Usually, when fashion designers loan their frocks to starlets to wear to events, they get something in return; namely, publicity. But Harvey Nichols, proprietor of his eponymous upscale department store, got a little more than publicity when he loaned some dresses to Amy Winehouse. He done got barfed on. Our personal gossip anti-nausea drug, Female First, reports:
Amy Winehouse returned borrowed designer dresses covered in vomit.
The troubled star had been loaned several posh frocks from Harvey Nichols department store but landed herself with a £25,000 bill after throwing up on them and allowing green mold to grow before sending them back.
A source said: "While wearing one of the frocks, she went on an all-night bender. She ended up in the loos, where she was violently sick. Let's just say it wasn't pretty. She eventually couriered them back on Monday (22.09.08), but didn't wrap them separately. So sick had gone on all the clothes. Even worse, green, furry mold had developed on some gowns, making them unwearable."
Harvey Nichols is said to be furious after receiving the soiled package and demanded the full value of the outfits.
Puke and furry mold? Frankly, Nichols should count his lucky stars that's all that was stuck to those duds. When you're that close to Amy Winehouse, there's a whole army of infectious diseases and objectionable bodily secretions that could be lurking in the folds. Impetigo scabs. Errant crack rocks. The corpses of baby mice once owned by Pete Doherty. Pete Doherty himself. Herpes simplex. You know on Lysol commercials, when a long list of bacteria rolls by on the screen? All those. Plus a few more not yet classified by man.
