Splendor in the Court (dressing Michael Jackson)

[realFedUp]

This story just made me go huuuuuhhhhhhhhwhhhhaaaaa??
today:
basically two guys design Michael Jackson's court
"costumes" every day. One gets up at 3 am, drives
the clothing for that day up to Neverland...like an hour and a
half drive one way each day and dresses MJ.

I'm sure the tailors are paid well, and pardon my living outside
the rich and famous airway, but this one just struck
me as excessively ridiculous as everything about MJ seems.

http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-et-tailors24may24,1,4093469.story?coll=la-headlines-lifestyle

May 24, 2005 latimes.com

Splendor in the court

Two designers work long hours creating the clothes Michael Jackson wears at his trial.

By Booth Moore, Times Staff Writer

They are the men behind the Man in the Mirror. For nearly 20 years, L.A.-based costume designers Michael Bush and Dennis Tompkins have quietly designed most of Michael Jackson's personal and concert tour wardrobes, tens of thousands of pieces.

They created the war-torn black shirt and pants he wore in the "Man in the Mirror" video and the rhinestone-encrusted American flag jacket he wore during a Washington, D.C., concert to support the victims of Sept. 11. And, since February, they have been outfitting Jackson for what could be his most important performance yet — in a Santa Maria courtroom.

Each day, Bush wakes at 3 a.m. to drive the day's outfit — typically a colorful print vest and a suit with military details — from his home studio in Los Feliz up the 101 Freeway to Neverland Ranch. There, between 6 and 7 a.m., he dresses Jackson, who always says "Thank you" and gives him a hug, Bush says. The designer returns by midafternoon, in time to help Tompkins put the finishing touches on the next day's look. Tompkins makes most of Jackson's costumes with a single fitting. The pair create his courtroom wardrobe using the "Michael mannequin," built to the singer's exact dimensions.

Perhaps what they are most proud of is that Jackson has never worn the same thing twice.

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. Perhaps they might know of a hair stylist for Phil Spector.

Picture stolen from this DU thread:
<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3716340>

[ohio_liberal]

2. WTF?

Wow. That is one fucked up hairdo.

[realFedUp]

4. lol....that cracked me up also

does it seem more crazy in this country
in the last five years or what?

[JHB]

3. Be thankful for the window...

...into the life of the Rich, Extravagant, and Shameless. How many corporate execs have this same scene play out for them or their wives, just in a manner that draws less attention? Or if not that, some other equally ridiculous waste of more money than most families make in a year. Point to it as the kind of economy Bushco is trying to create: the fabulously wealthy, and those who attend to them. No middle class, no Jeffersoian vision to democracy, just masters and servants.

[realFedUp]

5. more thankful for the door

that I can close or turn off on this kind of "news".
:-)

[Kerrytravelers]

6. kicking this for the afternoon DUers.

Even in these serious times, we all need something we can shake our heads at in amazement at the sheer level of stupidity.