Fashion Overload

Doin The Robot With Olivia Palermo

Until today I had successfully avoided watching The Hills, Laguna Beach or any of those MTV shows with pretend non-drama. Nursing a hangover (Happy New Years!), I flipped on "The City"  in my hotel room. My curiosity was pretty much fueled by boredom and the fact that Olivia Palermo is a vague acquaintance. Additionally, I had encountered the show taping at events I attended (like here and last night's party).

Whitney "works" in the fashion industry, so it's pretty heavy on the name dropping. That's to be expected. However, I can't stand the kind of weird nasal drawl these girls employ while they are being completely transparently fake with one another. Comments like, "You look so pretty" are delivered in the flattest, most insincere voice imaginable, wherein the speaker doesn't even bother to actually look at the person they are complimenting. The Palermo-bot half opens her dead eyes whilst babbling:

"Well...Manolo is my dad. He gave me my first pair of shoes before I was born. In the womb. My mom's womb is where they design Manolos. And I had seventeen deb balls. I am at a Deb Ball right now, in Manolos. I am wearing two pairs of Manolos, two on each foot. Right now, at my Deb Ball. From my dad."

Kelly Cutrone is pretty great, but I've always had that impression from her professionally. Otherwise... This is totally unwatchable television. Ugh. Enjoy the show kids.

Lauren Conrad Gets Dropped

The Lauren Conrad Collection has been dropped from Robertson boutique Kitson after poor sales. The rumor surfaced that Lauren Conrad doesn't have as much to do with the design process on her clothing line as she claims and that someone else has been doing the work LC takes credit for. Lauren was quick to respond saying,

"I've been involved in this entire process, every single step of the way. I have wanted to be a fashion designer since I was a little girl. I grew up designing and sewing dresses for my barbie dolls, and the Lauren Conrad Collection has been my dream come true."

That being said, I know that the designer of her line is actually Sherry Wood, who has been involved in several celebrity collections. This is far from atypical. Kimora Lee, Gwen Stefani, Beyonce Knowles, and a myriad of other celebrity designers are all well known to be designed by the same woman.

Christian, Amen

As if I needed any more reason to love Christian Siriano. The guy is a total media whore (which I can certainly appreciate) fresh from his appearance on Ugly Betty, he's now on board to do red carpet interviews and commentary for the MTV Movie Awards. That's right, the awards show where people often show in flip flops and about a third of the winners tape an acceptance speech because they couldn't be bothered to actually make an appearance. The awards show hosted by... Mike Meyers (what Jason Alexander or Jon Lovitz weren't available?).

Being his adorably bitchy self, and anticipating seeing Heidi Montag and Lauren Conrad from The Hills at the MTV event, he made a series of negative comments about the two being "designers". Viacom then called him in to explain himself and hopefully get a little media interest by providing us with this  embeddable clip of the Project Runway winner doing a really lousy job back peddling. His distaste is barely concealed. It really isn't much of an apology, and for that j'adore Christian.

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