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Why: Wool coats for $165 (reg. $484); silk dresses for $114 (reg. $335).
When: Nov. 18 & 19. Wed. & Thurs., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Where: 545 Eighth Ave., b/t 37th & 38th Sts., 17th flr. 
What: Inhabit
Why: Classic cashmere items are $80 (reg. $278-$328). Cotton basics are $50 (reg. $158-$198).
When: Nov. 18 & 19. Wed. & Thurs., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: 1441 Broadway, b/t 40th & 41st Sts., 24th flr.
What: John Robshaw Textiles
Why: Up to 75 percent off bold print bedding, pillows, rugs, and linens.
When: Nov. 18-20. Wed., 10 a.m.-8: 30 p.m. (cocktails in the evening); Thurs. & Fri., 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
Where: 245 W. 29th St., b/t Seventh & Eighth Aves., 11th flr.
What: Lela Rose
Why: Seventy-five percent off fancy outfits with a Southern sensibility.
When: Nov. 18-20. Wed. & Thurs., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: 224 W. 30th St., b/t Seventh & Eighth Aves., 13th flr. (212-947-9204).
What: Christian Lacroix
Why: Coats, jackets, pants, tops, and dresses from past seasons are 75 percent off.
When: Nov. 18-21. Wed.-Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Where: 260 Fifth Ave., at 29th St., grd. flr.
What: Rebecca Minkoff
Why: Our girl with the mean bag-making habit unleashes her latest (which includes ready-to-wear).
When: Nov. 18-22. Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Where: 17 W. 17th St., b/t Fifth & Sixth Aves.
What: Araks Lingerie
Why: Up to 80 percent off organic cotton panties, bras, teddies, and camis. Swimsuits for 40 bucks.
When: Nov. 19 & 20. Thurs., 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Fri., 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Where: 137 Grand St., b/t Crosby & Lafayette Sts., 5th flr.
What: MZ Wallace
Why: All those great nylon, pocket-laden bags are $100.
When: Nov. 19-21. Thurs. & Fri., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: 125 Crosby St., b/t Prince & Houston Sts.
What: Steven Alan
Why: Blowout featuring labels you love (The Lake & Stars, Sophomore). House-label shirts for dudes are $65; Demylee cashmere cardigans for gals are $90.
When: Nov. 19-22. Thurs. & Fri., 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat., noon-7 p.m.; Sun., noon-5 p.m.
Where: 87 Franklin St., b/t Broadway & Church St. (212-219-3305).
What: Judy Ross Textiles
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Where: 41 Union Square W., at 17th St., ste. 931 (212-842-1705). (On Sat. enter at 22 E. 17th St., b/t Broadway & Fifth Ave.)
Gemma Ward Wants to Keep Modeling and Acting, Go to Yale
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Although Gemma Ward's agent recently said she was done with modeling, sparking speculation that her retirement had to do with her less model-esque weight of late, Gemma says she's not through with the biz. In fact, she intends to become a double slash:
"I have not 'quit modelling' and my fans back home can expect to see me back at work modelling and acting in the new year," she said in an email to The West Australian.
That's model-slash-actress-slash-student — an unbeatable slash combination for a 22-year-old. Her mom spoke to the paper as well.
"She's 22 years old and has worked incredibly hard," Mrs Ward said. "She's had a very difficult few years personally and now she's having a really lovely time doing things she wants to do and enjoying being young.
Momma Ward added that Gemma is considering a three-year Shakespearean acting course at Yale. Don't forget that Ward earned an Australian acting-award nomination for her role in The Black Balloon. In her down time, she also traveled to Rio de Janeiro to check out the slums "with a view to doing something there in the future," says mom. Make money, travel, better yourself, make more money, go to Yale, better the world — she's living the life.
Gemma to return to catwalk in 2010 [West Australian via Sassybella]
Elle's and MTV's Ports 1961 pre-spring collection by Tia Cibani
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Lace and I enjoying the free champagne! We also perused other sections on the Designer's floor. Our favorite section? The furs... shh... don't tell PETA. But we promise to buy vintage fur... new fur is cruel.
Me and the man himself! Mr. Joe Zee. I was lucky enough to snag some one-on-one time with Joe after the event. He is super laid-back and so nice! (I was swooning of course!)I told him how much I loved A to Zee, and how I listen to his fashion advice religiously (see past blog posts for his entire A to Zee picks). He told me to tweet him a link to my blog because he would love to read it! Fashionable and down-to-earth? Perfection I tell you.
His commentary during the event was spot-on and super informative. Here are some trends Mr. Zee highlighted and like a good lil fashionista, I took notes:
- Nudes are going to be huge this Fall
- Flats and kitten heels are coming back in a big way
- Day-to-night looks and pieces are all the rage
- The embellished back is super sexy without being over-the-top
- Boyfriend look is killer: blazer and trousers
Lace channeling her inner Renee Zellweger
Joe and Olivia looking fab!
Love the Grecian feel of this dress.
Perfect evening dress.
Little black dress.
Dying for this boyfriend blazer.
Nude kitten heels - totally on-trend!
This grey-lilac is the quintessential fall color.
The colors looked paint-brushed on!
Joe Zee says that the Fall must-have is the perfect trench coat.
This was my favorite piece! The reversible gold jacquard jacket! Perfect to dress up skinny jeans, heels, and a white top for a first date or to throw over a little black dress for that interview you landed for your must-have job.
Bold shoulders!
Perfect easy-breezy look for the Hamptons!
The draping here is undeniable and Joe suggested pairing it with a thin belt.
Joe. Tia. Olivia.
Want more? Visit these sites:Elle.com
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Success in the City: MTV's Whitney Port is the real-life Carrie and co
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By Amy Williams
If you haven't heard her name yet, you soon will. Whitney Port is MTV’s latest star. She appeared in the hit reality show The Hills, which followed a group of young women battling it out on the cut-throat career ladder in LA. Then MTV asked her to appear in the New York spin-off The City, so she relocated to the Big Apple, landed a job with Diane von Furstenberg and became the star of the show. The City is already compulsive viewing for fashionistas across the globe – and take it from us, you’re going to want to make it your new guilty pleasure. YOU’s Amy Williams met the 24-year-old style queen to get to the bottom of all the bitching, back stabbing and boy trouble…
Doing what she does best - Whitney Port enjoys some serious retail therapy while visiting London
To people who have never heard of The City or Whitney Port, how would you describe the show and what you do?
I am a TV personality and I star in a reality soap opera that follows my life in New York City. So the things I do every day – going to work, having a drink with friends – are filmed and then turned into a TV show. But I’m also a fashion designer – I started my own clothing line last year by utilising all the opportunities and exposure that being on the TV show has given me.
What a gig! How on earth did it all come about?
It was by accident. Three years ago I heard that Teen Vogue in Los Angeles was looking for interns, so I went along to the offices and presented myself, and they were, like, ‘Yes, there is an opening, but you need to know that it will involve being filmed by MTV. Would that be a problem?’
To be honest, I just really wanted to work at Teen Vogue, so I said, ‘Sure, no problem!’ As well as the job interview, I had to do a screen test, and luckily it was a yes from the Teen Vogue editor and a yes from MTV. It was only when I turned up for my first day at work and saw Lauren Conrad [star of the hit reality show Laguna Beach] sitting at the desk opposite me that I realised what I had signed up for and that I had walked into a part on her new show The Hills. I was, like, ‘Ohmygod, what is this?’
A free pass into the world of a young person’s dream…
I guess, but I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into, and to begin with, when I was on The Hills, there wasn’t a focus on me, I just got on with my day job. But I became genuine friends with Lauren and I got to know the gang – Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, etc – who were already well-known. But in terms of attention,
I just wasn’t in their league.
But then they relocated you to New York and gave you your own show.
I never expected this; I am the most drama-free, non-attention-seeking person out there. When the MTV producers asked me to do The City I said, ‘Why me?’ I am so not the reality-TV-show type.
Perhaps that’s what appealed to MTV; you keep a sense of reality about you.
And what’s a reality TV show without some reality? I think they recognised that I am a neutral person, that they could base The City on me and I’d be the solid one, the one that people could relate to. And I gave them a disclaimer; I said, ‘If you guys are looking for me to start the dramas, then I’m not that person.’
Lucky that they brought in Olivia Palermo [who stars with Whitney in The City], then…
Yes, she’s good at creating drama out of nothing. Olivia is a socialite and she can be difficult, cold and aloof, but I like to think that I balance that out.
So is Olivia for real or is she all sweetness and light when the cameras are turned off?
She’s for real. She acts like everyone’s the enemy and no matter how hard you try, it’s difficult to get through to her or become her friend. She thinks she is above everyone else.
How do you feel that so much of the buzz surrounding The City focuses on Olivia? Over here she’s the style crush of the moment.
Well, she has good style, I’ll give her that. And I’m happy to give her some of the buzz because it takes the pressure off me! And there’s no competition. I’m not like that – whatever makes the show successful…
'When MTV asked me to do The City, I said, "Why me?" I am so not the reality TV show type'
Do you read your own press?
Not really. I’ll see the photos of me in magazines, often in those style pages – ‘Has she got it right? What do you think of her new handbag?’ – but I never read the comments. I think if you read that stuff and take it to heart, you are taking yourself too seriously.
But doesn’t the constant paparazzi attention drive you mad?
I’m not so vain that I want to get dressed up for the cameras all the time. I’m happy to leave my apartment without make-up – I just put on some big sunglasses or, if I’m having a fat day, I’ll wear a baggy T-shirt and jeans and just get on with it.
Unlike Olivia, who looks so made up in the new series that she must get up two hours early to get ready each day.
I think it’s three hours, actually. But we do have to do our own hair and
make-up – see, it is all real.
You wear your own make-up, but don’t you get the clothes for free?
I get sent some cool things for free – I’m very lucky – but it’s not like MTV gives us a wardrobe each season. We do have to log all the brands that we wear because they get put on to the website after each episode – a kind of ‘Get Whitney’s look’. And it’s not all designer – Olivia wears lots of Topshop and Zara. You’d be surprised.
What’s your latest fashion find?
I have an obsession with tights. There are so many cool patterned versions around. I love the ones Henry Holland has done for Pretty Polly.
Yes, they look great on people like you, with legs to die for, but we’re not sure about the rest of us.
I think tights are great for everyone. You don’t have to do the patterned ones; maybe mix things up and try deep purple rather than black. It’s the easiest way to update an outfit.
'The most embarrassing moment of my TV career was when I found out that my boyfriend was cheating on me'
Let’s talk boys. On the first series of The City we watched you fall for and break up with Aussie musician Jay Lyon. It can’t be much fun living out a relationship on camera.
The most embarrassing moment of my TV career to date came when I found out from a friend that my boyfriend was cheating on me. Whoever you are and however it happens, that is a humbling, horrible moment, but when the cameras are on you, waiting for your reaction, you just feel pathetic and totally naive. And you wonder, did the producers know he was cheating? It gets very difficult to know who to trust.
Who do you trust?
I trust my gut feeling and my oldest friends. Producers are a different matter – you never know when they are trying to get a rise out of you.
So with Jay gone, you’re now playing the part of single girl
about town. Could you be the new Carrie Bradshaw?
Oh, I love Sex and the City, but I’m more of a Charlotte! I love being single but, however much MTV would love it, I am not going to go on a different date every night.
You could probably take your pick of the city now. Who would be your dream date?
Ryan Gosling. I don’t really have a type, but I have a big crush on him. Hasn’t everyone?
What would happen if you fell for someone who refused to be a part of the show?
Thankfully, I haven’t had that situation yet, but I can’t imagine how it would work right now. I just know I couldn’t keep anything secret as I have given the producers full access – I can’t get away from sharing a thing.
You’ve dated Americans and an Australian on the show. Have any British guys taken your fancy while you’ve been in the UK?
I wish! I’ve been far too busy to notice boys. But I’d be up for dating a Brit. I don’t discriminate.
You’re in London with your sister Jade – how does your family feel about you living your life on camera?
Jade has loved being here with me. We’ve done Topshop and stuff; even though there’s now one in New York, it doesn’t compare with yours. But sometimes I do feel awkward being the centre of attention. I’m the middle of five children and my parents have always been careful to make us equal. They are very grounded, so they’d say something if they didn’t think I was being myself.
THE WHITNEY ROUNDUP
FAVOURITE ACCESSORY?
I have a beige vintage Chanel bag that I take everywhere with me.
FAVOURITE DESIGNER?
Of all time? Valentino. His designs are so classic and beautiful.
FAVOURITE IPOD TRACK?
I still listen to Jay’s band Tamarama. But that’s because we’re friends and I don’t get the heart-wrench any more.
BEYONCE OR TAYLOR SWIFT?
Beyoncé.
YOGA OR GYM?
Gym. But I’ve not been for six weeks — I find it really difficult to get back on the wagon. Once I’m off, I’m off for a while.
CHOCOLATE OR CHEESE?
Dove Milk Chocolate Bars. It’s too bad that you don’t get them
over here.
BRAD PITT OR GEORGE CLOONEY?
Oh, Brad. George is way too old for me.
OK, BRAD PITT OR ROBERT PATTINSON?
Still Brad Pitt.
JENNIFER OR ANGELINA?
Angelina, but we’re talking purely on a looks basis, right?
THE BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO THE CITY
The second series of The City is on Sundays at 9.30pm on MTV. It is a spin-off of The Hills, which was itself a spin-off of Laguna Beach, the original MTV reality TV show, first shown in 2004. Laguna Beach followed the lives of teenagers at high school in Orange County. When they graduated, they moved to Beverly Hills in LA, and the cameras followed. The City follows the stars’ next relocation — to New York.
THE CHARACTERS
WHITNEY PORT, 24
She is a nice-as-pie fashionista and the show’s star and narrator. During the first series she worked at Diane von Furstenberg, but has since moved to PR company People’s Revolution. Now single, Whitney wears her heart on her sleeve.
OLIVIA PALERMO, 22
She is the uber-groomed NYC socialite with an acerbic tongue and a wardrobe to die for. She and Whitney used to work together at DvF, but Olivia is now ruffling feathers over at Elle magazine as the accessories editor.
ROXY OLIN, 23
New to the cast this series, she is an old school friend of Whitney’s. True to form, thoughtful Whitney lands Roxy a job at People’s Revolution and a bed in her flat, but Roxy repays her by undermining Whitney at work and throwing parties at her apartment.
ERIN KAPLAN, 26
Another newbie, she is Elle’s PR director. All-American and super-stylish, Erin takes her work seriously and demands the best from her team, which sees her coming up against Olivia, the new girl at Elle, again and again…
THE PLOT
If you haven't heard her name yet, you soon will. Whitney Port is MTV’s latest star. She appeared in the hit reality show The Hills, which followed a group of young women battling it out on the cut-throat career ladder in LA. Then MTV asked her to appear in the New York spin-off The City, so she relocated to the Big Apple, landed a job with Diane von Furstenberg and became the star of the show. The City is already compulsive viewing for fashionistas across the globe – and take it from us, you’re going to want to make it your new guilty pleasure. YOU’s Amy Williams met the 24-year-old style queen to get to the bottom of all the bitching, back stabbing and boy trouble…
Doing what she does best - Whitney Port enjoys some serious retail therapy while visiting LondonTo people who have never heard of The City or Whitney Port, how would you describe the show and what you do?
I am a TV personality and I star in a reality soap opera that follows my life in New York City. So the things I do every day – going to work, having a drink with friends – are filmed and then turned into a TV show. But I’m also a fashion designer – I started my own clothing line last year by utilising all the opportunities and exposure that being on the TV show has given me.
What a gig! How on earth did it all come about?
It was by accident. Three years ago I heard that Teen Vogue in Los Angeles was looking for interns, so I went along to the offices and presented myself, and they were, like, ‘Yes, there is an opening, but you need to know that it will involve being filmed by MTV. Would that be a problem?’
To be honest, I just really wanted to work at Teen Vogue, so I said, ‘Sure, no problem!’ As well as the job interview, I had to do a screen test, and luckily it was a yes from the Teen Vogue editor and a yes from MTV. It was only when I turned up for my first day at work and saw Lauren Conrad [star of the hit reality show Laguna Beach] sitting at the desk opposite me that I realised what I had signed up for and that I had walked into a part on her new show The Hills. I was, like, ‘Ohmygod, what is this?’
A free pass into the world of a young person’s dream…
I guess, but I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into, and to begin with, when I was on The Hills, there wasn’t a focus on me, I just got on with my day job. But I became genuine friends with Lauren and I got to know the gang – Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, etc – who were already well-known. But in terms of attention,
I just wasn’t in their league.
But then they relocated you to New York and gave you your own show.
I never expected this; I am the most drama-free, non-attention-seeking person out there. When the MTV producers asked me to do The City I said, ‘Why me?’ I am so not the reality-TV-show type.
Perhaps that’s what appealed to MTV; you keep a sense of reality about you.
And what’s a reality TV show without some reality? I think they recognised that I am a neutral person, that they could base The City on me and I’d be the solid one, the one that people could relate to. And I gave them a disclaimer; I said, ‘If you guys are looking for me to start the dramas, then I’m not that person.’
Lucky that they brought in Olivia Palermo [who stars with Whitney in The City], then…
Yes, she’s good at creating drama out of nothing. Olivia is a socialite and she can be difficult, cold and aloof, but I like to think that I balance that out.
So is Olivia for real or is she all sweetness and light when the cameras are turned off?
She’s for real. She acts like everyone’s the enemy and no matter how hard you try, it’s difficult to get through to her or become her friend. She thinks she is above everyone else.
How do you feel that so much of the buzz surrounding The City focuses on Olivia? Over here she’s the style crush of the moment.
Well, she has good style, I’ll give her that. And I’m happy to give her some of the buzz because it takes the pressure off me! And there’s no competition. I’m not like that – whatever makes the show successful…
'When MTV asked me to do The City, I said, "Why me?" I am so not the reality TV show type'Do you read your own press?
Not really. I’ll see the photos of me in magazines, often in those style pages – ‘Has she got it right? What do you think of her new handbag?’ – but I never read the comments. I think if you read that stuff and take it to heart, you are taking yourself too seriously.
But doesn’t the constant paparazzi attention drive you mad?
I’m not so vain that I want to get dressed up for the cameras all the time. I’m happy to leave my apartment without make-up – I just put on some big sunglasses or, if I’m having a fat day, I’ll wear a baggy T-shirt and jeans and just get on with it.
Unlike Olivia, who looks so made up in the new series that she must get up two hours early to get ready each day.
I think it’s three hours, actually. But we do have to do our own hair and
make-up – see, it is all real.
You wear your own make-up, but don’t you get the clothes for free?
I get sent some cool things for free – I’m very lucky – but it’s not like MTV gives us a wardrobe each season. We do have to log all the brands that we wear because they get put on to the website after each episode – a kind of ‘Get Whitney’s look’. And it’s not all designer – Olivia wears lots of Topshop and Zara. You’d be surprised.
What’s your latest fashion find?
I have an obsession with tights. There are so many cool patterned versions around. I love the ones Henry Holland has done for Pretty Polly.
Yes, they look great on people like you, with legs to die for, but we’re not sure about the rest of us.
I think tights are great for everyone. You don’t have to do the patterned ones; maybe mix things up and try deep purple rather than black. It’s the easiest way to update an outfit.
'The most embarrassing moment of my TV career was when I found out that my boyfriend was cheating on me'
Let’s talk boys. On the first series of The City we watched you fall for and break up with Aussie musician Jay Lyon. It can’t be much fun living out a relationship on camera.
The most embarrassing moment of my TV career to date came when I found out from a friend that my boyfriend was cheating on me. Whoever you are and however it happens, that is a humbling, horrible moment, but when the cameras are on you, waiting for your reaction, you just feel pathetic and totally naive. And you wonder, did the producers know he was cheating? It gets very difficult to know who to trust.
Who do you trust?
I trust my gut feeling and my oldest friends. Producers are a different matter – you never know when they are trying to get a rise out of you.
So with Jay gone, you’re now playing the part of single girl
about town. Could you be the new Carrie Bradshaw?
Oh, I love Sex and the City, but I’m more of a Charlotte! I love being single but, however much MTV would love it, I am not going to go on a different date every night.
You could probably take your pick of the city now. Who would be your dream date?
Ryan Gosling. I don’t really have a type, but I have a big crush on him. Hasn’t everyone?
What would happen if you fell for someone who refused to be a part of the show?
Thankfully, I haven’t had that situation yet, but I can’t imagine how it would work right now. I just know I couldn’t keep anything secret as I have given the producers full access – I can’t get away from sharing a thing.
You’ve dated Americans and an Australian on the show. Have any British guys taken your fancy while you’ve been in the UK?
I wish! I’ve been far too busy to notice boys. But I’d be up for dating a Brit. I don’t discriminate.
You’re in London with your sister Jade – how does your family feel about you living your life on camera?
Jade has loved being here with me. We’ve done Topshop and stuff; even though there’s now one in New York, it doesn’t compare with yours. But sometimes I do feel awkward being the centre of attention. I’m the middle of five children and my parents have always been careful to make us equal. They are very grounded, so they’d say something if they didn’t think I was being myself.
THE WHITNEY ROUNDUP
FAVOURITE ACCESSORY?
I have a beige vintage Chanel bag that I take everywhere with me.
FAVOURITE DESIGNER?
Of all time? Valentino. His designs are so classic and beautiful.
FAVOURITE IPOD TRACK?
I still listen to Jay’s band Tamarama. But that’s because we’re friends and I don’t get the heart-wrench any more.
BEYONCE OR TAYLOR SWIFT?
Beyoncé.
YOGA OR GYM?
Gym. But I’ve not been for six weeks — I find it really difficult to get back on the wagon. Once I’m off, I’m off for a while.
CHOCOLATE OR CHEESE?
Dove Milk Chocolate Bars. It’s too bad that you don’t get them
over here.
BRAD PITT OR GEORGE CLOONEY?
Oh, Brad. George is way too old for me.
OK, BRAD PITT OR ROBERT PATTINSON?
Still Brad Pitt.
JENNIFER OR ANGELINA?
Angelina, but we’re talking purely on a looks basis, right?
THE BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO THE CITY
The second series of The City is on Sundays at 9.30pm on MTV. It is a spin-off of The Hills, which was itself a spin-off of Laguna Beach, the original MTV reality TV show, first shown in 2004. Laguna Beach followed the lives of teenagers at high school in Orange County. When they graduated, they moved to Beverly Hills in LA, and the cameras followed. The City follows the stars’ next relocation — to New York.
THE CHARACTERS
WHITNEY PORT, 24
She is a nice-as-pie fashionista and the show’s star and narrator. During the first series she worked at Diane von Furstenberg, but has since moved to PR company People’s Revolution. Now single, Whitney wears her heart on her sleeve.
OLIVIA PALERMO, 22
She is the uber-groomed NYC socialite with an acerbic tongue and a wardrobe to die for. She and Whitney used to work together at DvF, but Olivia is now ruffling feathers over at Elle magazine as the accessories editor.
ROXY OLIN, 23
New to the cast this series, she is an old school friend of Whitney’s. True to form, thoughtful Whitney lands Roxy a job at People’s Revolution and a bed in her flat, but Roxy repays her by undermining Whitney at work and throwing parties at her apartment.
ERIN KAPLAN, 26
Another newbie, she is Elle’s PR director. All-American and super-stylish, Erin takes her work seriously and demands the best from her team, which sees her coming up against Olivia, the new girl at Elle, again and again…
THE PLOT
- The City is filmed three or four days a week. Some characters, such as Whitney, are followed in every part of their lives, while others, such as Olivia, have contracts which state that they are only filmed at work.
- The stars don’t receive a clothing allowance and they have to do their own hair and make-up, though they often receive gifts from designers now that they are celebrities.
- Despite allegations to the contrary, neither The City nor The Hills is scripted, but the producers do plan each day of filming. They will scout appropriate restaurants, clubs and cafés, and the stars then go to the locations that are scheduled for that day. So, not scripted but not spontaneous either.
SOPHOMORE
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I serendipitously stumbled across this marvelous clothing line called Sophomore. Inspired by the effortless chic style of the Lower East Side from the 70's to present day, this line encapsulates a carefree and whimsical nature... intrinsic to the New York hipster scene. The line that started with a simple t-shirt design now offers entire collections and is designed by Chrissie Miller and Madeleine von Froomer.For more collections and information, visit their website.
Totally obsessed with this look...
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Photo: Courtesy of MTV
We were deeply saddened not to see Freddie Fackelmayer's greasy, tanned sternum staring back at us on last night's episode of The City. This show is far less (ahem) interesting without boys. Fortunately, Whitney has a friend in Miami with a magical neck named Nick, with whom Roxy wants to have her way and who almost made up for the absence of one of the top ten tannest men on Long Island. However, his camera time was all too brief. Whitney and Roxy's catfight and Kelly Cutrone's crazy kept the momentum going.
Lesson 1: Planning a trip to Miami Swim Fashion Week.
Don’t: Bring the crazy party girl who doesn’t bring pens to meetings. Kelly Cutrone holds a meeting to prep the People’s Revolution team for Miami Swim Fashion Week. Kelly took her crazy pills this morning and opened by going on about how consumers are going back to buying basics in the recession and this is DEATH for the fashion industry. Roxy didn’t bring a pen to the meeting because this isn’t a real job and she wants to be an actress, and asks Whitney for a writing utensil loudly enough so that Kelly can hear. It’s expected for Kelly to be peeved by this, but she looks like she’s about to spit the burning charcoals she ate for breakfast at Roxy and then throw paperweights at her. She reminds the team that despite the recession, she’s not firing people! “In order to keep it that way, we need to bring pens to meetings,” she says. Yet Kelly decides to bring Roxy, who is clearly incompetent, to Miami.
Do: Send her friend alone. Kelly sends Roxy to Miami ostensibly because Whitney can teach her how to do her job. Whitney gets to go because Kelly thinks she can learn a thing or two about designing from Mara Hoffman, a real designer and one of Kelly’s clients who’s showing in Miami. However, if she had just sent Whitney, who is a doormat, she would have been so productive because she wouldn’t have gone out or ordered room service or done any of the things she wasn’t supposed to do. She probably would have eaten at Taco Bell, too, like Kelly sarcastically suggested.
Lesson 2: Taking the new hire down to Miami Fashion Week.
Do: Tell her what to do. Joe sends Olivia down to Miami to do a trend report (yeah, RIGHT). Anyway, Erin has to go down as well to throw a party. Joe tells Erin to guide Olivia on her Miami journey. Erin hates Olivia and doesn’t feel like dealing with her, so she hardly even makes small talk with her, much less gives her work advice.
Don’t: Scheme for her to fuck up. Erin asks Olivia if she’s going to the trade shows. Olivia says no. Erin knows this is a fatal mistake for an “accessories editor.” Yet she doesn’t tell Olivia to go to the trade shows. We understand Erin’s desire to see Olivia fail and get fired, but by not telling her to go to the trade shows, she’s only setting herself up for a talking to from Joe, who told her she’s responsible for Olivia. Besides, even if she had told Olivia what to do, she wouldn’t have listened because pride is more important to her than doing well at her fake reality-TV job. And then Joe would have really had a reason to fire her.
Lesson 3: Runway castings.
Don’t: Berate the girls to their faces. Mara and Kelly hold a casting for the show. It’s a creepy spectacle of 17-year-olds walking around in bathing suits and high heels. “I feel like I need some dollar bills,” Kelly says when a model is within earshot. Okay, if Roxy’s walking in front of you, fine, say that. But spare the fragile tenth-graders.
Don’t: Hire tramp-stamped models. “Can’t help her,” Kelly says of a girl with a tramp stamp and a lousy walk. They shouldn’t have even let her try out with that thing anyway.
Do: Choose voluptuous chicks. Kelly calls one of the curviest girls there “ridiculously hot” and says they need her. Good! Not every model needs hip bones that can cut a bitch.
Lesson 4: Dancing.
Do: Keep your neck in check. Roxy and Whitney go to some club on South Beach to meet Whitney’s nerdy friend Nick. Nick is a true delight and we are only sorry that we didn’t get to see more of him. Mostly because as soon as he meets Roxy he starts “dancing” by moving his head around wildly in circles like his neck has no bones. Kind of like an ostrich on crack.
Don’t: Dance on banquettes. Roxy takes a liking to Nick (Whitney ain’t the only chick who needs to get some) and for some reason he takes a liking to her. “You’re very free,” he tells her. Yeah, well, only because she’s wearing a bat-wing dress that would allow her to go braless. Anyway, as if to prove his point and also because she’s an attention whore, Roxy pulls Nick up onto a banquette and tries to make him dance with her there. At which point they realize maybe they’re not drunk enough for this and decide to leave. (Watch a clip of this scene, below.)
Lesson 5: Partying in South Beach.
Don’t: Ditch your friend at the club. Roxy says she wants to go somewhere else because she can’t be the only drunk chick dancing on an elevated plateau like a stripper. However, Whitney has gone off somewhere; the producers obviously made her exit so Roxy and Nick could grind up on each other and Whitney could walk in on her friends getting it on and freak out. However, Roxy does the very bitchy deed of ditching Whitney at the club alone so she can run off with Nick. There is only one excuse for leaving without telling your friend, and that is getting accidentally and unfortunately drugged.
Don’t: Stay out all night with Neck Man when you have a show the next morning. The next morning at the show, Whitney’s there alone and doesn’t know where Roxy is. At first we thought, “Wait, aren’t they staying together? Did Whitney sneak out while she was sleeping in the morning to get back at her?” Then we realized: Roxy is definitely the kind of girl who would go home with a stranger and sleep with him in a city she doesn’t even live in.
Lesson 6: Fighting with your friend.
Don’t: Have it out at work. Roxy arrives late to the Mara Hoffman show and she and Whitney start bickering backstage. Kelly sees this and comes over and tells them to shut up. Fighting right then and there was a stupid decision on both of their parts.
Don’t: Make stupid excuses for why you ditched her. Roxy tells Whitney she lost her cell phone two days ago and doesn’t know her number by heart. This doesn’t explain why she left the club without Whitney. But Roxy is exactly the kind of girl who would go to a foreign land, lose a phone, and stay out all night drinking and doing God knows what without one.
Do: Tell her the truth. Whitney probably would have been understanding if Roxy was like, “Look, Whitney, friend, sister, I needed to get laid and Nick’s double-jointed neck just gave me butterflies inside. You want me to grow cobwebs down there?” Whitney would have laughed and gotten over it.
Lesson 7: Dealing with a crazy boss.
Don’t: Do what she told you not to do. Kelly explicitly told the team not to try to expense meals while in Miami. However, Roxy and Whitney racked up an extra $200 on their hotel bill. How? They’re both rich — they could have easily charged massages and overpriced French fries on their own cards. Combined with the asinine backstage fight, this makes the girls look ten times more immature than Miley Cyrus fans.
Do: Wait until she’s out of earshot to make comments about her. Back in the New York office, Kelly goes up to Whitney and Roxy and tells them their fight embarrassed her. “She didn’t say one nice thing,” Roxy says to Whitney after Kelly had taken two steps in the other direction. Kelly hears her, of course, and again threatens to fire them. When Kelly’s in her office, Roxy tries again. “Someone’s PMS-ing,” she says. And she and Whitney share a moment as all the crazy in the air around them just absorbs into the walls. Often, the most horrible work situations are just as simple as that.
by amy odell