buzz bissingers gucci addiction

that is the one glaring takeaway I got from this article

if he feels queer he of course has the right to identify as such but i have trouble seeing his journey for something beyond total dissolution on an epic budget

I keep imagining dude browsing through a record store and hovering over Fuck Buttons while going "hmmmm.... almost" and then getting to Pissed Jeans and shouting "EUREKA!"

the best part about the article is that he still writes with a tough-guy OH YEAH WELL FUCK YOU chip on his shoulder even, EVEN when writing about leather leggings & boners.

this is the tone he always uses when he writes. except now we're through the looking glass. and it's awesome.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3489b4int1ql9wr1o1_400.jpg

dang, as a Gucci style consultant all you need are like 3-4 customers like this dude and that's 6 figures in commissions a year

despite what the article says this is how i imagine his 'style consultant' looks

http://i.imgur.com/adzw9WN.jpg

http://www.uppitymusic.com/images/albums/divine_styler.jpg

the Divine Stylist vs the Perfect Shadow

I think all sex tourists are fundamentally ill in some way, but I didn't think that was the popular view. Also good point.

― carl agatha, Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:53 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they mostly just seem pretty depressed from what ive observed, buzz would def fit right in

quoting again since it stood out to me and I agree with max that he kind of glossed over the sex stuff like it was no big deal

"I have agreed to go to meetings for sex addiction, since clothing and sex for me have become one."

weirdest quote

I can show you the world / Shiny, sheeny, and sizzling

loool

Did you guys miss the part where he said he has bipolar disorder?

I missed it until I saw it mentioned in another article

his pants have tent-polar disorder

I wonder if his aggro and ultimately ill advised defense of Lance Armstrong had anything to do with the bicycle shorts looking like a crisp pair of expensive jeggings

ha prob!

lol that's an excellent theory

I know nothing about this guy except what's on this wondrous thread (don't think I can even read the orig article) which admittedly is more than enough, but please tell me more...

he wrote friday night lights and has a history of being publicly grumpy

also wrote 'three nights in august' a v. good baseball book

though on the downside it's about tony larussa

google 'douchewagon' and you'll find out all about him lol

http://media.philly.com/images/buzz-bissinger-gq-leather-6001.jpg

what the

that's his (mentally disabled) son

in rehab:

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20130327_Buzz_Bissinger_in_shopping_rehab.html

this is like chevy chase's addiction to "back pills"

welp i hope he figures some stuff out

america needs shopping rehab too amirite

bummed missed the first hours of this thread.

This sort of trainwreck confessional writing is just the worst (and the salacious nature of it always results in the prose being subpar—how about that dangling Jockey-briefs clause quoted above—and the insights being limited). I guess it's nice that BB got whatever his better-than-others per-word rate is for a 6K-word-plus piece but ugh the whole "dunk the witch" aspect of pieces like this, and the Wurtzel one, and so many pieces on so many other sites, is just gross.

btw this soul baring cry for help didnt even warrant a cover line for the print mag

(also this thread made me realize that i love style exists, good job everyone)

i dunno -- i can't exactly fault gq for publishing a pulitzer prize-winner's total public breakdown. that is pretty interesting!

it depends on how it's framed, but with stephen marche defending its bravery, yeah. i guess i'm discovering new depths of my own naivety in that some ppl think this is ~deep~

it's quite the harrowing tale, I'd say it's broad but not deep

that's what he said, and she said while brandishing a whip, and she said in Mandarin

It's probably easier to tell yourself "I am a tastemaker with a dangerous sense of style" than "I am a dude who wants to fuck pants"

― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Should probably go in ILX posts that haunt me, but the phrase "I am a dude who wants to fuck pants" has bubbled up into my conscious thought far more than is seemly.

Note: I am not a dude and I do not want to fuck pants. Let's just be clear about that.

this is a safe space

u are among friends carl

thread now needs a picture of the self edge dude and his all-denim wedding tuxedo

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.

request selfies

you think gwb is an accomplished artist? boy do i have some jpegs for u

My only regret is that Buzz wrote this before being introduced to ponyplay

he brags about his ponyhair jacket, tho

Everyone at work who I have mentioned this article to has said to me "how do we get his number?!?"

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.