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Agyness Deyn - "the face of a generation", apparently

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by dove_from_above

Judging by the four page spread dedicated to her in today's Independent Extra supplement, coupled with her flat appearance at the NME Awards last week, it would appear that she's now well and truly jumped from being mere filler for the free sheets

What's all the fuss about though?

From what I can tell, she's not *that* good to look at. Sure, she's got supposedly 'cool' hair and dresses well, but take that away and you've got a rather plain girl with a dodgy chin from Lancashire

Or am I wrong?

dove_from_above | 05 Mar '08, 11:22 | Send note | Report this | Reply

"a rather plain girl with a dodgy chin from Lancashire"

The face of a generation for sure

Someone has to be draughted in to replace the ubiquitous Ms. Moss though surely?

who else would be a candidate (must be British of course) ?


I know

my room is a fucking tip.


:)


I have no opinion on this little Lancashire hottpot

...but please allow me to express my delight at finally hearing somebody who will admit to reading the Independent!

:D


ha!

I have to read a different paper every day for work, hactually. Today was the turn of the Independent

Guardian 4 life


i read it!!!

...hmmmm


1 Indy reader was a miracle

but, 2? A mirage, surely?!!

:D


She's good looking

But not amazing. Her voice and her "I'm from the north and I'm really, like, normal" shtick really pisses me off.


I only found out who she was about a week ago

Obviously not the face of my generation. I'll stick with Fed Dibnah.


Fed-de Legrande Dibnah?

Put Your Hands Up For Garstang?


She's well good at liek

wearing clothes n' shit. Much better than me.


She's very unique looking, but so are a lot of people.

If she's the face of a generation then that means i've slept with women that are better looking that the face of a whole generation, which makes me feel a little less useless.


I, like, like the look of her, like.

But, like, other than that, like, she gets on my fucking tits, like.

If she was, like, serving me chips in my local chip shop, like, I'd, like tell her, like, that if she said "like" one more fucking time, like, I'd jump over the counter and deep fry her head, like.


*Angus Deyton


She like looked like

totally hot like on her interview with jonathan ross like but like oh my god like shut up like


Does anyone actually care about her?

It's like when Daisy Lowe was supposedly the fulcrum of all boho fashionistas. IT'S THE DAUGHTER OF THE SINGER FROM POWDER!


i thought she was the daughter of dude from Bush

and some groupie woman? was groupie woman in a band? or am i getting groupies mixed up?


Powder.

They were ace, for about 16 minutes in 1993.


they were great live

i saw them in '95 i think, at some free festival in leeds. plus pearl is hott


daughter of gavin rossdale from bush, and pearl lowe

but brought up by pearl and danny from supergrass

and simon t can shhh - daisy lowe is amazing!


when will there be a 'face of the generation'

that has some buxom breasts


There probably is

it's just that nobody's looking at it


a face/breast combo

should only be performed by two people

otherwise it just looks like face tumours


<3


best. post.

ever.


<3 <3

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I'm not having a good day am I?

remember that day when my keyboard broke? even that was better than this.


she annoys me

she is trying to do a kate moss.. but its so contrived

Love her or hate her.. Kate Moss is a genuine phenomena that has actually had a significant cultural impact on popular culture in the 90s/00s but that was quite an organic process... Agyness Deyn's rise as a model seems really manufactured


Good points

Also, her real name is Laura Hollins. How's 'Laura Hollins' ever going to be the face of a generation?


Yep

It's bizarre. Having the chance to choose your own name is one of the greatest opportunities known to man

Me?

I'd be Fabrizio Juggernaut


there is some story behind the name

her mum chose it or something.. some mystic hippy bullshit aparently


um

Agyness Deyn

=

Deny Gayness


Independent goes Hello/OK shocker

"Laura Hollins chose Agnes Dean as her going-to-be-famous name, while her mother, Lorraine, somehow conjured the look of the name – its styling, if you will– by applying some of the wisdom she has gained through being a master of reiki healing. Or after reading an article about numerology in a magazine. Depending on what you prefer to believe. Anyway, it is not whimsical, this name, it is serious and somehow spiritual. And edgy. Or something"

"The trademark blond crop here appears suitably unkempt, and those all-important dark roots are proudly on display – a must for anyone working a street-inspired look that at least pays lip-service to Madonna circa True Blue, but is rather more "real" – as the parlance goes – than that."

Go back to campaigning for political prisoners and ripping George Bush apart, you stupid bastards.


Is it Deborah Ross?

I'm not sure any newspaper contributor makes me as frustrated as her.

(Alright, apart from Tim Dowling)


I think she's pretty.

She seems alright.


...

She has the face of Yazz and (in the words of a Tory MP) looks like she dresses in Boy George's house, in 1997, in the dark.

Seeing as this is the second time I've read her name, I have to ask: Who is she and what does she do?


she's a model

she models


...

...is that it?


yeah

i guess also, she is considered a style icon


what's your point, tunde?

she's a model. she models. she's a style icon as alley says. i don't particularly like her, but being all incredulous is a bit silly of you


no, i think he has a point

why would the face of our (or rather, your, as it means for Brits) generation be someone who doesn't do anything? she works as a model, she has her own sense of style, and so what? that says nothing about a generation, except maybe that they're vapid or shallow (which is not to say that Deyn is vapid or shallow, just that having a model as a representation is empty)


but we've always had faces of a generation

it's nothing new or unique at all.

i don't think she's it, but that's neither here nor there


???

i'm not saying it's weird having a face of a generation, just that it's silly to say a model who is unnotable for anything other than being a model is it


what was kate moss notable for really?

or twiggy?

or whoever else...

i think it's perfectly fine that a mere model can be the face of a generation - if her look and style and general aura embodies the spirit of the age and all that


that's a fair point

stealthy still has a point as well. and i still think it's silly, it would be nice if it could be someone who's *done* something. although i wouldn't know who to suggest, really.


i don't know who that is

...should i?


Rose West

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_West

read her story it's a very happy tale


ah

she's more my mom's generation


i've heard of her actually, i just didn't know what she looked like or what her name was

also, I'M AN AMERICAN, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES AND THINGS


it's history

don't they teach you about the history of serial killers any more, they did in my day


you know what i mean though

don't get me wrong, i'm not someone without an appreciation for fashion and those involved. just it's not the first thing i'd want to represent my generation.


...

I don't think it's all that silly to wonder what Johnathan Ross could find to talk about with someone whose profession is wearing clothes.


modelling, travelling, interesting storied about photographers

stylists, editors etc...?

and just her general attitude, sense of style, fashion inspirations?


...

Yes, good one. You're right, Ross would just do what he usually does when he's booked a useless guest: turn the interview into a cascade of smut and interesting objects people have sent in, plus the always good internet clip the rest of the world got bored of 4 months ago. I call it The Norton.


...

Because musicians don't have stories about travelling and being photographed, or because they do, but the thought that they might prefer to talk about actually creating something bores/scares you?


yes

when i see any show with an interview with a musician i get scared, hold me stealthy don't let me be afraid any more


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i never got what that meant

is it a good thing ?


give or recieve ?

cause i'm happy to receive, but i don't do any of that strap-on freaky shit, but maybe for you vikram i'll make an exception


...

I guess we'll never know. Because 6 months from now it'll be Aggynez Who?

Unless she starts fucking a rubbish musician.

Stealthy Drops Truth Bombs!


jim jeffries was great by the way

he did a skit where he named his microphone mohammed and simulated it bumming him. it were ace!


i had no idea what she looked like

she's really, REALLY plain!


who ?

why ?
when ?
how ?


i prefer my ladies to:

be brunette
have some breasts
have a massive biteble rear
have no personality
not eat chips or pies, or drink pints
earn less than me
not sound like summat off of Corrie