Who’s That On Your Shoulder, Johnny Weir?

We sent a couple of our photogs to the Isaac Mizrahi show at Fashion Week this afternoon, thinking it’d be an easy gig. No reason to worry. Turns out they needed remarkably tough stomachs when they stumbled upon ice skater Johnny Weir. You see, Johnny likes to stand out. And a flamingo pink Chanel blazer isn’t enough to do that on its own. He’s gotta accessorize. A fancy watch? Sure. Nice earrings? Whatever. But what Johnny really needed was a taxidermied raccoon to wear on his shoulder. One that he could Bedazzle on the face. And the paws. Those poor little former raccoon paws.

We were sincerely hoping the raccoon was a fake, but it’s likely real. Johnny has spoken frequently about his love of using real fur. Check out this interview in New York Magazine where Johnny said, “‘I do have a lot of fur. I’m a big fan of fur. I’m not a fan of nutria or fake fur and I’ve taken a lot of flack for that, but it’s just a choice that I make.’”

Those poor little paws. Bedazzling is such an unseemly end.

  • PumaJ

    The fur is a design by Mizrahi, which Mizrahi sent to Weir in the morning as a gift.

  • Lobo

    The poor little raccoon should rear it’s poor little head and bite this showboat on the cheek!

  • http://infdaily.com Jessica @ INF Daily

    PumaJ: “The fur is a design by Mizrahi, which Mizrahi sent to Weir in the morning as a gift.”
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    That sort of ruins my mental image of Johnny Weir sitting cross-legged on the floor, Bedazzler in hand, painstakingly reproducing the raccoon’s mask in a sparkly fashion.

  • Irene

    There’s an overabundance of those critters in my neighborhood. They are constantly ripping into the trash cans and scattering trash all over the place.