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I just watched it! I hope Joe doesn't fire Olivia, she's the best part of the show. :(
 
^I hope she gets fired cause it's probably not like she's gonna leave the show if she is. How can you let someone perform so badly and keep her? Most people here could do a much better job than her. I do watch the show mostly for Olivia though.
I'm not suprised the buyers didn't like Whitney's items. I don't like her style nor do I like what she designs but I like her ambition.
 
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I don't know...Whitney should take a few classes at FIT or something...How can anyone say to buyers from Bergdorf's in Manhattan, for God's sake, 'I don't do black because I'm from LA...!" Ridiculous!! She has sooo much to learn about the business...:cry:
Maybe she can go and design at Ungaro- they'll take anybody...! :innocent:
 
Found this article interesting...

She's Not the Bad Guy: Erin Kaplan Clears Her Name
by Betsey Morgenstern
PRWeek.com

Have you heard of Elle magazine? Well, of course you have since it's been a knockout on the newstands for years as well as the main prize for winners of America's Next Top Model and Project Runway (before the magazine was kicked to the curb for Seventeen and Marie Claire). Still, the reason it was there in the first place is due to Erin Kaplan, the young PR maven who has taken the magazine world by storm by turning the magazine brand into something that even Anna Wintour must respect.

But with the increased publicity for the publication comes an increased profile for Kaplan, who some think is only a tan and a set of SUV keys away from being the next Lizzie Grubman.

"Really, I'm not that bad," Erin told me during a recent interview outside of Magnolia bakery, where we indulged in sweet treats and threw pebbles at tourists. "It's just that everyone who I work with really sucks. Especially Olivia Palermo. Make sure you get that right, it's P-A-L-E-R-M-O. And yes, I said she sucks. I hate her. I almost quit my job because of her."

The feud between the socialite and the PR star become noticeably public when they were heard bitching at each other in the background of a recent Today show segment.

"I knew something was amiss when I got all the looks together to go to the studio and there was nothing that Olivia and I had pulled the week before," said an Elle magazine intern named Bryn who asked her last name not be used because she does not talk to fake reporters. "Erin told me that she went and redid all the looks. She really has it out for Olivia. I just don't want to get fired. But, yeah, I'm totally scared of Erin."

And that is with good reason. Not only is she in charge of getting the magazine's name out there, but also, apparently, in overseeing the duties of junior editors, a very different responsibility for someone who specializes in communications.

"Look, I'm not a fashion editor and I never claim to be," Kaplan said after her third vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. "But Olivia Palermo is so bad at her job that I had to step in and do something or else my segment would be ruined and Elle would look stupid. I can not have that happening. I have no social life, my last boyfriend dumped me for another guy, and no one wants to talk to me at parties. Without this job, I have absolutely nothing. When Olivia put that in jeopardy, I had to fight back."

She explains that at the Today show, Elle creative director Joe Zee asked Palermo about the prices and designers of the dresses he was about to talk about on air. Since Kaplan vetoed Palermo's looks and inserted her own, Palermo had no clue what was going out, and out of spite, wouldn't brief Joe. He had a short flub on the air with Hoda Kotb, but was able to recover. Good thing Mr. Zee was on his A game.

After they show, Kaplan and Zee tried to confront Palermo about what happened. "I'm sorry, but I did a whole afternoon of hard work before going home to do bong hits and then attend a Twilight screening," Palermo says. "Erin never thinks I do anything right. She has horrible style, can't dress, is poor, and doesn't respect me. She makes it impossible for me to do my job. And have you seen what she wears? She shouldn't be picking out clothes at all. But she is impossible. Until she shows me some respect, we can't work together."

Kaplan was more than happy to respond to her comments. "Of course I don't respect her, she doesn't know what the **** she's doing!" Kaplan screamed while brushing her hair out of her face and scowling—a look that should be familiar to anyone who knows her. "And the worst part is, you can't talk to her. Whenever I confront her about something, she is either too stupid or too stoned to care and just doesn't get the message. Unless it's news about a sample sale or the opening of a new bottle service club, she just can't retain any information. She is completely useless. I told Joe Zee that it was either her or me."

And what did Joe Zee say? "Erin is a consummate professional," Zee says from his Midtown office. "She is great at her job and I trust her implicitly. I like Olivia a lot—mostly because she's pretty. But I am not a guidance counselor, I don't want to be deciding who wins in a fight between Erin and Olivia."

Now that the ultimatum has been placed—Kaplan says that she even awkwardly stormed out of Zee's office!—who is going to hit the road and who is going to stay? "Well, let's just say that the magazine needs PR more than it does socialites, but sometimes socialites are what brings the PR," Kaplin says cryptically giving her signature sly smile.

No matter what, we have a feeling that Kaplan will end up on top.
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I fear Olivia will get fired and the show wont be so good anymore. She needs to learn more before she can be a good editor. She has great style and potential but her attitude at work needs improving.
I feel bad for Whitney, the buyers were making fun of her clothes right in front of her.
 
^ Yeah, I was really surprised- her clothes weren't that great, the women were pretty darn rough with her, and last night on the after show, she just said- I'm learning and so on...Whitney- they blasted you and you don't even realize it!! My guess: MTV already has plans for a Whitney show during Fashion Week and they would go ahead for next season even if she did trash bag chic or something!! :lol:
 
I only started watching again recently for Olivia but now the show is actually quite entertaining to watch. Before it was so boring. Where are all Whitney's boring "friends", Erin, the big eyed scary looking model and her bf Adam? I could care less bout them.
 
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^I just looked it up. Allie was the model. Erin was some other girl.. Allie, Erin, Adam, Jay and who else, it's a good thing they're all gone.
 
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^ That's right-she wasn't the model, Erin was..I don't know, a professional cute party girl??:unsure: They only announced the next season would happen last night, so I haven't heard when the new season may begin..Maybe in the Spring? I think Fashion Week may be a part of it, so after February?...Just guessing... ;)
 
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^ Yeah, I was really surprised- her clothes weren't that great, the women were pretty darn rough with her, and last night on the after show, she just said- I'm learning and so on...Whitney- they blasted you and you don't even realize it!! My guess: MTV already has plans for a Whitney show during Fashion Week and they would go ahead for next season even if she did trash bag chic or something!! :lol:
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I'm telling you guys. Whitney isn't that bright. She was still banking on Roxy. At the very least make sure you present the best of your clothes--not bad hems and outfits that make the models look fat.
 
^ Yeah- if that beautiful model didn't look good- what hope would there be for the average girl buying this in the store!!?:(
I hate to say it, but I think you're right- Whitney isn't the brightest bulb on the Christmas Tree... :blink:
 
I feel so bad because I was laughing at Whitney every time the buyers were 'criticizing' her "ergh the material is cheap""do you have that in black" "don't like that combination" etc etc.
 
Poor Whitney...."No one wears black in LA" then Roxy said "I wear black in LA"...wasn't she there for support?! :huh:
 
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