Vanity Fair Gives The New Ideal Org Uniforms A Thumbs Down!

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Richard Tyler's New Scientology Uniforms Look Awfully Familiar: Kate Scheyer | Vanity Fair


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Richard Tyler's New Scientology Uniforms Look Awfully Familiar
by Kate Scheyer
August 13, 2009, 3:16 PM

Richard Tyler, a Los Angeles–based fashion designer whose heyday ended in the 1990s, just unveiled the new uniforms he created for workers at Scientology’s Ideal Org churches. Without being schooled in the sect myself, I can’t comment on why staffers need bucket hats or double-faced capes, but after seeing these outfits, it’s hard not to be reminded of the rumors that surround Scientology, which run the gamut from quirky to frightening, to even cult-like.

Which is why Tyler’s decision to drape the church’s minions in elaborate, 20-piece black and red costumesuniforms is puzzling. Some of these looks could very well pass for a fourth-grader’s Count Dracula getup for Halloween. Just imagine passing one of these numbers on the street in West Hollywood, where Scientology’s lavish headquarters are located.

And it gets stranger.

In 2006, Tyler, who has not shown his own collection in several years—choosing instead, it seems, to focus his creative energy on uniform design—debuted outfits for the lucky workers at Delta Airlines. Northwest Airlines workers now also sport the pieces, since the two companies merged. While they’re an improvement on the polyester-blend, ill-fitting separates most flight attendants must wear, these uniforms scream Vlad the Impaler meets Chinatown Armani. And the similarities between the Scientology, Delta, and Northwest styles are unmistakable: the color scheme, the boutonnieres … those damn bucket hats!

This raises the question: Is Tyler running out of creative juices when it comes to making uniforms, or is there a long-hidden connection between the airlines and the religious sect? I had always pegged Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard, as more of a private-jet-setter, but, you know, everyone’s making cut backs in this economy … "

Awww! No love for the vampire look?

[scooter]

The REALLY scary thing is this:

I'll bet OSA take stats for this article as "positive" media for the cult.

[byte301]

The REALLY scary thing is this:

I'll bet OSA take stats for this article as "positive" media for the cult.

You're right. After all, any pr is better then no pr.

[Dulloldfart]

The REALLY scary thing is this:

I'll bet OSA take stats for this article as "positive" media for the cult.

They probably shifted the bar a while back, where "positive" means no mention of Xenu or DM's violence. Vlad the Impaler is OK, though.

Paul

[scooter]

They probably shifted the bar a while back, where "positive" means no mention of Xenu or DM's violence. Vlad the Impaler is OK, though.

Paul

[byte301]

They probably shifted the bar a while back, where "positive" means no mention of Xenu or DM's violence. Vlad the Impaler is OK, though.

Paul

Hmmmm. Maybe their next Ideal Org is going to be in Transylvania. The new uniforms are starting to make a lot more sense now.

[Thrak]

And to take it really over the top, maybe their next Ideal Org well be in a renovated DC-8 sitting in a parking lot.

[byte301]

And to take it really over the top, maybe their next Ideal Org well be in a renovated DC-8 sitting in a parking lot.

That would certainly explain the airline flight attendant/vampire look. They are prepared to suck the blood out of you while offering you peanuts and not get one wrinkle in their cape!

[South of the Border]

Maybe the uniforms are to create some restimulation of a particular incident where people took a flight to earth in DC-8s.
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[Tiger Lily]

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