Monday, October 20, 2008

R.I.P.: Mr. Blackwell

Mr. Blackwell (AKA Richard Blackwell AKA Richard Selzer) passed away yesterday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from an intestinal infection. He was 86.
In 1960, Mr. Blackwell started his annual "Worst Dressed" list and continued to do one every year. His last list was in 2007.
Victoria Beckham has the honor of being his last victim. He had this to say about her: "Forget the fashion spice -- wearing a skirt would suffice! In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty posh can really wreck 'em."
obit HERE

Here's just a few of his classics:

Sharon Stone: "An over-the-hill Cruella DeVille."
Barbra Streisand:
"She looks like a masculine Bride of Frankenstein."
Britney Spears
: "Her bra-topped collection of Madonna rejects are pure fashion overkill."
Queen Elizabeth II:
"From her majesty to her travesty."
Bjork
: "She dances in the dark — and dresses there, too."

Mr. Blackwell is survived by his partner of over 60 years, Robert Spencer.

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