I am not a gay man but I’d play one on television if I thought there was a Golden Globe in it for me. In fact, my wife insists that her next husband will indeed, be a gay man and I’m cool with that as long as I’m not still around to witness all the fabulous shopping thrown back in my face. And just so you know that this Op-Ed is not coming from a squinted biased eye, I’m hereby going on cyber-record to announce to the entire Blogosphere that our bride’s maid was a male fashion designer, my best man was a lesbian, and we first encountered our bisexual ceremonial minister at a coffee shop in Boystown. If you don’t believe me, just ask our poor parents. And perhaps this is why a certain Jason Wu recently ‘Requested’ my Friendship on Facebook. (The fact that I even know who the man is serves as the premise for this piece.)
And thus, without doth protesting too much, if you ever met me in person you’d clearly see that I’m not physically fit enough to be gay—or at least, not the sort of gay I’d prefer if druthers were in order. I do know a little bit about fashion, though, and I have to declare that I am totally pissed that Michelle Obama did not wear Maria Pinto at the Inauguration. There, it’s out. I said it.
Allow me to digress. Maria Pinto is a well known Chicago based fashion designer who studied under Geoffrey Beene. She is the twin sister of my best friend and managing broker, Joe Pinto, and a personal friend and designer-of-choice of my wife, Mona. For the past 18 months, none other than the Michelle Obama, has been frequenting the Pinto showroom for complimentary couture and thus, dangling the possibility of wearing Maria Pinto for The Inauguration. There were nods and winks but I can say no more. And since ‘ The Dress ‘ will ultimately hang in the Smithsonian alongside the likes of Jackie Kennedy and First Ladied others…well, needless to say…this was all a pretty big deal Read more