Anxiety's All the Fashion

Givenchy Paris Fashion Week Petroff

Hollywood, Madison Avenue, 7th Avenue. They’ve all gotten pretty good at co-opting the anxieties and calamities of the times to move their wares, haven’t they? The caption of the first photo reads:

Sept. 29, 2013. Illustration View of the runway during Givenchy show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2014, held at ‘la Halle Freyssinet’ in Paris.

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Capitol shooting

The second photo, taken on Thursday, shows a police car decimated while trying to stop a psychotic woman using her vehicle as a weapon around the Capitol. The engagement led to a brief lockdown of the area.

What do you make of this runway detail?

(photo 1: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff—Getty Images photo 2: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters caption: Rescue personnel stand around a smashed U.S. Capitol Police car following a shooting near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Oct. 3, 2013. The Capitol was briefly locked down on Thursday after gunshots were fired outside the building.Rescue personnel stand around a smashed U.S. Capitol Police car following a shooting near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Oct. 3, 2013. The Capitol was briefly locked down on Thursday after gunshots were fired outside the building.)