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Whack-in-Back Hairstyle...

Oh boy. I admit rather freely to having fallen under a spell—though brief and mostly due to an imbalance of seratonin and dopamine in my brain—where I watched TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8. It was usually the best thing on the boob-tube-affixed gym equipment whenever I decided to haul my rather large caboose to the gym. The show's synopsis is short and sweet: Jon and Kate had twins on the first romp; the second bout in the bedroom got some in vitro assistance and then—whip-bam-boom—a batch of sextuplets up and cold changed their lives. The kids (not the parents) became media darlings, and TLC swooped in to cash in on this cute large family. 

And then came the "quirks"...those little personality disorders that might not have presented if never affronted by six screaming babies. Like Kate's acerbic quips and her complete lack of viewing Jon as 1) a man and 2) a father. And then there's Jon...passive aggressive in every way. Watch the marriage unravel while eight cute kids run around, cry, burp, spill things, and yell each other. It's Magic, TLC, pure Magic!

But what's really Magic is Kate's hairstyle. And what I mean by Magic is that it deceives us oh so brilliantly with somewhat normal-appearing front and side slats of frosted highlights, but then, POW! Like a magician who's ultimate illusion goes vewy, vewy wong, we find that rather than him holding high a snow white rabbit, he's wielding a flaming hedgehog. That is the back of Kate's hair.

Working in the beauty industry, I have to say like Hall & Oates: "I can't go for that. Nooooo. No can do." But apparently, Kate looooooooves her style, and her hairstylist fields sooooooo many requests for this hedge-head 'd0. Via Totalbeauty.com (via an interview with EW):

The reality TV super mom (perhaps the precursor to Octomom), claims that her hairdresser gets calls from around the country wanting to know how to emulate the style. Gosselin gushes, “Everybody wants it,” referring to her high-maintenance mane.

(Source: Dlisted.com)

And as if on cue, Oprah brings a little girl by the name of Jordan on her show. The 10-year-old specifically asked for the Kate Gosselin's whack-a-hedgehog mullet. Thankfully, this little girl's hair will grow back and all of the eventual partying and cramming for tests will make this small blip in her beauty blunders disappear forever...

If you haven't had enough prickling of your eyeballs with this tragic bob/mullet/grass creation, check out Buzz Feed's 15 Celebrities That Look Hot With Kate Gosselin's Hair Style. 

I'm personally choosing Jen Anisten as best to rock out this party in the back of her head...

Lost Soles...

(Source: Style.com)

Oh, Project Runway, how we all miss you dearly! So much so, Bravo had to come out with The Fashion Show, which I've only watched one episode of, and felt lacked in so much (mainly: no Tim Gunn). And now there's another show in development: Sole Perspective. 

"Drawing from the design competition elements of shows like Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model, as well as corporate driven marketing challenges from The Apprentice, Sole Perspective will provide a never-before-seen inside look into the world of footwear design and shoemaking, one of the most influential areas of the fashion industry today. In addition, it will leverage the intense drama of a top shelf competition reality format, shepherded by one of the top reality producers in the business.

 

“When I was first presented with the concept for Sole Perspective, I was immediately intrigued” noted Bud Brutsman, Executive Producer and CEO of BCII.  “The shoe industry is the pinnacle of the fashion business. This gives us the opportunity to take TV design competition to a whole new dramatic level, with new on-screen challenges in design and marketing never before attempted by other series.”

Hmmm...interesting. Bud does have a point: Shoes have become increasingly spectacular (see my previous post It's Official, The Shoe Is In), and sometimes outlandish...and the celebrities who seem to be able to afford them (Beyonce, Gwyneth, Mary-Kate, Victoria Beckham) and brave their soaring heights certainly do wear them. I'm personally waiting for my fave pair of boots from the Fall 2009 season by Rodarte to hit the red carpet. If I had to choose a celebrity to brave them, it would be Vicki Posh. But I'm not sure she has a relationship with Rodarte. The girls that wear Rodarte—Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman—they don't seem to have the cojones for such out-there gorgeousness.

(Sources: Style.com)

I, of course, have the cojones to tackle these Rodarte bangers. These boots were made for me! Alas...my bank account begs to differ.