After 35 years in show business, you're bound to rack up a few dresses and develop a signature sense of style.
Actress, singer and best-selling author Miss Piggy throws open her closets to give the rest of us just a glimpse of her glamor with a retrospective on display through Sunday on the seventh floor of Macy's on State Street.
She spoke to us Thursday, ahead of a rumored appearance at tonight's Glamorama at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State.
Q. Was it hard to part with the outfits on display?
A. No. I'm getting them back. [Loudly, to a Macy's employee passing by.] I AM GETTING THEM BACK, right? This isn't a charity. Well, Glamorama is for a charity, but I'm not giving away my clothes. I'm just letting them air out a little bit.
Q. Can you talk about what you'll be wearing tonight?
A. You mean who I'm wearing, right, dearie? Moi is wearing Marc Jacobs. Isn't he lucky?
Q. What's the one item that every female should have in her closet?
A. A Starbucks. It really perks you right up when you're stuck in there trying to decide what to wear. I have two.
Q. Given all the hysteria around the swine flu, are people treating you any differently?
A. People look at moi as a fashion icon first. They see me as a woman first. Wait! How many firsts did I say? Regardless, they see me as a pig last. I am proud to be a pig. Not too many pigs have risen to the level of success I have. Babe the pig was a robot. Just as an aside.
Q. Lady Gaga recently turned heads with a coat fashioned out of stuffed animals that looked like your beloved Kermit. Reaction?
A. That was faux frog. I have the real deal at home. I have no problem with what she wears. She has impeccable fashion sense. She has obviously been inspired by moi.
Q. What would you like to see Kermit wear?
A. Um, I don't know ... PANTS, for starters. A shirt. If he's not going to wear pants, how about a long shirt? A Snuggie? Something!
Q. Who has yet to design for you that you are dying to wear?
A. Vera Wang. A wedding dress, perhaps. [Sighing, and throwing her head back.] One can dream. From my lips to Vera Wang's ears.
Q. Speaking of weddings: Will Kermit ever propose, or are you both OK with him being the Stedman to your Oprah?
A. Ask Kermit why he's never proposed. Seriously! I'll give you his number. Ask him!
Photo: John J. Kim, Sun-Times / Miss Piggy may not have her name on the Chicago Theatre marquee, but she stopped there Thursday on the eve of Glamorama. ;
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