Alcohol monitoring bracelet hits the runway

Posted Oct 9th 2007 at 11:44AM by Lauren Messiah (Subscribe to Lauren Messiah's posts)

Filed under: CELEBRITY STYLE, Fashion, Celebrity, News, Runway Report

karl lagerfeld alcohol monitoring bracelet chanel

Now I have seen it all! The alcohol monitoring bracelet, which is usually pegged as an embarrassing thing to wear, is now a fashion accessory. The "accessory" was just spotted in Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel runway show.

With celebrities like Eve, Michelle Rodriguez and Lindsay Lohan sporting the court-required anklet, we've grown somewhat accustomed plastic black trackers, but to morph it into an accessory -- that's just plain weird.

I know you all will have an opinion on this one. So what do you think: did Karl take this little "joke" too far? Or do you think this DUI device is just a funny pop culture parody?

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)

Koko269 10-10-2007 @ 12:39AM

Wow... the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Dre Film 10-12-2007 @ 3:36PM

Your comments: I first read about this on Global Grinds website at
www.globalgrind.com I think this is insane. But I mean I guess its
the new trend in Hollywood to need an alcohol monitor, and they do
have the money to purchase Chanel shoes, and you know how they love
their accessories. So although it seems kinda sick and twisted, it
also makes sense.

RLSmith 10-12-2007 @ 8:12PM

When I saw the AOL headline "See Alarming Runway Look" and clicked to this site, the thing that alarmed me was NOT the ankle braclet but the completely emaciated model! Just look at her hipbones for christsake. What happened to the trend toward fashion houses featuring more healthy looking models? Does this poor girl even eat?

L. 10-12-2007 @ 8:13PM

Where did they find one small enough for that stick ankle? I guess it is a designer made one.

Mia 10-12-2007 @ 8:24PM

I guess all the Hollywood celebrities who wear these ankle monitors must know how these hot fashions will look with them. If they go and spend thousands of dollars on an outfit, another thousand dollars on shoes, and the ankle monitor clashes, then that's an awful lot of money to be flushing down the toilet... (Such dilemmas...)

Judy 10-12-2007 @ 8:26PM

I agree -- the protruding hip bones are far more alarming. The ankle bracelet is just silly.

Vonnie 10-12-2007 @ 8:42PM

That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen! What message is the designer trying to convey to the young people? That it's "in" to have a substance
abuse problem? He should be ashamed!

altrwrkr2 10-12-2007 @ 8:37PM

oh my word that poor girl is soo skinny she is sickly looking. i wish they would get some women that looked normal. ya know a normal looking woman is beautiful. even gals with large bones can be beautiful. show me some beef!!! i mean a size 10 or 12 can look great. i know its halloween but keep the skeletons in your closet.

Courtney 10-12-2007 @ 8:39PM

Actually, they were ankle purses, not monitering devices. You should probably check your facts before posting something.

Jim 10-12-2007 @ 8:39PM

Both the model and the monitor are a sad statement on how the fashion industry influences young women. First you have a model that looks like she should be hospitalized for an eating disorder, (the industry continues to deny it has any responsibility here), then there's the monitor which totally trivializes its purpose and the punishment that its supposed to represent. Once again the fashion industry stoops to a new low.

MELB 10-12-2007 @ 8:50PM

While I agree the model is ridiculously skinny (although I had "PROTRUDING HIP BONES" at 9 months pregnant and 160#-some people are just born that way!) Did anyone think that maybe this wasn't about fashion and that maybe the model has an alcohol problem and the monitor actually belongs to her? Drugs and alcohol run rampant in the biz and sometimes their are contracts to stick to.

stickgirlsrstupid 10-12-2007 @ 8:50PM

Who cares what Lagerfield claims they were? We know what they are copying. Noone wears Lame Lagerfeld anymore, anyway. That's why he's stooping to such outrageous lows. Woman size hip bones with an old fashioned bikini bottom below them. Yah, that's "hotttttttttt". Idiot so called celebs and brainless, styleless fashionistas following the loser designers to the slaughter.

Veronica 10-12-2007 @ 8:47PM

Even models can be on a monitoring sustem. I applaud the fact that she still continues to work.

Courtney 10-12-2007 @ 8:52PM

You should get your facts right. The 'alcohol monitor bracelet' is really an ankle purse. Please first research something before you make ridiculous claims and post them on the internet.

JD 10-12-2007 @ 8:53PM

I don't think that model is too skinny. Some people are just naturally thin. I eat ice cream and chocolate whenever I want, but basically eat healthfully in moderate portions and exercise for an hour three times a week. I'm 30+ and weigh 120 lbs at 5'7". People tell me all the time that I must be a diet freak or have an eating disorder, but it's really self control, exercise and good genes. So lay off the model. She's probably just fine.

Kitty 10-12-2007 @ 8:55PM

Please keep this kind of thing going... lets dilute the gene pool from these sub-humans! While we are at it please exterminate Lindsay Lo-life, Brittnay-Fears, Pariah Hilton, Jessica Simpleton, and Nickle Bitchie. We have ALL had enough! Please "media vacuous holes for brains" find something interesting to report on!

michele 10-12-2007 @ 9:01PM

I guess Karl Lagerfeld didn't get the memo about emaciated models being soooooooo yesterday.

Pat 10-12-2007 @ 9:01PM

Oh geezzzzzzzz, I just can't wait to see the rhinestone embellished alcohol monitor............NOT

What is wrong with people today? Maybe they should put a warning on booze bottles... "Drinking May Be Hazardous To Your Health, and the Safety Of Others"
It's a world gone crazy....