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
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:50 (five years ago) Permalink
im flabbergasted
gobsmacked
this cant be real
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:51 (five years ago) Permalink
230 leather gloves, 0 fucks given
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:51 (five years ago) Permalink
buzz may want to double check whether he has a leather fetish or not
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:53 (five years ago) Permalink
he clearly give so little of a fuck about all of this
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:53 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:55 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:56 (five years ago) Permalink
items from jos. a. bank, get real buzz
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:56 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:58 (five years ago) Permalink
haha what on earth
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:58 (five years ago) Permalink
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....
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:58 (five years ago) Permalink
shiny and sheeny and sizzling
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:59 (five years ago) Permalink
"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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:04 (five years ago) Permalink
what is happening
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:07 (five years ago) Permalink
did he really make that much money off friday night lights
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:07 (five years ago) Permalink
there's also the small matter of his inheritance of a tremendous fortune
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:07 (five years ago) Permalink
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
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:08 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:08 (five years ago) Permalink
i...
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:10 (five years ago) Permalink
Maybe what I really am is an extreme narcissist.
GEE, YA THINK?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:10 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:11 (five years ago) Permalink
oh god, buzz.
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:12 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:12 (five years ago) Permalink
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
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:13 (five years ago) Permalink
Buzz Bissinger is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, and posts regularly at styleforum.net under gucci_lover69
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:13 (five years ago) Permalink
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?
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:15 (five years ago) Permalink
this midlife crisis would not be so patently horrifying if it happened to someone who was less unpleasant
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:16 (five years ago) Permalink
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
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:17 (five years ago) Permalink
also if he had slightly better taste
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:19 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:19 (five years ago) Permalink
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, 26 March 2013 15:19 (five years ago) Permalink
xp but he doesn't have a leather fetish
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:21 (five years ago) Permalink
....
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:22 (five years ago) Permalink
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
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:22 (five years ago) Permalink
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:19 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
:(
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:23 (five years ago) Permalink
http://ksr.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/buzz-bissinger-angry-elf.jpg
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:24 (five years ago) Permalink
caption: "I suddenly felt an erection in those pants"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:26 (five years ago) Permalink
what would really round his look out is a ponytail
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:26 (five years ago) Permalink
haha otm, the greasy greying ponytail of depair
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:27 (five years ago) Permalink
T/S: having your personal style compared to Bon Jovi vs. having your personal style compared to Bon Iver
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:29 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:32 (five years ago) Permalink
this is all too real
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:33 (five years ago) Permalink
the quivering, leather-clad sensuality of buzz bissinger
too real
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:34 (five years ago) Permalink
I bought a skateboard. A leather skateboard. I ollied over my teenage self.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:35 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:37 (five years ago) Permalink
thread now needs a picture of the self edge dude and his all-denim wedding tuxedo
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:47 (five years ago) Permalink
there are not enough photos of buzz on the internet. i sincerely hope some noble hacker is furiously attempting to get in to his email/phone as i type this.
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:54 (five years ago) Permalink
request selfies
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:56 (five years ago) Permalink
you think gwb is an accomplished artist? boy do i have some jpegs for u
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:57 (five years ago) Permalink
My only regret is that Buzz wrote this before being introduced to ponyplay
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:57 (five years ago) Permalink
he brags about his ponyhair jacket, tho
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 28 March 2013 16:05 (five years ago) Permalink
Everyone at work who I have mentioned this article to has said to me "how do we get his number?!?"
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 29 March 2013 02:04 (five years ago) Permalink
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 ... or one of the most unintentionally embarrassing, you-have-to-turn-away-because-it's-cruel-to-keep-watching acts of unaware self-humiliation anyone has ever committed. Because I so greatly admire Bissinger's A Prayer for the City -- yes, even more than Friday Night Lights -- I am really hoping it's the former. And, 51-49, betting that way too.
Photo of Bissinger, after a (spoofed? this can't really be true?? can it???) leather-pants buying spree, from GQ.
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 March 2013 02:23 (five years ago) Permalink
his earlier pics and bipolar status make it unlikely to be hoax
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Friday, 29 March 2013 03:37 (five years ago) Permalink
is buzz okay?
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Monday, 29 April 2013 15:18 (five years ago) Permalink
thought about buzz the other day. hope his recovery is going well. i also hope he writes something about it.
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Monday, 29 April 2013 15:19 (five years ago) Permalink
i think lewis black needs to star in a funnyordie video as buzz doing selections of the GQ piece as a monolouge
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Monday, 29 April 2013 17:34 (five years ago) Permalink
ooh, good call
― mh, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:34 (five years ago) Permalink
my god, this happened this year
I can't believe I had forgotten
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 20:31 (five years ago) Permalink
buzzs rocker look never forget
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 December 2013 20:59 (five years ago) Permalink
wish he had capitalized on his meltdown a little longer a la charlie sheen but i am glad dude is getting help (i think)
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 9 December 2013 21:11 (five years ago) Permalink
personal shopper
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 December 2013 21:14 (five years ago) Permalink
oh lol is this where "done" came from?
― ☞ (brimstead), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:39 (five years ago) Permalink
this dude's name pops into my head every 5-6 weeks and then I giggle like a fiend
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 8 August 2014 00:47 (four years ago) Permalink
http://i.imgur.com/DcR4hkZ.png
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 8 August 2014 00:51 (four years ago) Permalink
heeeeee
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 August 2014 03:44 (four years ago) Permalink
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.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 8 August 2014 04:07 (four years ago) Permalink
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.
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Friday, 8 August 2014 04:25 (four years ago) Permalink
just reflecting back and loling at how he never really got into shirts and just wears whatever tee w his $10k leathers
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 August 2014 07:06 (four years ago) Permalink
ikr? i guess there aren't that many leather shirts around.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 8 August 2014 11:15 (four years ago) Permalink
i would buy a gucci-leather-bound volume of the gq essay, surprised no ones made one yet in fact
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 8 August 2014 11:17 (four years ago) Permalink
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
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 August 2014 11:24 (four years ago) Permalink
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.
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Monday, 11 August 2014 22:00 (four years ago) Permalink
so sad that i can't see buzz-bissinger-angry-elf.jpg
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Monday, 11 August 2014 22:42 (four years ago) Permalink
http://i.imgur.com/Dy7gn6o.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 00:49 (four years ago) Permalink
Now claims the GQ article was a cry for helphttp://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-109-buzz-bissinger
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 06:43 (four years ago) Permalink
lol i believe i called it exactly that when it came out
― max, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 10:08 (four years ago) Permalink
http://gawker.com/5992427/buzz-bissingers-midlife-sex-crisis-metastasized-into-a-600000-shopping-addiction
a cry for leather
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 13:19 (four years ago) Permalink
http://putthison.com/post/105362018283/own-the-jackets-that-nearly-ruined-buzz-bissinger
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 03:14 (four years ago) Permalink
good update thank u
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 03:21 (four years ago) Permalink
The prices on that auction are insanely cheap. I'll go with the Blue McQueen motorcycle jacket.
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Friday, 19 December 2014 05:12 (four years ago) Permalink
needs some kinja
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 December 2014 05:14 (four years ago) Permalink
The Brotherhood of the Traveling $5K+ Burberry Prorsum Made in Italy Lambskin Leather DB Trench Jacket Coat 44 NR
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Sunday, 21 December 2014 01:55 (four years ago) Permalink
oh shit the diane von furstenburg jacket on auction now is the one from the photo in the first post!
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 21 December 2014 06:45 (four years ago) Permalink
Buzz wrote the Vanity Fair piece on Caitlyn Jenner
― DJP, Monday, 1 June 2015 17:31 (three years ago) Permalink
Somehow knew that when I saw this thread bump.
― what sounds 'cutting cheese' in 2015? (how's life), Monday, 1 June 2015 20:45 (three years ago) Permalink
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...
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 15:47 (three years ago) Permalink
http://nymag.com/strategist/2018/05/buzz-bissinger-guest-strategist-haul-purchases.html
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 16:37 (eight months ago) Permalink
still on the leather i see
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:11 (eight months ago) Permalink
I bet he looks great in those "Wicked Lester Crepito Skinny Trousers"
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:15 (eight months ago) Permalink
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
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 03:48 (six months ago) Permalink
pfft that’s little league compared to Buzzthat’s just bad taste in a jacket is what that is
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 04:21 (six months ago) Permalink
Buzz weighs in:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/self-described-leather-addict-buzz-bissinger-calls-out-manaforts-ridiculous-ostrich-jacket
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 2 August 2018 23:06 (six months ago) Permalink
i feel vindicated
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 August 2018 02:17 (six months ago) Permalink