Within two years, the Juicy phenomenon—as seen on TV (notably The Simple Life), in tabloids, at airports and malls—was indisputable, like it or not. And some really did not: “Most people in the fashion world thought we were the killers of fashion,” notes Nash-Taylor. But the haters were greatly outnumbered by fans, including people in the highest echelons of the industry, as became clear when Singer brought the duo to the couture shows for a feature that ran in Vogue. “My interest in Juicy Couture was much more around why John Galliano wanted to wear them or why Karl Lagerfeld wanted to wear them,” she says.
With John Galliano at Christian Dior couture.
Photographed by Robert Fairer, Vogue, April 2003Skaist-Levy and Nash-Taylor arrived in Paris with monogrammed two-pieces for the great designers, which were great hits. But that’s not all they delivered. “They were so happy all the time. And people in fashion are almost never happy. They were so smiley. They were so present. Everybody sort of paid attention to them, and everybody wanted a tracksuit, everybody,” recalls Singer. “I think we were afraid that the fashion world would not embrace us,” says Skaist-Levy, “but secretly it was their guilty pleasure.” Now, in these days of ’00s nostalgia, it is again.
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In Vogue: The 2000s is presented by Anna Wintour, and produced by Vogue. Episode 4, “From Pacoima to Paris: A Very Juicy Story,” features interviews with, in order of appearance, Pamela Skaist-Levy, Gela Nash-Taylor, Sally Singer, Kate Young, and Rachel Zoe. Vogue’s editorial team is Mark Holgate, Nicole Phelps, and Laird Borrelli-Persson. Hosted by Hamish Bowles.
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