Trend : Sci Fi bitches

Beau Garrett in Tron : Legacy

 It is the geek moment of the year : Tron Legacy, the long-awaited sequel-tribute of classic sci fi flick Tron is finally about to be released and the previews abound. Last in date, a video featuring the music of famous electronic band Daft Punk : if you like robot music, you will be delighted. But if, like me, you find it boring, it is time to focus on a funnier aspect of the event, the celebration of sci fi bitches.

Gareth Pugh

 When I say "bitches", of course I think about Gaga and her "out of the world"'s outfits. Last year, she was surrealistic, avant-gardist, very year 3000. But now, at the end of 2010, Gaga is just an ancestor of the genre. Everyone in the music industry copied the idea, from Fergie to Kanye, and singers with classic ( boring ) style have reached a brand new celebrity thanks to their radical makeover. Want a proof ? See some before/after pictures of Nicki Minaj. How do you spell "opportunism" ?

Gloria Coelho Pedro Lourenço

 But, very far from the concert hall, the sci fi bitches have developped as a whole category of women in the tiny and secret world of the geek nation. There, they don't worship Angelina Jolie. Scarlett Johansson only got their heart because she has played in Iron Man. No, their icons are called "Number 6" ( what a feminist name ... ) or Anna, a frosty beauty who hides her scales under a satin skin. Welcome to the reign of the snake women !

Amy Thompson

 Those queens of ice are now investing the fashion magazines, symbols of a liberated woman, who have reached a job with responsability and who doesn't need a man anymore. This woman's best accessory ? A naked ( younger ) man. Better than any IT bag, and a great social revenge. For this woman, out of the question to go back into the past to fill up her walk-in closet ( or her second flat, so does Anna Dello Russo ). Her clothes are definitely futuristic.

Ara-jo

 To satisfy their desires, a range of young artists, Gareth Pugh in the lead, but also some grands noms who dare to take the risk of some innovative designs ( the sophisticated french elegance of Hervé Leger turned into an army of the future this year ). The singular shapes are now gaining admittance in the ready to wear collections and in the streets, where you can see more and more latex, metallic fabrics and outfits which were usually more common in Star Strek.

Mildred Von Hildegard

 The housewifes of Prada and Vuitton against the cold warriors of the new generation : choose your side ! Even if it means posing as an alien, I will choose neither because I find both very rigid. Between Bree Van De Kamp and Amber Rose, I think that we can create something a bit more human, feminine and strong at the same time. But I admit that aesthetically, I prefer to see the work of photographer Paco Peregrin and that I would love to possess the clothes of Pugh's last collection.

photography of Paco Peregrin

 But am I not going to attempt the full look of the sci fi bitch : I would be too afraid to look like a Visitor or a Trekkie ( not that being a Trekkie is something negative, my mind is as large as space, but it is not my cup of tea ). Okay, Laura Vandervoot gets all the guys, but life in plastic ( or in lizard skin ... ) is not that fantastic, as we are still living in the present. Get me some spaceship and I could change my mind.

Morena Baccarin in V