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Tyra takes homeless chic to a new level on ANTM

by Kyle Hepp (Subscribe to Kyle Hepp's posts)
Posted Feb 28th 2008 at 5:10PM  
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I'm all for celebrities using their fame to bring attention to good causes. And I understand that Tyra's theme for Season 10 of America's Next Top Model is about giving something back. But, last night with the homeless photo shoot things were a bit over the top.

Let me back up and explain what happened. The weekly photo shoot for this episode featured the model contestants dressed down in "homeless" clothing (which it really wasn't, at all). Then they shot a scene with girls who were actually homeless dressed in couture clothing.

The idea behind the photo shoot was a great one. And maybe what the camera showed us last night in a one hour episode isn't the whole story. But, in essence the girls who were truly homeless were used as props. Most of the models barely said a word to any of the homeless girls or tried to get to know them and their stories. Meanwhile the models tried to tap into the emotion that someone on the streets might feel, when they just don't have the slightest clue what that would be like. Well, aside from Marvita and the girl from Somalia, Fatima, both who have actually experienced time living in shelters -- Tyra does love to pick a girl with a good sob story!

Watch the models try and be homeless in the clip below.



The whole thing just felt way too phony for my liking.

Anyways what did you think of last night's ANTM episode? Are there any clear favorites emerging? I like Claire. Who do you think should go all the way?
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Tags: America\'s Next Top Model, cause, Claire, fashion, Fatima, homeless, Marvita, street, Tyra Banks, TyraBanks
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Heather, 2-28-2008, 9:31PM

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Heather

I cannot stand Kim's voice.
Fatima's face is just gorgeous.
Amis....yawn....NEXT!

My god, Nigel is just hot, like always.

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rff2206, 5-09-2008, 9:38AM

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The entire concept of wearing "homeless couture" is sickening. Thank you Galliano.

If these designers and models are so concerned about the homeless, they would not be mocking them by creating and wearing clothing lines that cost twice the national debt. It's like they're saying: "Hey, I'm one of you, but I am loaded and can wear the designer version....and you are not." There's nothing chic about that.

Have any of these designers with a so-called passion for the poor started food banks, soup kitchens, new affordable housing, paid off bills for those struggling, given impoverished teens scholarships? No. They just "call attention" to a problem we all know already exists. It's like watching CSPANN Senators rehash the fact that there a mortgage crisis in painstaking detail when people just need immediate relief.

We don't need a fashion designer to point out what is obvious; if they don't want to help become part of the solution, they should just stick to their craft. The amount of stuff unsold at the end of each season shows that they have enough difficulty doing just that...

It's a disgusting trend that fashion designers feel it's their right to "see homeless in thepark" and then create a whole line of clothes that makes us all homeless, so we can "identify with them."

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Mary Anne, 9-08-2010, 11:27AM

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I disagree. I think its brilliant to spotlight the problems of society in performance art and fashion. The rich distance themselves from the homeless, the pan handlers, the problems on the streets. to create fashion brings the subject of poverty and crime up to the level where it might actually enter the minds of those who will open their purses and donate to good social causes.

Thank you fashion designers.

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