Jon Gosselin's bff, fashion designer Christian Audigier, is the 'Emperor du Fromage' in the October 2009 issue of GQ magazine. The anti-fashion week piece by Devin Friedman shines a sharp, funny and focused light on fashion's head 'cheese' and the glittery, tattoo-y, over-the-top "schlock" he's schlepping to his countless 'followers' (including infamous reality stars who are only famous because of people continually complaining that they shouldn't be famous).
Here's a few choice words from one of the most successful men in fashion (and from one of the least respected):
On marketing his schlock:
“The marketing is more important than the product. People are followers. They want to be attributed to a certain style. Is not me making the rules, is reality. Is the reality.”
On his clothes being '“too L.A.” in that kind of off-duty-stripper way.':
“That’s good. The strip club is full of people! I know all of them when I go over there. Who don’t go to strip club when they are in L.A. or in whatever city? Las Vegas. I believe there’s no bad people.”
On being 'different' than other designers:
“My demo is tabloid magazine. Because what they say they hate, I love. They say they hate it but they always looking at it. We all look at OK! magazine. We pretend to don’t be. But we all want to see.”
Read the full article at GQ.com.
