Stylista + Maggie Rizer = Another Dimension

Jun 18, 2008 @ 11:55am

We knew Stylista would be a dramatic, over-the-top, hysterically unrealistic reality show, but seriously, we didn't think it would be like this.

Check out the clips if you can't believe that:

1. Contestants (because that's what they are) have to set up Maggie Rizer's hotel suite for her before she flies into town (Bonus info: does that mean Maggie's in an upcoming ELLE shoot? And going to be on the show?)

2. Contestants are asked to plan Anne Slowey's niece's birthday party, to which the niece instructs "don't embarrass me," sounding like a cross between that 13-year girl from the bat mitzvah episode on SATC and Monty Burns.

3. A faux clueless contestant says, "I certainly don't want to be carrying anyone's coffee" with just enough of a smirk on her face saying even she knows she'll never live this down.

4. A horrifying contestant says, "If you want to work in this industry, you have to change your body for it."

Yikes.

posted by ModestoT

Jun 18, 2008 12:22PM

can't wait.

posted by GQDetails8604

Jun 18, 2008 12:39PM

I must say I'm very excited to see the show but i just can't help but to laugh at the ones who don't win there going to be shunned from the fashion industry. Reality TV hinders most from what they really want to do in life...I CAN'T WAIT EITHER

posted by chelsearae

Jun 18, 2008 12:44PM

"I'm not really a backstabber in an evil way..."

HA! Let the hilarity ensue.

posted by guest

Jun 18, 2008 1:11PM

That Anne Slowey cant even walk with those heels, its 'high'larious

posted by guest

Jun 18, 2008 1:51PM

I love how tyra produced the show and there HAS to be a cover of her on elle on the wall

posted by guest

Jun 18, 2008 1:58PM

I will watch this show but after seeing the trailer, i now know why sometimes when people ask what i do, i get embarassed and choose to say...video store clerk instead.
After the show airs i'm sure i'll be using it frequently.

posted by aninnka

Jun 18, 2008 2:56PM

Anne Slowey's niece is just horrible! hahaha

posted by guest

Jun 18, 2008 3:15PM

do you think anne slowey's niece is really that horrible, or that they made her act that way?

fashionista- good call on the "faux clueless" comment...sooo true. these people would rather be famous than actually work in fashion, clearly.

guest @ 1:58- that is really funny, sensible, and something I would do, as well!

posted by guest

Jun 18, 2008 3:47PM

Loves it!!!!! Real or semi-real, who cares?

posted by guest

Jun 18, 2008 11:36PM

Isn't anyone else frustrated by these tv shows!? I work at one of these magazines and in the fashion dept, we have all these girls who apply for internships because they see these shows on tv and think it's going to be glamorous, and then they come in and they are in the closet all day searching for a lost belt and looking like this wasn't what they had hoped for. these shows are honestly screwing things up for us. not to mention, when you work in a demanding fashion dept, the thought of cameras coming in to film and making entertainment out of what is actually your job, is really quite offensive and insulting.

posted by guest

Jun 19, 2008 5:53AM

guest @11:36: i realize you are under the impression that working in a fashion department is "demanding," but really, come on. it's not like you're performing neurosurgery or fighting fires or something. frankly, i find it offensive and insulting that you assume a television program about your oh-so-demanding job would be considered entertainment.

posted by guest

Jun 19, 2008 8:07AM

A call to The Devil Wears Prada?
There should have been something new out of TV shows these days!

posted by guest

Jun 19, 2008 11:10AM

Guest at 5:53 am, no need to belittle those of us that work in fashion. No we're not curing cancer, but the job is definitely demanding.

posted by soundsoldierxo

Jun 19, 2008 2:54PM

ok so when that little girl said "Do not embarass me.." the first thought that came into my head was - Are You Serious?? The second thought was - how is this even reality?

posted by guest

Jun 23, 2008 8:33PM

This show looks idiotic. I love reality tv (flavor of love marathon=bliss) but it just takes the usual level of reality tv fakery to another level. Anne Slowey is not a thing like that. She can't walk on those shoes. She's just playing the part of Miranda Priestly b/c that's what they need her to be for their purposes. Elle is just shamelessly trying to get publicity-- which it will-- but it's still a bad magazine. Maybe they should concentrate on better photographers and art direction instead of whoring themselves out for anyone who will watch on Ugly Betty and now on this beyond-dumb show.

posted by guest

Jun 25, 2008 5:28AM

When is the show airing? Am curious about how real vs how fake it will be. All the characters seem exaggerated, esp Slowey, which is perfect for reality tv. Can't wait!

posted by guest

Jul 11, 2008 5:23PM

One snarky British guy is seen insisting he's not a backstabber, "in an evil way."

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=504160218

Haha

posted by guest

Aug 25, 2008 2:11PM

I love how you refer to the girl with the fake boobs and the awful voice as horrifying. I know her and she truly is just about the worst person I have ever met.