Should fashion and Twitter ever mix?

Should fashion and Twitter ever mix?

Now that Courtney can't tweet, her daughter is the lucky recipient of her words of wisdom. Photograph: Jim Smeal/BEI/Rex Features

Sometimes Fashion Statement pines for the good old days when it didn't have to hear celebrity opinions straight from the horse's mouth. Remember them? When fashionistas had mystique, when you didn't know that Karl Lagerfeld dreams of transparent fur, that Carine Roitfeld's head resembles a Chinese fortune cookie factory, or just how heavy Alexa Chung's designer-packed suitcase is. Was it not enough to have their cellulite papped for every weekly magazine and their every facial expression analysed by "body language experts" ("From the position of her arms, it's obvious that Jennifer Anniston is single, lonely and pining desperately for a child!"). No, now we actually want to know what they really THINK. Well, be careful what you wish for: it'll involve far more tedious musings on flight delays and pet dogs than anyone could possibly want to hear, even in fewer than 140 characters.

And for our celebrity, er, heroes, it turns out that the horse's mouth has a tendency to bite. That old chestnut, "I've been terribly misquoted", doesn't work when you were quoting yourself. And so it is that our beloved fashionistas find themelves in rather hot water. Courtney Love (don't snigger, she's a fashionista of sorts) has had her Twitter feed removed after unleashing a particularly charming tirade of abuse at a fashion designer, Dawn Simorangkir, who not unreasonably wanted to be paid for some clothes she'd supplied. The latter is now suing in a landmark case. This, of course, is not the first time that Courtney has used Twitter for nefarious purposes. See here. And here. Hmm, spotting a pattern?

And it's not just Courtney. Liz Hurley (Twitter biography: "Mum, Model, Actress, Bikini Designer, Organic Farmer". Sample tweet: "Reading a book about keeping parrots") may be in trouble with the Office of Fair Trading, which is looking into whether she was paid to tweet glowing endorsements of particular beauty products (we assume she can't bring herself to tweet about her own fruit bars).

Presumably any court action would imply that the public should be aware that celebrities are paid to endorse/advertise this product. To which FS responds: What, you thought they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts? Henry Holland (Sample tweet: "Men in bootcut jeans offend me") was just so overcome by his love for Range Rover that he decided to SHOUT IT TO THE HILLTOPS? Is anyone really that naive? And if they are, can FS give them a big, soothing hug?