What I Wish I Could Wear

So, I’m pretty sure everyone has heard of the awesome show, What Not to Wear, right? Well, it personally is my favorite (after The Office, of course)! For those of you who live under a rock, I’ll give you a brief description so that you get the idea.

These two hilariously and brutally honest professional stylists, Stacy and Clinton, are the professors of style and fashion to one poor unfortunate soul at a time. All of the targets are secretly taped in the horrible array they consider fashion and chosen to be “made over”. Most of the time it’s a friend ratting out a friend or a spouse who needs their lover to step it up a bit.

Once they are chosen, the two stylists fly to the target’s hometown and attack them in public. Of course the family and posse are involved and completely stun the victim! Once the two introduce themselves (and are sometimes recognized, go figure) they announce that the target has been secretly taped by someone who really does love them and insists that the entire group sit together and comment on these tapes! The targets are so embarrassed (as they should be)!

Afterward, they make the victim an offer to fly to New York, bring all their crap clothes and shoes and fork it all over in exchange for a check card with their name on it with $5000 balance to completely rebuild an even more awesome wardrobe! It is all too surreal for these poor individuals but they always give in to their terrible taste and go for the plunge!

Most of these targets are women, including careers women and mothers, or just young confused ladies with no taste! Stacy of course, always looks amazing and I wish I had HER wardrobe! But the stores they go to are usually really great lines I have never heard of (in NY) and are WAY expensive. But supposedly they close down the entire store for these girls when they get to go shop.

Once they make it to NY, they hang up all their crap clothes and have Stacy and Clinton mock and laugh at each piece. All while throwing it into a classic Oscar de Grouch trashcan! They also insist that the girl try on three of her favorite and most worn outfits and describe why they love it so much. Then, Stacy and Clinton again laugh and explain why it just doesn’t work! Usually the clothes are way too small or way too big or way too ugly!

Afterwards, they then have these lovely mannequins dressed in far more appealing and flattering pieces that are usually very stylish but also traditional and conservative, therefore allowing the wearer to continue wearing the look for years without most of it going out of style! As they show off these outfits the explain in full detail what and why so that when this poor girl is let loose in the GIGANTIC city of NY, she herself can go find similar pieces to fill her now desolate closet with!

I personally would love this job! There are so many beautiful women in this world who are hiding under a ton of hair (and cry like a baby when they have to cut it) and a circus tent they call a dress! It is amazing to me how you can simply accentuate a women’s features and have a stunning outcome! There were a couple of episodes where I nearly cried because of the end result! They basically take a common case, show what looks best (some of us can’t do this) and give her a little lesson on hair and makeup and tada!