Important Lessions From Mizri
Things that
I've learned from watching The Isaac Mizrahi Show:
- When assessing the shape of an outfit, squint; this blurs the lines.
If you are designing tutus for multiple ballerinas, cut the tutus to different
widths.
- Moby has finished his promiscuous stage.
- Lt. Van Buren likes hoop earrings.
- A petticoat can be cute beachwear, especially when worn by a famous model.
- Five important fashion accessories: the right bag, the right shoes
(can't go wrong with mules), a ring (buy it yourself if no one will buy
it for you), damn, I should have paid better attention.
- On the whole, Broadway singers are good at singing.
- I'm just a girl who can't say no.
- If you draw a nude man, a simple shaded squiggle will do.
- Mikhail Baryshnikov is not as large as he appeared in Sex and the
City; he has precise feet.
- Many people are fabulous.
- Bowling balls are soooo matte these days.
- Henry Winkler seems like a really nice guy.
- If you make a living as an actor with a ridiculous, gaudy mustache, your
clothes should be unobtrusive.
- Jerry Orbach can sing and Mandy Moore has large feet.
- The colors on our screen must be off; those shades of peach just can't
go together.
- You can't make a fool of yourself if you are enthusiastic enough about
your passion (this is not true).
- You can get away with putting the collar up on your polo shirt if you
are a famous fashion designer, even if part of the collar has flapped down.
For that matter, you can get away with wearing a polo shirt if you are a
famous fashion designer.
- If you aren't sitting in a corner or center square, the contestants don't
choose you very often.
- I don't ever want to be in the same room as Tammy Faye.
- Naomi Judd isn't nearly as bad. She's rather charming.
- Ingrid Bergman's dress in Indiscreet was an awkward length.
In general, it is a shame that she was not more uncovered, but particularly
in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (I can confirm points #1 and #2, but
not #3).
- I'm glad that the tights of male ballerinas are not considered business
casual. They make me uneasy.
- Even more people are fabulous.
- The guy who starred in Boomtown has a good swing; Mizri, not
as much so. His dribbling skills: very gay.
- I like to call him Mizri Mizrahan; that is the way I do things.
My wife, at first, did not understand.
- Horseradish ice cream should not be made.
- In the raw food movement, the hamburgers taste like the desserts.
- Martin Scorsesee...
- Chris Noth as in Both has impressive eyebrows, even in the afternoon;
they don't scare me like M. Scorsesee's do.
- C. Noth isn't afraid to look bad on TV.
- I've now seen Andy Dick on every talk show. Well, actually, not
The View.
Mr.
Lewis can be reached at jeff@babblog.com.
Copyright Jeff Lewis, 2004
