BITS AND BOBSChloe Sevigny's Fave Stuff
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HERRAND FIGURING
My aunt gave me a Herrand bunny when I was little and since then my mom and my brother often give me them as gifts. My boyfriend, who is a little shabby looking, had to go into the WASPiest store in Manhattan to get this for me. It’s a place called Scully & Scully. I love that he picked out a pink lamb. |
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NAMETAG
I collect the little place settings they put down at dinners and awards shows and stuff. I like this one because it was misspelled. It was at a Whitney Museum gala.
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GUN TARGET
This is from the first time I ever shot a gun. It was a .22 rifle. This was at like 30 feet. My first two shots are in the same spot! |
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WOLF MASK
My friend Lily Ludlow is a painter and sculptor. She made a series of animal masks. She was kind of a starving artist—pretty broke and down on her luck. I wanted to support her, so I bought this one. I always loved Little Red Riding Hood. The teeth in there are carved out of wood.
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MARLENE DIETRICH PHOTO
For my 30th birthday one of my best friends, Tara, gave me a pair of gloves that Marlene Dietrich had owned. This autographed photo came with them. I like how mysterious she was and how she slayed men and women both. When my brother first saw this, he thought it was a photo of me. I wish!
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BLACK BOWS
I bought these at Trash & Vaudeville. I used to go there when I was a teenager. I had wingtip steel-toed Doc Martens. Just the shoes. I couldn’t afford the boots.
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ELVIS JEAN JACKET
Out of the Blue is one of the best movies ever. When we were making Gummo, I asked Linda Manz, the star of Out of the Blue, if she still had that little Elvis jacket she wore in it. She did, and she sold it to me. This is one of my favorite things in the world.
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LIZZIE BORDEN
Halloween is my favorite holiday, so this year my boyfriend and I went to the Lizzie Borden house in Fall River, Massachusetts. It’s a bed and breakfast now. The hosts told us we could stay in the room where Mrs. Borden was murdered, but I said “No!” We ended up staying in Mr. and Mrs. Borden’s bedroom. Even that was incredibly scary. I barely slept at all.
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GRATEFUL DEAD PIN
When I was in high school, I was really into hippie boys. They were so furry. I’ve been to about 80 Dead shows. My favorite record is Workingman’s Dead because of the song “Black Peter,” but I have lots of live tapes too!
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RITZ BRUSH
Once a big fashion house flew me to Paris so I could go to their show. They put me up at the Ritz. This was one of the trinkets I stole from there. It’s a nailbrush. I thought it was funny that it was plastic. I stole a towel too. |
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GIRL WITH SNAKE CERAMIC
This is by Herrand too. I found her in an antique shop near Gramercy Park. I love the look on her face. It’s this perfect mix of pain and ecstasy.
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WHITE SUNGLASSES
My mom got these for me at a thrift store in Connecticut. I used to wear them all the time and I got made fun of in all the tabloids for them. Finally my publicist and my agent conference-called me and asked me to never wear them again. But then in Star or something they had a whole page of celebrities wearing white sunglasses and then a photo of me saying “she did it first” or something like that. I was totally vindicated.
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CREEPY DOLL
This is a Keane doll, but she reminds me of the Little Match Girl in the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale. That is one of my favorite stories. If you don’t know it, look it up.
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FASSBINDER SHIRT
I was always really into Fassbinder. I knew this little boy Jordan from around town and he made me this. I wore it out a few times, but I got too many weird looks for the swastikas on there.
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SONIC YOUTH SHIRT
I got this at the Salvation Army on Spring Street in 1994. Kim and Thurston lived around the corner from there and I had this daydream that this had been his shirt.
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BOOTS
These are boots that Balenciaga gave me as a gift. I asked Nicholas Ghesquire for them. They hurt like crazy—they are five-inch heels—but I wore them out every night when I got them. Then one night I was leaving Smiths night and a friend of mine and I were play-fighting in the street. I took a dive in these and bashed my face on the ground. I broke my four front teeth. They’re all veneered now. One is totally fake. |
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Anonymous, on Jul 17, 2008 wrote:
Those aren’t even close to being 5 inch heels, they are maybe 3.5 tops. Fucking learn how to measure. | |
Subject: reactions
Date: Dec 25 2005 12:22:45 AM
Author: gusdana
its funny how those that posted angry, bitchy comments failed to notice that the article is in the "tidbits" section. I guess they forgot that a tidbit is something that you never knew and never needed to know. That means you can read it and remember it or forget it. Its nothing to get your panties in a twist over. geezus. but if getting your frustration out involves writing negative things about a person that has favorite belongings just like they themselves do, then by god, let it out!! the less physical anger, the less damage done for everyone. violence is a chain reaction, he he
Subject: comments
Date: Dec 25 2005 12:01:02 AM
Author: jake
I don't think any of these "let me show you my stuff" pieces were meant to be taken seriously. Probably just a way for the vice people to take some time off this month and produce a "light" issue. I think some of it is actually pretty interesting. I guess I like looking at people's random stuff. I wonder why so many vicious comments were directed at Chloe in these comments. Some of them are downright bitchy and catty. Makes me feel a little "slimed" for being a Vice reader somehow... seeing people visciously attack someone they don't know for no reason. There's a kind of rabid, hysterical bitchiness to it. You see comments posted on the web that you just know the person would not have the courage to say in person.
Subject: lol
Date: Dec 24 2005 06:44:00 AM
Author: lol
lol, ur joking right?
vice is non-mainstream?
in whose culture?
Subject: The Goddess she is
Date: Dec 24 2005 06:35:25 AM
Author: Chloefan
Chloe is amazing, I first saw her in Boys Dont Cry and was mesmerized by her sexuality and beauty. I think she is better off do these Indy films and offbeat interviews with non mainstream magazines. It keeps her more down to earth
Subject: AMAZING SHIRT
Date: Dec 23 2005 11:17:41 AM
Author: Dandig
wow!!!! i LOVE THAT fassbinder shirt. I kjnow Jordan from around town too. he's not little -- he's beautiful and amazing and brilliant. i found the shirts online at www.jordanmattos.com
I want one with Atom Egoyan on it!
maybe a scene from EXOTICA or from ARARAT.
Subject: uh...
Date: Dec 23 2005 03:10:00 AM
Author: doktorwoo
am i an ass, or is chloe a goddess? refrain from responding to the former query...
Subject: love
Date: Dec 23 2005 03:11:28 AM
Author: Hamburg
chloe wir alle lieben Dich
Subject: the jacket
Date: Dec 22 2005 10:09:12 PM
Author: omnicomment
she SOLD you the fucking jacket?
greedy bitch.
Subject: denim
Date: Dec 22 2005 03:53:19 PM
Author: WT
who the fuck is Elvis?
Subject: Chloe
Date: Dec 20 2005 02:35:15 PM
Author: MerBear
Chloe kicks ass, and don't you say anything different, EVER! I <3 you chloe. Ps., she has a kick ass body.
Subject: movie
Date: Dec 20 2005 11:32:14 AM
Author: -
i see everything LoL !!
Subject: get crunk
Date: Dec 20 2005 10:53:45 AM
Author: this is why
Q:"If you don't like Vice why do you bother coming on the website and reading the whole article just to make fun of it?"
A: Because it's fun! It takes less calories than kicking a cripple, and you don't have to run away after.
Subject: oh man
Date: Dec 20 2005 02:02:46 AM
Author: merian
fucking vice. what are you doing. you were so cool and now you have chloe sevigny telling us about stupid shit that she owns. i do like chloe sevigny; shes a good actress but who gives a fuck about this shit. also you fucking losers from quebec suck cock. eat a bag of dicks you fucking bitches. im just angry. sorry. i cant take this magazine anymore i think.
Subject: please
Date: Dec 19 2005 10:58:19 PM
Author: ohyes
You rockit baby.
Subject: Balls
Date: Dec 19 2005 09:43:22 PM
Author: Irish Nigger
I have a set of balls.
They remind me of the cinnamon candy my grandmother used to keep in a jard atop her china caninet. My girlfriend, who is a little shabby looking, had to shave them once with the JAPiest Manhattan razor I could find, it was a mach 48 infinite blade. The kind you find in boats on the northshoare. I like it that my balls aren't blue.
Subject: shut up
Date: Dec 19 2005 08:21:58 PM
Author: get crunk
Telly gave her AIDS. She gave it to Casper. Idiot.
Everyone else, shut up. If you don't like Vice why do you bother coming on the website and reading the whole article just to make fun of it?
Subject: Get used to it.
Date: Dec 19 2005 07:30:02 PM
Author: Mike
"A Pro-Barf Buy"
-Article from Marketing Magazine, April 2004
"We've had (advertisers) say 'tone your content down,' and we tell them to fuck off," says Smith. "Because the minute we do we're dead."
"Vice grows up to be more ad-friendly"
-Article from Marketing Magazine, Tuesday November 1, 2005
Youth magazine Vice is growing up. The 11-year-old title, infamous for its provocative photos of everything from drug use and sex to bodily functions, is toning down the racier elements of its editorial approach in a bid to attract more ads.
In a letter sent to advertisers in September, Vice editor Jesse Pearson pledged the magazine will feature “less flippant commentary and no more gratuitous shock value.” The publication–which produces 10 editions in 13 countries and has a worldwide circulation of about 600,000–is “growing up a bit” says Pearson.
Erik Lavoie, Vice’s Brooklyn,N.Y.-based associate publisher, says the magazine has been gradually changing its editorial approach over the past several months. The “new” Vice, he says, will include more feature-type stories on fashion, art and culture. He doesn’t expect the new direction to impact the freebie’s 100%pick-up rate, and predicts that “it will attract more advertising.”
Subject: yeah
Date: Dec 19 2005 06:39:33 PM
Author: ummm
chloe sevigny owns
Subject: shut up
Date: Dec 19 2005 06:16:20 PM
Author: reyrey
absolutely everyone sounds contrived. look, chloe sevigny makes pretty good movies, never says stupid shit and really likes halloween. whats not to like? you know if you invited her over to dinner shed want to look at yr family album and compliment yr mom on the meal. class!
Subject: morrissey night x 5 inch heels
Date: Dec 19 2005 06:04:38 PM
Author: witness
i was there that night.. it certainly didn't help that you were so fucked out of your skull - you would've ended up taking a face dive even if you were in flip flops. nice one.
Subject: oh its stuff!
Date: Dec 19 2005 05:41:42 PM
Author: hesley
whatever! this stuff is fun to look at...its just a list of tidbits and doesn't try to be more (does it?)...sheesh who the hoo takes this magazine that seriously. i like chloe.
also, i think i'm the only one on this whole continent that liked gallo's "brown bunny"...its was incredibly long and drawn out and made you squirm thinking "what the hell? when will this end?", but i liked it. dirt bikes.
Subject: who really cares?
Date: Dec 19 2005 05:07:06 PM
Author: x.x.
subjective opinions + mathematical analogy= pretense
Subject: economic hookers
Date: Dec 19 2005 04:11:46 PM
Author: good god
Come on people, she's an ACTRESS: She remembers her lines and smiles for the camera...do you REALLY think any movie she was ever in would've been any different had another actress been chosen for the role? That is the truly forgotten idea surrounding cinema - SMASH MEDIOCRITY!!!! START WITH THIS PIECE OF TRASH AND THEN MOVE ONTO OUR FAVORITE CABLE TV WHORE, SARAH SILVERMAN!!!!
Subject: I love chloe
Date: Dec 19 2005 03:49:56 PM
Author: Tracy Vanity
Who is she with now? I liked her and Harmony together, they were cute.
Subject: it seems to me
Date: Dec 19 2005 03:44:22 PM
Author: bubba
so chloe invites her friend that she just met, who works at Vice over to hers. they get totally trashed and at 8am come up with this great idea for a story.
Subject: Chloe Sevigny vs. A bag lady
Date: Dec 19 2005 07:52:15 AM
Author: pepe
Can someone please explain the difference (if any)between Chloe and your average bag lady?
-They both carry alot of random, dusty crap around with them.
-They both dress like they found their clothes in the garbage and then proceeded to create an entire ensemble inspired by their schizophrenia.
-Neither party has any discernible talent.
-They are both willing to blow a unkempt, dishevelled and bearded man for money.
This issue was pretty fucking "meh" save for the 10 pages of general tidbits and the racist ones. But I guess I can forgive Vice for this abortion of an edition because "Immersionism" and "Kill Your Parents" were so good.
Subject: delicious!
Date: Dec 18 2005 11:27:52 PM
Author: Hill + Oakland
pretentiousness + ignorance = irony
Creepy Doll = "...she reminds me of the Little Match Girl in the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale. That is one of my favorite stories. IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT, LOOK IT UP." [caps added for emphasis]
Snake Girl = "I found her in an antique shop near Gramercy Park. I love the look on her face. It’s this perfect mix of pain and ecstasy."
Chloe, besides being the "perfect mix of pain and ecstasy," the sculpture is likely Cleopatra from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" (with the asp [snake] clutched to the breast and all). If you don't know it, look it up.
See? She takes hipster pride from some useless, obscure allusion, while completely missing her own inadvertent reference to the Great Work of Art (which, being that it's a play and she's an actress, is doubly delicious). That's irony. You guys LOVE irony, right? It's like your metier or some shit.
I could make the easy joke about dumb sluts and Vincent Gallo's wang, but I'm better than that.
See you all in law school in 5 years, hacks.
Subject: blech
Date: Dec 18 2005 03:04:09 PM
Author: mr boffo
fuck new york
i love chloe
Subject: girl with ceramic snake
Date: Dec 17 2005 10:23:44 PM
Author: hooter
its this perfect mix of pain and ecstasy
Subject: whatever
Date: Dec 17 2005 08:59:40 PM
Author: RR
I'm not going to complain
The fact that she has the Elvis jacket from Out of the Blue is pretty fucking "sweet"
Subject: this reads like a fucking npr show
Date: Dec 17 2005 04:16:23 PM
Author: i agree
like it's all hypnotic and shit. like what she trying to do, fucking hypnotize into fucking coming to see her next porno?
Subject: comment
Date: Dec 16 2005 10:57:35 PM
Author: BB
anything anyone says on here seems contrived.
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