Mariah Carey waves goodbye to Purple

The new year brings with it new scandals, new styles and some much needed new gossip.  Last year we saw all our favorite people decked out looking like Barney the dinosaur.  Who knows what 2009 will bring.  Will this be the year of green?  That would be my guess, since all of a sudden hybrids are cool and Hummers make you look like an even bigger douchebag than they did in ‘08.

Whatever this year brings, I’m sure it will be fun to analyze, mock and poke fun at from the safetly of the internet.  While we’re here, let’s take a look back at the year in purple that was.  Later Purple…

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Seriously dude? In the words of one of my favorite comedians Josh Sneed:
“I want to know who was waiting for you to get ready, and you popped out and they were like ‘you look fine, let’s go.’ Because I would like to have a word with them.”

Kanye West has been talking about taking a break from music to focus on a new fashion line known as Pastelle.

I wanna make music and I like to perform. I like that, but I really like to design. I’m going to go and take an internship with something and just do something that’s like completely normal, and just rap on the weekends or something.
- Kanye West said -

I was blown away from the planet when he told me. I know he’s very serious about this - I don’t take it as a joke - but how can I imagine him being my intern? It’s a very extreme situation.
- Belgian designer Simons told the New York Times -

Well let’s just hope Kanye West finds a better outfit for his first day at Simons that a sweatshirt with what looks to be painted on suspenders.