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Bridget Helene—she of The Fashionista Diaries fame and one time assistant at Mandie Erickson's Seventh House PR—might just be the most successful reality TV personality in her chosen field. Fashionista is reporting that Helene was recently temping full-time in Vogue's fashion department, after a "chance meeting at Conde Nast with Anna Wintour." (WTF?) She couldn't stay on though, since Conde needs to find spots for the recently unemployed House and Garden staffers, but she might have a chance at being placed at one of the company's other fashion titles. [Fashionista] -
#fashionsenseless
Mandie Erickson In 'Page Six Magazine': The Female Dog Gets Her Day
Imagine our absolute delight when we saw that this week's Page Six Magazine had a big, juicy profile on our favorite evil "mentor" Mandie Erickson from The Fashionista Diaries. Oh, and it's a good one, too! The headline asks, "Is This the Most Hated Woman in New York?" Well, judging by the piece, writer Maureen Callahan sure as shit doesn't like her. She calls out Mandie for lying about her age (she says she's 29, but really she's 32), how bullshit it is that she criticizes her employees' personal style until they cry ("[Mandie] wears no makeup and an array of unremarkable black dresses"), and brings up Mandie's mysteriously-shriveled left hand "which seems to have suffered some kind of permanent injury, but when asked about it she replies, 'I don't know what you're talking about.'"
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#fashionsenseless
Mandie Erickson Designs Clothes But Doesn't Want Us To Know About It
Remember Mandie Erickson, the PR mentor/reality show villain/cunt face from The Fashionista Diaries? Well, apparently her talents are not limited to being horrible at interpersonal communication while working in public relations and making others feel bad about themselves as a way to mask her own insecurity. She also designs clothes! We're probably like the only people in the world obsessed with her, so we were so pissed at ourselves for not knowing about this earlier. Howevs, keeping her clothing line a secret was all part of her master plan. In an interview with Grandlife, she said:Only a few people know about it. I'm really embarrassed when I'm with someone wearing a dress, and everyone knows where it's from. All of a sudden with fashion, you can go to H&M, and fashion savvy people hone in on the same pieces.
Wow, people must be beating down her door to hire her as a publicist with that unique "don't get the word out there" strategy she has. After the jump, photos of her line. More » -
#realitylife
Today's New York Observer runs an interview with our favorite reality TV underminer, Bridget Helene, the Seventh House PR assistant from The Fashionista Diaries. Bridget discusses her career goals (she wants to work at Vogue), public urination, and even mentions Cunt Face! ("Mandie Erickson, she, like, loves me.") Bridget also expresses how much she enjoyed her stint as a reality star, saying, "I thought it was much more fun than having a real job. It was like being babied, it was like being pampered all the time. It was like, 'I want an iced coffee,' and one appears." [NY Observer] -
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'The Fashionista Diaries': Whites Learn That Blacks Get Darker When Exposed To Sunlight
On last night's episode of The Fashionista Diaries, the kids spent the weekend in the Hamptons, and we got to see more of Connecticut-native Tina's cultural experience with African Americans. She didn't know that black people could get darker in the sun, and apparently didn't know that they'd be interested in non-black people, sexually. We can't wait for next week, when we get to see Mandie in action again. It was a little dull without her around. Oh, and if you'd like to see a picture of her clutching a baby, click here (scroll down). -
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Mandie "Cunt Face" Erickson: To Know Her Is To Loathe Her
Ever since we began our coverage of The Fashionista Diaries and our obsession with Seventh House's Mandie "Cunt Face" Erickson, we've gotten quite a few emails and tips from readers who know her personally and really fucking hate her guts. Like a lot. One reader, who referred to CF as "evil and disgusting," told us that the term "Mandie Erickson" is part of the vernacular of PR types in NYC, as in: "Oh my God, she was like, Mandie Erickson bad." Someone else mentioned that CF "stares through" people if she doesn't need them for something. Another reader gave us some of the juiciest goss on her yet! More » -
#fashionsenseless
Mandie "Cunt Face" Erickson Didn't Always Talk Like That
How psyched are you for tonight's episode of Fashionista Diaries? The New York Times ran Ginia Bellafante's review of the show today that included this gemWhen writing about fashion for this newspaper some years ago, I had occasional dealings with [Mandie] Erickson. Though always efficient and pleasant, she stood out in my memory because she once speculated that the impact of a designer's show would be "devastational."
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#trashtv
'The Fashionista Diaries': No Friend To Queens
Okay, so Fashionista Diaries is officially awesome. Remember Nicole, the Seventh House assistant who went AWOL last week? She's back and has revealed that working in PR is causing stress-induced vomiting. Yeah, Mandie "Cunt Face" Erickson sort of makes us sick to our stomachs, too! Oh, and in last night's episode we were also treated to Emma Snowdon-Jones, the, ahem, maturing socialite who still makes the rounds on the younger girl circuit. We didn't know much about her before other than the time she asked Radar reporter Sarah Horne "whether she swallowed." (We're not sure if that's in reference to bulimia or blow jobs.) Anyway, Emma kept calling Bridget a monkey, but to be fair, the girl is Monchichi-esque. Click on the player above to watch, and after the jump, check out Kristian Laliberte and other stuff we noticed lurking in the background on last night's episode. More » -
#skinnybitches
'The Fashionista Diaries': More To Hate!
You guys wanted it, so here it is—a Stephanie Trong clip-reel from Wednesday night's episode of The Fashionista Diaries. Whereas Seven House PR mentor Mandie "Cunt Face" Erickson deals with the assistants by alternating between verbal mockery and ostracism, Stephanie Trong, the former executive editor of Jane, utilizes the far more subtle tactics of bitchy verbal intonation, body language, and facial expressions. Enjoy/cringe! More » -
#meangirls
'The Fashionista Diaries': Stylish, Shallow & Full Of Skinny Bitches
'Every summer, thousands of hopefuls apply for assistant positions. The chances of landing them are slim. And finding the perfect fit? Even slimmer.'
That's the voice-over for the intro of The Fashionista Diaries, the new reality show from the creators of The Hills that debuted last night on SoapNet. The show revolves around six assistants trying to make it in the fashion industry and assigned to three different companies: Flirt Cosmetics, Seven House PR, and Jane magazine (R.I.P.). The girls at Flirt are capable and boring. The girl assigned to Jane is the most likable. The second Jane assistant is Andrew, who says he got into fashion to meet girls. Except, he has sculpted eyebrows. (You do the math). The best part of the show, however, is the interplay between Nicole (the fish-out-of-water, real-life Ugly Betty from Queens) and Bridget (the pretty, thin, privileged socialite), both of whom work at Seven House PR for Mandie Erickson, a woman who really can only be described in two words: Cunt Face. See for yourselves, above. -
#ragtrade
Style Ditto: Shove Over Lily Allen, Look Who's Coming To 'New Look'!
- "If I could just do one thing for 24 hours it would be [have sex] . . . or sew. Or have sex while sewing. Or sew an outfit to have sex in." So says singer Beth Ditto, which is why the plus-sized Ditto is now collaborating with New Look to become the most unlikely (and kinda awesome!) celebrity clothing endorser yet. [The Sun]
