Look out, Seth Meyers. Fashion has a new favorite comedian/host: James Corden, a.k.a. the newish portly British host of “The Late Late Show” on CBS and baker/star of the movie “Into the Woods.” After a leading role at the 2014 Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Mr. Corden has been named host of the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, to be held in June. It’s the big industry seal of approval.
Mr. Meyers, of course, hosted that one back in 2012 (followed by Andy Cohen in 2013 and John Waters last year), as well as the Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund Awards last year, not to mention a Couture Council award luncheon. He has been, up until now at least, the king of the American fashion award circuit.
And he has embraced his relationship with the industry, to the extent that his 2013 Martha’s Vineyard wedding was featured in Vogue.
As to why Mr. Corden has become the heir to that particular throne however, I admit, I am slightly at a loss.
After all, it’s not like Mr. Corden is a well-known clotheshorse. Indeed, his monologue at the Glamour awards involved a long riff on his lack of fashion savvy, largely attributed to his non-sample-size body.
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Nor is it as if his humor, which tends to the “energetic, amiable and cheerfully self-assured, but not particularly special,” as Alessandra Stanley pointed out in a review in this newspaper, has a fashioncentric edge. Or, actually, any edge at all.
Maybe sartorial savants Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were not available? Maybe Chelsea Handler was off on tour? Maybe all the female comedians who didn’t get late-night TV jobs didn’t want to be seen hosting a fashion event for fear it would marginalize them even more?
I’m just speculating here, you understand.
In any case, while announcing the news, Steven Kolb, the CFDA chief executive, offered this rationale: “As the charming and funny new host of ‘The Late Late Show,’ we couldn’t think of a better time for James Corden to share his observations on American fashion.”
What those observations might be remains to be seen. However, I think there is one clue. During his Glamour stint, Mr. Corden focused on one special member of the audience as part of his routine: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
He declared his undying “weird crush” on the former secretary of state and probable presidential candidate. He said, “There is one woman here who I cannot take my eyes off, and there’s one reason: It’s because she’s been undressing me with her eyes.” (That was Mrs. Clinton.) He announced that he wanted to be her “minister of romance.”
Mrs. Clinton tried to be a good sport and look amused, but it was not the funniest moment.
Still, substitute Anna Wintour or Diane von Furstenberg, the CFDA president, for Mrs. Clinton, and it might liven up the evening.
It also might get more fashion jokes on late-night TV. You never know.
Look out, Seth Meyers. Fashion has a new favorite comedian/host: James Corden, a.k.a. the newish portly British host of “The Late Late Show” on CBS and baker/star of the movie “Into the Woods.” After a leading role at the 2014 Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Mr. Corden has been named host of the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, to be held in June. It’s the big industry seal of approval.
Mr. Meyers, of course, hosted that one back in 2012 (followed by Andy Cohen in 2013 and John Waters last year), as well as the Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund Awards last year, not to mention a Couture Council award luncheon. He has been, up until now at least, the king of the American fashion award circuit.
And he has embraced his relationship with the industry, to the extent that his 2013 Martha’s Vineyard wedding was featured in Vogue.
As to why Mr. Corden has become the heir to that particular throne however, I admit, I am slightly at a loss.
After all, it’s not like Mr. Corden is a well-known clotheshorse. Indeed, his monologue at the Glamour awards involved a long riff on his lack of fashion savvy, largely attributed to his non-sample-size body.
Nor is it as if his humor, which tends to the “energetic, amiable and cheerfully self-assured, but not particularly special,” as Alessandra Stanley pointed out in a review in this newspaper, has a fashioncentric edge. Or, actually, any edge at all.
Maybe sartorial savants Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were not available? Maybe Chelsea Handler was off on tour? Maybe all the female comedians who didn’t get late-night TV jobs didn’t want to be seen hosting a fashion event for fear it would marginalize them even more?
I’m just speculating here, you understand.
In any case, while announcing the news, Steven Kolb, the CFDA chief executive, offered this rationale: “As the charming and funny new host of ‘The Late Late Show,’ we couldn’t think of a better time for James Corden to share his observations on American fashion.”
What those observations might be remains to be seen. However, I think there is one clue. During his Glamour stint, Mr. Corden focused on one special member of the audience as part of his routine: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
He declared his undying “weird crush” on the former secretary of state and probable presidential candidate. He said, “There is one woman here who I cannot take my eyes off, and there’s one reason: It’s because she’s been undressing me with her eyes.” (That was Mrs. Clinton.) He announced that he wanted to be her “minister of romance.”
Mrs. Clinton tried to be a good sport and look amused, but it was not the funniest moment.
Still, substitute Anna Wintour or Diane von Furstenberg, the CFDA president, for Mrs. Clinton, and it might liven up the evening.
It also might get more fashion jokes on late-night TV. You never know.
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