By Nadia Pflaum
Friday night at Nara, a friend of mine nudged me with her elbow and whispered, "What's up with Axl Rose over there?"
She was motioning to a woman on the opposite side of the bar wearing a scarf around her head like any number of rockers might -- Steven Tyler and Mick Jagger also come to mind. I found out that a) she's awesome, and b) she's a lawyer.
Diane didn't mind being asked 20 questions about her look; she gamely ticked off a few women she considers style icons. "Sienna Miller, Mary Kate Olsen, Nicole Ritchie -- I like bohemian glam."
Let the record show that this was the first time I've ever heard anyone say the words "bohemian glam" out loud.
Diane and her friend Misti had actually just been discussing style -- the lack of it -- at Shark Bar, the new hotspot in the Power and Light District. The servers there apparently wear a jumble of swimwear and slutwear (my word, not theirs). I imagine it looks like the $7 swimsuit sale rack at Old Navy.
"That's a bad story," Misti laughed. "There's no conformity. Nobody matches." And with all the partial nudity, Misti says she couldn't help but think, "Please wash your hands."
As for Diane's headband, she explained that it's a way of getting out of doing her hair for the night. She knows it's a little out there for Kansas City, but that's fine with her. "I was at a concert in the River Market and a guy walked up to me and said, 'Nice Axl Rose'," she said. "We ended up dating for four or five months."
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You should do a special segment out at renfest. I am there every weekend and a lot of the fun is watching what the patrons end up buying and wearing.. sometimes cute, sometimes creepy.. but interesting.. aaalllways interesting.
good god, even when pitch tries to be nice everyone flips. do all commenters secretly work for the star?
Misti,
I edited the spelling of your name (sorry about that) but I stand by the rest. Call me if you still have a problem:
816-218-6773
it would be one thing if they scouted out people who could actually dress. wearing a scarf on your head does not a fashion icon make.
I am the alleged "misty" in this feature.
I need the Pitch readers to know that my words were not accurately quoted and I'm very disappointed in the level of journalism and integrity of this author.
for example the words, "not sanitary" were used instead of the printed words "wash your hands." In addition, I have never and will never use the phrase "slutwear."
jason, it's not like the clothes pieces are taking away pages that might be used for something else. this is the internet, there's room for everything. so long as they keep making the awesome daily briefs i'll keep clicking here a couple times a day no matter how "girly" or "star' it gets.
can we please knock this shit off? Or at least move this the back page...is there really nothing more going on in this town that you have resorted to critiquing people's clothes? Start re-running night ranger or some something. Starting to look like one of hearne�s article. Yeah I said it, this shit is star material.
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