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Johanna Cox, who won a job at Elle on Stylista, has left the magazine. In a bridge-burning blog post, Cox describes "working on the real-life set of that Meryl Streep movie" under a "very senior person" who was...less than collegial. More »
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Post-The Devil Wears Prada, The Fashionista Diaries and Stylilsta comes Running In Heels, the new series set behind-the-scenes at Marie Claire. Is anyone still interested in how their magazine sausage is made? More »
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The Style network has released more information about what the new Marie Claire reality show Running With Heels will be about. Is it just the latest step in Marie Claire's plan to become Elle? More »
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Vanity Fair's "Hall of Infamy" contains Spitzer, Blago, Joe the Plumber, various failed strategists and corrupt Wall Streeters and David Archuleta's father. All bad, but they forgot a few... More »
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Stylista villain Megan claims she was a victim of editing, and accused rival contestant Kate of being homophobic. Kate—as well as Megan's former business partner—promptly contacted us about how Megan's bitchiness is indeed, very real. More »
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Stylista's resident villain Megan came in third place on last night's finale — then threw a temper tantrum — even though she assured us of her qualifications: Her Google results. More »
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Fashion designer Zac Posen was on Stylista last night to help Elle's Anne Slowey and Joe Zee with the elimination. More »
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The fashion industry is inherently mean, seeing as how its entire focus is on appearance and the superficial. Many of the cast members of Stylista have been generally shitty, belittling the competitors, and taking joy in making others feel bad. Dyshaun and Megan have easily been the cruelest with their attacks and are representative of the kind of insecurity that fuels such angst. On last night's episode, they took their bitchiness to another level by openly mocking underdog Kate and calling her "Chlamydia." While it's important to have a thick skin in a competitive working environment, you'd have to be an android to ignore that kind of teasing. Clip above. More »
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On last night's episode of Stylista, Anne Slowey's usual kiss-off of "I'm sorry, you're not the right fit" stung so much more when Danielle was eliminated. The contestants were granted access to the Elle closet to pick out an outfit to wear to a party, and while it was a dream come true for most contestants, it was torturous for Danielle, because the designer outfits were all sample sizes and wouldn't fit her. Welcome to the shitty world of fashion magazines, Danielle! More »
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If you watch Stylista, perhaps you remember on the first episode when Devin, the sweet 19-year-old NYU student, showed up in a vintage hat. She looked, quite frankly, ridiculous. For a while now hats — and not winter hats, mind you, but purely stylish hat-hats — have been said to be on the ascent. A piece in today's Times "Thursday Styles" section claims they're back again, and not just for hipsters and jazz musicians! More »
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• Britney Spears's comeback includes a stop at NBC’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 3. Will she perform? Will she push the button and light the tree? Will she ice skate? So many questions. [MSNBC]
• Wait a minute: In this report, Britney says her new life sucks! "There’s no excitement, there’s no passion. I have really good days, and then I have bad days. Even when you go to jail you know there’s the time when you’re gonna get out. But in this situation, it’s never ending. It’s just like Groundhog Day every day. […] I think it’s too in control. If I wasn’t under the restraints I’m under, I’d feel so liberated. When I tell them the way I feel, it’s like they hear but they’re really not listening." B-but- you're doing so well! [The Sun]
• Brit's new CD leaked all over the internet yesterday, probably deliberately. Fans dig it. [The Sun]
• Barack Obama's barber in Chicago says the President-Elect doesn't mind having gray hair. "It's not like he has a head full of gray hair," says Zariff, who only goes by one name. "It's just a few gray hairs, so it's nothing to get excited about." Oh! And Zariff might visit DC! "I said, 'I'm going with you' [if you win]," Zariff told Obama. His reply? "Absolutely. I'm not changing barbers, man." [Us]
• Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer had a romantic candlelight dinner. It's so on. [People]

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We love to hatewatch CW's Stylista but how is the show faring in the big world of fashion-related reality television? Not too great: the show has averaged about 1.97 million viewers a week, which is peanuts in broadcast network terms. At least the show can take solace in the fact that The Rachel Zoe Project on Bravo only averaged a measly 688,000 viewers during its first season. American television viewers may be a little stupid at times (Dancing With The Stars is on what season now?) but we will always pick Slowey over Zoe. [WWD] More »
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Nylon may be safe, but according to a breakdown of ad page performance that mediabistro.com just posted (from WWD), things are scary indeed in the world of fashion magazines. In the third quarter, the industry saw a 10% decline as categories like pharmaceutical and beauty slashed their ad budgets. Some of the hardest hit are Vanity Fair (down 15.3% since last year - approximately 84 ad pages), W, Glamour and Essence, with even stalwarts like Vogue dangerously diminished (9.6%.) Bucking the trend is Elle, which, Stylista notwithstanding, had an increase in ad sales. Fingers and toes crossed for everyone — we may mock the ladymags, but we hate to see people lose jobs. [mediabistro] More »
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The best Stylista challenges are the ones that exist solely to reiterate Anne Slowey's importance. On last night's episode, the contestants were given $1,000 each to style and buy Anne a complete outfit from Henri Bendel so she could bring it with her on a last minute trip to the Hamptons. Whichever ensemble Anne liked the best was the challenge winner. The contestants had to meet her on a cobblestone street in Manhattan's Meatpacking district, which Anne was seen hobbling through on a pair of stilettos. The life lesson we all learned from this challenge is that 1) she doesn't like a lot of shiny things around her neck and 2) orange is her least flattering color. Clip above. More »
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Brown and Georgetown grad Johanna Cox is the front-runner on the CW's new show Stylista, and in an interview with the Washington Post, she talks about why she's always so calm and mature on camera: "I thought about my parents, and my current boss, and if I actually won, any future boss would see this. I watch so much reality TV, I knew how I would come across. So I think maybe this is the reward for having watched Rock of Love and all those horrible shows." [Washington Post] More »
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It's not really clear whether or not Elle's Anne Slowey is playing up the whole Cruella-wears-Prada character on Stylista, or if that's really how she is. Whatever the case, it's entertaning, except to the contestants. Jason, an aspiring clothing designer, was so freaked out by the impending judging and elimination ceremony that he broke out into a rash. Then he got freaked out by that and had to go to the bathroom. Then he got freaked out from feeling sick to his stomach and unable to breathe. Then he got so freaked out by not being able to breathe that he began rolling around on the floor grabbing his chest and crying. He freaked out more when people said they were going to call 911, because he really wanted to talk to Anne during judging. The EMT ended up taking him away. Clip above. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5071239&view=rss&microfeed=true Stylista, the reality show where contestants compete to be a "junior editor" at Elle, debuted last night, and it was a delightful festival of bitchery. Joe Zee, Elle creative director, told the Observer at the show's premiere party, "We weren't mean to be mean. We were mean because we were being honest." He's practically brimming with "honesty" in this YouTube clip, where he's evaluating each contestant's outfit as Elle-worthy or poopworthy. Sure, it's a low rent reality knock off of The Devil Wears Prada, but it sure is fun! More »
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Well, it's here: the long-awaited premiere of the Tyra Banks-produced reality series, Stylista. The premise is a simple (if not recycled) one: a group of young adults compete for the coveted position of "junior editor" at Elle magazine (a job once held by former Jezebel Jennifer Gerson), which includes a year of rent-free living and a wardrobe allowance. The show revolves around Elle Fashion News Director Anne Slowey, who is, by most accounts, not as icy as the Anne Slowey that she plays on TV. The critics agree that the show is good for its niche, but if a combination of The Devil Wears Prada, Ugly Betty and Project Runway doesn't appeal to you, you might want to skip this one. The reviews, after the jump. More »
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Elle fashion editor and Stylista judge Anne Slowey had this to say about the role of assistant editor, over which the the Stylista contestants are competing "Q: What do assistants — or "junior editors" — at Elle do? A: Well! This will be interesting to figure out when it comes time for the person to begin the job! People keep saying they're working for me — I haven't been told they are…So they'll probably do a rotation — like a first-year med student!" We do not want Stylista participants coming anywhere near us with a needle, however. [LAT] More »
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• In case Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle blog, Goop, wasn't quite irritating enough, now she brings us a breakdown of how to get her look. Apparently Roger Vivier bangles help. And don't think that one Uniqlo skirt fools anyone, Gwynnie; we've been wise to those tricks since Lucky hit newsstands! [Racked]
• Fashionologie claims it's "always a treat" to hear Kate Moss talk. We respectfully disagree. Draw yout own conclusions from this video of her "designing." [Fashionologie]
• Here are La Moss's "10 Style Rules": one of them's "Make It Look Effortless." Another is, "When In Doubt, Buy Diamonds." Oh, okay! Maybe this is Gwyneth's secret? [The Guardian]
• Karl Lagerfeld is now a proper noun in Le Petit Larousse Illustré. He also designed the cover. [WWD]

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A promo for Stylista, the reality show in which contestants compete to become Elle fashion editor Anne Slowey's new assistant, has hit the internet, and we're not going to lie: it looks bitchily delightful. What's troubling, however, is the treatment of the one plus-sized contestant, Danielle (pictured). The promo announces, "Fashion isn't about playing nice, it's war," before launching into footage of a series of fights between contestants. One snotty looking girl says, "If you're going to work in this industry, then you have to change your body for it," after which the producers show a few shots of Danielle looking at herself in a mirror, perturbed. Then Danielle says, "Believe me I want to look different. There are things about me I want to change." More »
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• Tom Ford has spoken: eyebrow wiggling is now a sign of displeasure. "I haven't had any plastic surgery — despite what people think, this is my nose...I have had Restylane and Botox, but I don't think of that as plastic surgery any more. It's true I can't really frown, but I can move my eyebrows, so..." [Guardian]
• Well, at least Manolo Blahnik is less ridiculous! Oh, wait. "Manolo Blahnik tumbles into the room wearing an extremely dapper royal-purple suit, purple and yellow knitted tie, orange suede shoes and black circular glasses à la Le Corbusier. He stretches out his hand, and when I shake it he squeaks in pain, shaking, then retracting it." [Independent]
• Jean-Paul Gaultier, maybe? “'I did a revue with my teddy bear at home...I pretended he had breasts. The first cone bra I did was for my teddy bear, not for Madonna. I had a strawberry box for the stage, and I put a lot of feathers on my teddy bear for the headdress. I used feathers from my cleaning brush for the finale.'” [NYT]
• Come. on, Zac Posen, redeem your industry: "Puppies, babies and plastic surgery are the new fashion. That's where fashion's going." [Big Think]

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The Los Angeles County DA has decided to not file felony charges against Kanye West and his bodyguard for a previous altercation with the paparazzi at LAX. However, Kanye may get a misdemeanor charge. • DJ AM has been released from Doctors Hospital in Georgia and is presumably on his way back to Los Angeles. • Not-so-unexpected-news: It has reportedly been confirmed that Marie Claire will sponsor the next season of Project Runway on Lifetime in Los Angeles. • Wait, Project Runway is now not going to Lifetime? It seems NBC Uni has won its case against the Weinstein Company. [Perez, TMZ, NY Mag, TV Week] More »
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These days, it's not enough for a magazine to just be a mere publication. A magazine has to be online. A magazine has to be on TV. Yesterday, AdAge reported that after Elle participated in Project Runway, the mag saw newsstand sales and ad pages soar — going from number 6 to number 2 in its category, second only to Vogue. (Now Vogue has an online docu-series "Model.Live.") Elle has parted ways with Project Runway, but will launch Stylista on The CW in October. And Marie Claire will partner with the Style Network to produce Running In Heels, a weekly series about the lives of Marie Claire editors. But none of the TV shows about magazines will show you what you really want to see: More »
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Do yourself a favor and read "America’s Next Top Fashion Editor," Moe Tkacik's story in this week's New York magazine. It's the epic tale of Nina Garcia, Anne Slowey, Elle, Project Runway and the new CW show Stylista (starring Elle fashion editor Slowey). Plus! The appeal of fashion-related reality TV, "the crack rock of programming." You'll learn the differences between Garcia and Slowey (closets: "Slowey’s is small, East Village, overflowing with vintage finds; Garcia’s is cavernous, color-coded, and situated in an apartment overlooking Central Park.") as well as the events surrounding Garcia's departure from Elle. (She's now at Marie Claire.) As for Stylista, which premieres in October? Anne Slowey says: "I don’t even know what reality is anymore." [New York Magazine] More »
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• Bex bares (almost) all for Armani once more. After the item, People earnestly queries, "Tell us: What do you think of David Beckham’s ads?" Eager to see the conversation this generates. [People]
• The previously-discussed Italian Vogue featuring only models of color hits European newsstands next Thursday! "In a reverse of the general pattern of fashion magazines, all the faces are black, and all the feature topics are related to black women in the arts and entertainment." [New York Times]
• Tyra Banks is one of said black models. (Click to see awesome pix.) [Fashionista]
• Tyra's new show Stylista: OBVIOUSLY BIGGEST THING OF THE SUMMER. [Fashionista]
• "Soften your image" for only $99! Michelle Obama's View dress at Donna Ricco! [Donna Ricco]

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