F*CK JOHN VARVATOS

From Gawker:

“John Varvatos, the fashion designer who has made a career of co-opting rock n’ rollers from Alice Cooper to Chris Cornell and Iggy Pop [and Velvet Revolver – see above – Ed.], has taken over what used to be CBGBs. His store will open in the spring. Unrelatedly, the New York City Coroner Office officially pronounced Punk dead this morning at 11:03 am. He is survived by his younger brother Emo and his sister, Balkan-infused Pop. Memorial Drinks and canapés will be served at Whole Foods Bowery.”

The Real New Yorker is an endangered species, and certainly doesn’t exist in Manhattan any more. Shitheads like Varvatos who like to play the role of the fashionable bohemian are the reason why. Earth to Asshole: the struggling artistes who made the Village what it is today never shopped at stores like yours or Marc Jacobs’. I hope you’re trapped and burned alive in your own shop.

-AR