
Word is out that Anna Wintour is kicking up the heat on Fashion’s Night Out and pitching the networks for a Victoria’s Secret-type televised special for CBS. The show would include a huge, grand-scale fashion show filmed at Lincoln Center, which would also serve as the official kick-off to the new home of Mercedes Benz [...]
Feb 02, 2010 | Categories: Fashion?!? | Tags: Anna Wintour, Barbara Walters, Big APple Circus, George Clooney, Haiti, Jason Wu, Lincoln Center, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Michelle Obama, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Victoria Beckham | 1 Comment »

Oy, talk about a flap…and I mean the flapping mouth of Douglas Hannant regarding his (possibly) out of context statement about Michelle Obama, “Everyone compares her to Jackie O–she is not the next Jackie O.” Naturally, these words were met with gasps. No one in the fashion industry is allowed to say anything bad about [...]
Dec 10, 2009 | Categories: Can You Believe?!?, Fashion?!? | Tags: Andre Leon Tally, Barbara Walters, Brutally Honest Abe, Calvin Klein, Douglas Hannant, Fern Mallis, Fotz, Huffington Post, Jackie Kennedy, Jackie O, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama in Oslo, Oscar de la Renta | Leave A Comment »

I don’t have much to say about last night’s State Dinner besides that it is part of the White House protocol and that it must be maintained. Is it annoying? Perhaps to those who are not invited. Does it do anything for us politically? Maybe but probably not. Are rituals and institutions a good thing? [...]
Nov 25, 2009 | Categories: Can You Believe?!? | Tags: Michelle Obama, Obama Administration, Sarah Palin, State Dinner, White House | 1 Comment »

Many of you must know by now that I have coined the phrase “fotz”. There ’s many applications to this term. But, what, do you ask, is FOTZ? Etymology: What started out as a sarcastic reference to something that is or someone that “thinks” they are fascinating. So, it went from fascinating to fotzinating to [...]
Aug 22, 2009 | Categories: Fashion?!? | Tags: Fotz, Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin, Madonna, Manzie, Manzie Report, Michelle Obama, The New York Times, The New York Times Style, Urban Dictionary, Woody Allen | 3 Comments »

Michelle Obama is fierce…but…not everything she wears works. Today’s New York Daily News did a pictorial on “Michelle’s Smashing Summer Style”. Now, I will be the first to say that Michelle is fierce…she has had quite a few sensational looks since entering the Vanity Fair International Best Dressed List. But like every other human, one [...]
Aug 20, 2009 | Categories: Fashion?!? | Tags: Buckingham Papace, Fotz, GAP, Grand Canyon, Michelle Obama, New York Daily News, Oscar de la Renta, oy, Parisan style, Queen of England, twin set, Woolworth, WWD | 2 Comments »

The Russians are coming…for Michelle Obama. Yes…really. Now even Russian fashion designers are dishing our First Lady. Like Russians, are known for style, grace and elegance? I don’t think so. Let’s take a look at some of the Russian designer’s schmatehs that were recently featured at Moscow Fashion Week. I am sure you will agree [...]
Jul 11, 2009 | Categories: Can You Believe?!?, People We Lerve | Tags: Abe Gurko, celebrity, couture, Denis Simachev, fashion show, Fashion?!?, First Lady, Fotz, i mean what, Kira Plastinina, Manzie Report, Michelle Obama, Moscow Fashion Week, Mudd Club, Natasha Badanov, Russan women, schmateh, schmatehs, style, Suzy Menkes, Yikes | 2 Comments »

Would everyone just leave Michelle Obama and her wardrobe alone for five minutes? I have never seen anything like it. This woman is not allowed to step out of the shower without some yenteh looking her up and down, snapping a photo and printing it, and as of late…dishing her. Today the NY Daily News [...]
Jul 09, 2009 | Categories: People We Lerve | Tags: Abe Gurko, Anna Wintour, celebrity, couture, fashion show, Fashion?!?, Fotz, gay, i mean what, Manzie Report, Michelle Obama, New York Daily News, style, Yikes | Leave A Comment »

Everyday there is at least one story in the headlines that peaks my interest…rather…hits my annoyance bone…hence, my daily I MEAN…WHAT?!? Today was special. Nothing really struck my fancy. Sure, I could go on and on about Barack Obama’s little speech in Cairo (and when I say little, I mean that in the most loving [...]
Jun 05, 2009 | Categories: Can You Believe?!? | Tags: Abe Gurko, Barack Obama, Cairo, celebrity, couture, fashion show, Fashion?!?, Fotz, i mean what, Jackie Norris, Manzie Report, Michelle Obama, style, Susan Sher, Yikes | Leave A Comment »

Uch, such pressure. I was reading an artcle in Women’s Wear Daily about the top U.S. designers response to being snubbed by Michelle Obama. Now, granted, I think her Jason Wu and Thakoon obsession is not that warranted, but it’s really cool of her on some level. What level, I’m not sure, but a level. [...]
Apr 06, 2009 | Categories: People We Lerve | Tags: Abe Gurko, Andre Leon Tally, celebrity, couture, Donna Karan, fashion show, Fashion?!?, Fotz, i mean what, Jason Wu, Manzie Report, Meryl Streep, Michelle Obama, New York Lottery, Oscar de la Renta, style, Susan Sarandon, WWD, Yikes | Leave A Comment »

OK, OK. Sure Michelle Obama is fierce. And very stylish. And totally cool. And really smart. And her politics are wonderful. And her positive impact is being felt worldwide. And her husband is Barak Obama. OK, OK. But I have to draw the line in the sand to this ridiculous comparison between her and Carla [...]
Apr 04, 2009 | Categories: People We Lerve | Tags: Abe Gurko, Add new tag, Amsterdam, Barak Obama, Carla Bruni, celebrity, couture, fashion show, Fashion?!?, First Lady, Fotz, i mean what, Manzie Report, Michelle Obama, style, Yikes | 1 Comment »

The reason I started I Mean…What?!? was to draw attention the nonsense that fills the airwaves. The modern day media frenzy has become the master ill of our time; destroying the lives of Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan. Granted, they are annoying, but two wrongs don’t make a right. With the media outlets fearing loss [...]
Apr 03, 2009 | Categories: Can You Believe?!? | Tags: Abe Gurko, Britney Spears, celebrity, couture, fashion show, Fashion?!?, Fotz, I mean...what?!?, Larry King, LIndsay Lohan, Manzie Report, media, Michelle Obama, Queen Elizabeth, Rihanna, style, Yikes | 1 Comment »