Joe Sacco better watch his back, because Matt Groening and The Simpsons are entering the comics-journalism race. Their beat? Fashion. In the August issue of Harper’s Bazzar magazine, Simpsons illustrator Julius Preite creates a fabulous 8-page spread that follows the new first family to Paris with former model Linda Evangelista for Paris Fashion Week.
The feature is dripping with fashionistas including Donatella Versace (who I only think of as a character played by Molly Shannon actually…) Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, and many more, all caricatured Simpsons-style.
Sure, it’s all just (incredibly clever) promotion for this summer’s The Simpsons Movie, but original content like Homer Simpson making fun of the (relatively) newly-skinny Karl Lagerfeld is the kind of advertorial content that I can get behind.
This isn’t the first time that comics and fashion have mixed, with the fashion industry having a historical relationship with illustration and the comics medium. Quite a while ago, Maurice Vellekoop did reportage from Paris Fashion Week in comics format, appearing in Time Magazine. Just recently Toronto’s own Kagan MacLeod covered Toronto Fashion Week for The National Post through comics and illustration, alongside more traditional reportage.
While I enjoy the Vuitton illo to the right, you’ve got to Gaultier with Maggie in his purse like some sort of miniature dog. Apparently chihuahua’s are so last season. This year: Babies. You can check out the entire feature at The Fashionista Blog.
– Christopher
Thanks to Nathalie for the heads-up.
maya rudolph played donatella versace.
Dammit all to heck.
– Chris