word means variously nuthouse and refuge, depending upon usage. Its dual purpose makes it an apt synonym for fashion, at least in the delightfully off-beat thought process of Simon Doonan, whose latest book, his fifth, “The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences…and Hysteria,” is set for publication by Blue Rider Press on Sept. 3.
Simon on Slate
August 5, 2013
It Gets Worse: How come nobody is making educational videos for straight teens?
Simon in the News
The Asylum by Simon Doonan: The Michael Kors Ceiling Catastrophe
Simon in the News
The Asylum by Simon Doonan: Blurbs, Blurbs