buzz bissingers gucci addiction

http://www.gq.com/images/news-and-politics/2013/04/buzz-bissinger/buzz-bissinger-2.jpg

I own eighty-one leather jackets, seventy-five pairs of boots, forty-one pairs of leather pants, thirty-two pairs of haute couture jeans, ten evening jackets, and 115 pairs of leather gloves. Those who conclude from this that I have a leather fetish, an extreme leather fetish, get a grand prize of zero. And those who are familiar with my choices will sign affidavits attesting to the fact that I wear leather every day. The self-expression feels glorious, an indispensable part of me. As a stranger said after admiring my look in a Gucci burgundy jacquard velvet jacket and a Burberry black patent leather trench, "You don't give a fuck."

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201304/buzz-bissinger-shopaholic-gucci-addiction

im flabbergasted

gobsmacked

this cant be real

230 leather gloves, 0 fucks given

buzz may want to double check whether he has a leather fetish or not

he clearly give so little of a fuck about all of this

I own forty-three pieces of Gucci—twelve leather jackets, six evening jackets, five pairs of pants, six pairs of boots, four shirts, seven pairs of gloves, and three scarves. I own items from Acne, Affliction, Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, Balmain, Band of Outsiders, Belstaff, Bottega Veneta, Brooks Brothers, Burberry, Chanel, Charles David, Diane von Furstenberg, Helmut Lang, Ines, Jan Hilmer, J.Crew, Jimmy Choo, Jitrois, Jos. A. Bank, Joseph, Junker Designs, Loewe, Lucchese, Marc Jacobs, Mr. S Leather, Nike, Northbound Leather, Prada, Rag & Bone, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Saint Laurent, 7 For All Mankind, Thomas Wylde, Valentino, Versace, and Wesco. I also have had several pieces custom-made for me by an amazing designer named Carla Dawn Behrle, who specializes in leather; they're worth every penny and more, given her fastidiousness and attention to detail. I apologize to those letters of the alphabet I have not gotten to yet. Zara, don't give up hope.

I keep meticulous track of my finances on my computer. Most of the categories of spending are under relative control. Except for the category of clothing, which goes on for nearly eight pages in very tiny type.

It wasn't until the preparation of this story that I actually took a detailed look at the items I have purchased from 2010 through 2012. I was afraid, quite candidly, although a total of a quarter of a million dollars would not have fazed me.

I was somewhat off:

$587,412.97.

I like turning around and seeing the poor lost souls in the gulag of the higher rows. I hope they hate me, chattering chipmunks trying to figure out who the fuck is this poseur, or however it's said in Fashion Italian. Then again, I don't see them dressed to kill, in an $8,000 Gucci pony-hair jacket that no one else in the U.S. has and wax-coated black jeans, shiny and sheeny and sizzling.

items from jos. a. bank, get real buzz

Before I started shopping with her at Gucci, I could count on one finger the number of compliments I got from strangers on what I was wearing. Now I get dozens, 99 percent of them from women and gays and African-Americans who appreciate go-for-it style. No wonder male heterosexual whites are aimed toward obsolescence, boring the rest of us to death.

haha what on earth

But women's fashion is still infinitely more interesting and has an unfair monopoly on feeling sexy, and if the clothing you wear makes you feel the way you want to feel, liberated and alive, then fucking wear it.

this is an onion article, this is an onion article, this is....

shiny and sheeny and sizzling

"Done," I say to my chaperone for the trip, the area assistant manager for men's ready-to-wear at the Fifth Avenue store. She is the Perfect Shadow, smart and tasteful but never forcing an item of clothing upon me. The Perfect Shadow has been carefully briefed by the Divine Stylist about my tastes. I don't ask about the price of the motorcycle jacket. The needle is in.

I see a pair of tight equestrian-style pants that will go well with the jacket. Done. I see a twill evening jacket with tuxedo lapels, different from anything I have, cut short in the style of the collection. Done. I see two sweaters, one black and one brown, with beautiful handsewn patterns that will soften my usual hard edge. Done. But some restraint is settling in.

what is happening

did he really make that much money off friday night lights

there's also the small matter of his inheritance of a tremendous fortune

http://sportsjournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/wp_sportsjournalism_org_/image/02-WolaninM-Seminar%20(8%20of%2011).jpg

look at those D&G frames. and that nice stiff cotton

I suddenly felt an erection in those pants, as wonderful as it was troubling, since observable blooming bulges never had any upside at prep school. But I experienced a sexual vitality I had never felt before in my life.

i...

Maybe what I really am is an extreme narcissist.

GEE, YA THINK?

I bought dozens of stretch jeans and leather leggings and leather pants that sculpted my lower body the way I wanted, with no room for speculation.

oh god, buzz.

I bought dozens of boots, some with a flat or low heel that any man can wear, some with five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear.

Lisa in general liked the rocker look. But there were times I was too outrageous for her taste, and she began to feel like she was living with a hoarder. The kids liked the flair, maybe, but there were times they seemed embarrassed, or simply stunned. My friends, particularly those from Philadelphia, were appalled and confused and amused. With the exception of Lisa, nobody had any real idea of the extent of my addiction.

they all hate you, im very sorry

Buzz Bissinger is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, and posts regularly at styleforum.net under gucci_lover69

this midlife crisis would not be so patently horrifying if he had also maybe hired a full-time personal trainer and a nutritionist because holy god buzz what are you doing, you realize that you have the same body as before right? buzz? hello?

this midlife crisis would not be so patently horrifying if it happened to someone who was less unpleasant

I began to seek sexual expression in the form of high fashion, men's because I liked the hardness and women's because I liked the sexiness. Blended together, it became a rocker look, particularly with the three skull rings on each hand to fit my usual dark mood.

oh buzz

also if he had slightly better taste

I did engage in a relationship with a dominatrix after the failure of my second marriage. I left the scene after two years. But I clearly missed it, the trappings of leather increasingly irresistible. I liked extreme feelings of restraint and taking pain. But I was also interested in everything.

During the Gucci trip a fellow invitee said I looked like "Bon Jovi," a compliment that at this point in my life means more to me than any piece of writing.

oh honey... that was not intended as a compliment.

xp but he doesn't have a leather fetish

....

http://cbsphilly.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/2012-09-26-18-12-35.jpg

buzz

@ what pt has lag**n started making these up and not c&p'ing

During the Gucci trip a fellow invitee said I looked like "Bon Jovi," a compliment that at this point in my life means more to me than any piece of writing.

oh honey... that was not intended as a compliment.

― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:19 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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http://ksr.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/buzz-bissinger-angry-elf.jpg

caption: "I suddenly felt an erection in those pants"

what would really round his look out is a ponytail

haha otm, the greasy greying ponytail of depair

T/S: having your personal style compared to Bon Jovi vs. having your personal style compared to Bon Iver

I grew a ponytail. I bought 50 different Gucci hair ties. I bought 25 Fendi. I asked a gay black to pull on my new sensual ponytail, to which he replied "Girlfriend you are one hot mess!" That's right I am a hot mess, a hot rocker mess. I bought more leathers. I constructed a closet for my leathers.

this is all too real

the quivering, leather-clad sensuality of buzz bissinger

too real

I bought a skateboard. A leather skateboard. I ollied over my teenage self.

I went to Brooks Brothers late at night. Dressed in my leathers. I masturbated on the window. Something I had never been able to do.

this dude's name pops into my head every 5-6 weeks and then I giggle like a fiend

http://i.imgur.com/DcR4hkZ.png

heeeeee

in general i do my best to espouse the attitude that ppl can and should do what they want provided it's not directly harmful to others but i just reread that article and i simply cannot agree w/anyone owning 41 pairs of leather pants.

five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear.

just reflecting back and loling at how he never really got into shirts and just wears whatever tee w his $10k leathers

ikr? i guess there aren't that many leather shirts around.

i would buy a gucci-leather-bound volume of the gq essay, surprised no ones made one yet in fact

I own eighty-one leather jackets, seventy-five pairs of boots, forty-one pairs of leather pants, thirty-two pairs of haute couture jeans, ten evening jackets, and 115 pairs of leather gloves.

NO SHIRTS

james fallows:

Speaking of "What Exactly Is the Deal?", I have gone back and forth about Buzz Bissinger's extended "shopaholic" confession in GQ. This is either one of the most subtly skillful and elaborate April Fool's Day hoaxes anyone has ever pulled off ...

Need a group photo of Buzz flanked by Fallows, David Brooks, etc.

so sad that i can't see buzz-bissinger-angry-elf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Dy7gn6o.png

Now claims the GQ article was a cry for help
http://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-109-buzz-bissinger

lol i believe i called it exactly that when it came out

http://gawker.com/5992427/buzz-bissingers-midlife-sex-crisis-metastasized-into-a-600000-shopping-addiction

a cry for leather

http://putthison.com/post/105362018283/own-the-jackets-that-nearly-ruined-buzz-bissinger

good update thank u

The prices on that auction are insanely cheap. I'll go with the Blue McQueen motorcycle jacket.

needs some kinja

The Brotherhood of the Traveling $5K+ Burberry Prorsum Made in Italy Lambskin Leather DB Trench Jacket Coat 44 NR

oh shit the diane von furstenburg jacket on auction now is the one from the photo in the first post!

Buzz wrote the Vanity Fair piece on Caitlyn Jenner

Somehow knew that when I saw this thread bump.

Wonder if Buzz will take on something similar in his public identity at some point. At the time of his article, it was like lol luxury metrosexual, but those heels...

http://nymag.com/strategist/2018/05/buzz-bissinger-guest-strategist-haul-purchases.html

still on the leather i see

I bet he looks great in those "Wicked Lester Crepito Skinny Trousers"

Paul Manafort owned a https://twitter.com/gelles/status/1024382050214862850?s=211,000 jacket "made from an ostrich” according to prosecutors

— David P Gelles (@gelles) July 31, 2018

pfft that’s little league compared to Buzz
that’s just bad taste in a jacket is what that is

Buzz weighs in:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/self-described-leather-addict-buzz-bissinger-calls-out-manaforts-ridiculous-ostrich-jacket

i feel vindicated

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1EsgqgXQAA1rcN.jpg

http://nymag.com/strategist/article/buzz-bissinger-nightly-routine.html

this guy

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Fra_Friday_Night_Lights_til_Vanity_Fair_-_NMD_2016_%2826969919635%29.jpg/220px-Fra_Friday_Night_Lights_til_Vanity_Fair_-_NMD_2016_%2826969919635%29.jpg

oh my god i'm dead

buzz, perhaps more then anyone else alive today, is living his truth

In his free time, he’s at work on a book (via Harper Collins) about football, the Marines, and World War II.

this whole guy

he is so throughly a straight boomer man, and yet

he contains multitudes

its hilarious/sad how he has like zero taste in any of this shit and looks awful

his passion makes him beautiful

Side question, do we think he found that first cream while sex-touring Southeast Asia or was it just a chill cruise

As a skin-product obsessed person sans the financial means to indulge fully, I get it.
But I can’t imagine the stuff he lists all interacts that well together? I mean just the retinol alone, his face must look like it’s been saran-wrapped.

Go with god, Buzz, you beautiful icarus

https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/strategist/2018/05/22/Buzz-Bissinger/22-buzz-bissinger--photo-credit-christian-anwander-lede.w700.h700.jpg

Rock me amadeus

I like that he isn't switching over completely to writing about these things, but does all this while working on a book about football and the Marines.

Did not know about this!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee0IGgpiPss

the music in that trailer is absolutely bananas

yo this is some wildin out shit

Only halfway through tonight but this is really good, just because he is such a one-of-a-kind person.