Wow! This is totally unexpected... The Sun this morning have made Amy Winehouse's father front page news as he announces he is furious over Jeal Paul Gaultier's "tribute" fashion show to Amy for his Spring Couture 2012 collection. Amy's father Mitch says "This is purely about Gaultier making money, and that's wrong."
Where to start on this one. Who's worse, Gaultier or Amy's father? Both are using the legend who left us too soon to make front page headlines. We certainly would have never expected the Winehouse family to be upset by such an elaborate tribute to the superstar but then again we all grieve in different ways. From a public perspective: what Gaultier did was remind the world of the great loss we all suffered last year in saying goodbye to a talented musician. Should he have asked permission from the family or made a donation to charity alongside the show? Of course, that would have been the right way to go about things...and who knows, maybe things have already been "corrected".
I don't think that it goes like that with legends like Amy or Jim Morrison or Kurt Cobain. Anyone can be inspired and create art without asking the family, am I wrong? I think that people like Amy belong to the people and not to their parents! Maybe I am wrong... I don't know
ReplyDeleteThere is always two sides to such things. As far as Gaultier is concerned is a well timed tribute that is sure to get him in the headlines. For Amy's family is just one tribute a bit too far, or too soon. For them she is less an icon than a loved one and to see her 'camped up' in couture felt in bad taste. Why should we expect him to understand the fashion bubble? To expect the fashion bubble to understand Amy's family on the other hand is not perhaps too much to ask. As for the Sun, let's not go there!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Barefoot Duchess.. I was there, I didnt think it was in bad taste.. I think that it would have been a 'moving tribute' if only JPG had the foresight to invite Mitch.
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Amy's Dad is a complete idiot. He uses her name for his own gain all the time but he doesn't like it when someone else does it does he?
ReplyDeleteArtists inspire other artists all the time.
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