As you may have seen in recent dance news (assuming, you know, you read dance news), Paul McCartney made headlines for composing his first ever ballet, Ocean's Kingdom—it's the gentleman's "Octopus's Garden"—and enlisting the help of his daughter, Stella, to design the costumes. Apparently, it’s not considered nepotism when you’re the Walrus.
It was promptly panned with more than a hint of incredulous snark. NY Times reporter Alastair Macaulay points a finger: "We can blame the ballet’s costumes, by Mr. McCartney’s daughter, the fashion designer Stella McCartney: they’re intrusive, unflattering and clichéd." Macaulay goes on to inquire if Ms. McCartney might require some aloe for that burn.
Poor Stella—all the girl wanted to do was make her papa proud. Sure, dressing respected dancers in temporary-tattoo body-socks and acid flashback clown porn ensembles might not have been the best way to go about it, but at least she tried. It does beg the question, though: are musical father-daughter duos ever cut out for the cutthroat world of ballet styling? Here's how we think a few fantasy candidates might fare:
