Jezebel: dr. 90210

Before Dr. Rey...

Sadie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST

The Franken-celeb is as old as time! Or at least as old as Hollywood. Check out this "perfect woman" from 1930 - who, today, would obviously be better off if she had Angelina's breasts, Megan's legs, Lindsay's weight...[BuzzFeed]

Dr. Robert Rey: Peddler Of Silicone AND Self-Esteem For The Masses

Jessica — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Does the phrase "self-esteem" even mean anything anymore? I ponder this as I read Monica Hesse's description of Dr. Robert Rey's recent appearance at a Sears in suburban Maryland in the Washington Post. Rey is one of the stars of E!'s reality show about plastic surgery, Dr. 90210, which often depicts Rey enhancing the breasts of the nouveau riche and the vapid. But apparently Rey is not just gracing Silver Spring to hawk his new line of body shaping intimates, he's also hawking something much more ephemeral: "bold, fawning attention from a medical professional," says Hesse. You can just feel the slime sluicing off his words when he says to one of the women in attendance at this public appearance, "You are one hot, yummy mommy." Another woman who waited in line to see the good doctor said,"He knows exactly what women want…He makes you feel so good inside."

Maybe I'm being too dismissive; if Rey makes these women feel good about themselves, what's the harm in that? But the fact that they derive self-esteem from these sorts of interactions in the first place is troubling. Rey has made millions based on the idea that a woman's natural body is even more attractive when enhanced (his mission is to bring amazing "boobies and bellies" to the masses), despite his lip service to the idea that women are beautiful "just the way you are." Women of the world, Rey's verbal smoothies are empty self-esteem calories!! Resist his tawny chest hair, resist!

Plastic Surgeon In Aisle 2! [Washington Post]

Legendary Rock Club CBGB Achieves The Impossible, Sells Out Even More

Jennifer — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:05:47 EST

Designer John Varvatos has bought the space formerly occupied by rock club CBGB's to open a new store. He's the one who designs clothes for Converse, which is that super-hip iconoclastic footwear brand owned by Nike, and... Move to North Korea if you hate capitalism so much! [Fashion Week Daily]
Project Runway Season Four designers' designs here. Only a week to go! [FabSugar]
Stella McCartney is doing a denim line with Notify jeans. Will she design a pair with one leg, too? Because that would be sick and distasteful and awesome. [Vogue UK]
Designer Zac Posen's mom Susan on her recent trip to Tokyo: "My guide was like, 'Shall we eat Italian tonight?' And I said, 'Please! You can get Italian anywhere.' Japanese food three times a day? Heaven!" [Fashion Week Daily]

Marc Jacobs to a passerby who stopped him while smoking outside of the New York Accessories Council ACE Awards on Monday night, when asked "What in the world is going on inside?": "It's a ceremony. I think it has something to do with fashion." [Fashion Week Daily]
"Dr. 90210" is releasing his own line of "shapewear." Not okay. [WWD, sub req'd]
Hugo Boss: Profits are up about 13%! Does anyone care? [WWD, sub req'd]
Maidenform: Profits are down about 13%! Does anyone care? And does this mean that people enjoy a little early 90s style for their outerwear than they do their underwear? [WWD, sub req'd]
The Agent Provocateur saga continues: The next face of the lingerie label (starting in three months time) is to be French actress Vahina Giocante. We have no idea who she is but we love the name. [Vogue UK]
Someone needs to tell model Natalia Vodianova that being all smug about how easy it is to be the mother to three children under the age of 5 is fucking annoying. [Vogue UK]
OMG! Mariah Carey sang "Hero" at the Glamour Woman of the Year awards?! We would rather hear Mariah sing "Hero" (our favorite song in, what, 1993?) than win an award any day. [Fashion Week Daily]

'Dr. 90210': What's The Deal With Dr. Ray?

Tracie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDT

We don't typically tune into E!'s Dr. 90210, but we could tell from commercials that Dr. Ray was sorta... unconventional. Like, sleeveless scrubs? Is that even up to medical regulations? But anyway, we managed to catch this episode, which features a 25-year-old girl who's already had a labiaplasty, and is back for a breast lift. Her choices for those things are hers and we're not gonna get into it (although, like her mother, we were a little jealous of her resulting boobs). But what the fuck is the deal with Dr. Ray, exactly? And why does he said the word "beautiful" so creepy? And is anyone else skeeved out when he pets her hair while she's topless? Finally, isn't it just a little bit weird that girls would go to Dr. Ray, requesting tits so high they can rest their drinks on them, seeing as how the biological purpose for boobs are actually supposed to be for drinking?