fashion
Yes, the fashion industry is just like high school, and
Times fashion critic
Cathy Horyn not only said it but proved it this morning with
an article detailing, in no less than 1,400 words, her own petty squabble with designer
Giorgio Armani. Aramani appears to be, by far, the pettier of the two, having banned Horyn from his fashion shows over a rough review in January and having sent a bitchy letter to her bosses. But Horyn has also been catty, writing
repeated melodramatic accounts of the feud and casting Armani as something of a 1980s has-been, even as she puts on analytical airs. Here's a quick summary, in Horyn and Armani's own words, of their hissy little slapfest:
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