"Love Hangover"
Kelly walks in the office with some lube for Andrew S. (I'm going to start referring to him as Gay Andrew, even though the other Andrew is gay, too. Andrew S. is just so much "gayer" than Andrew, Kelly's Asst.). Gay Andrew has a blind date coming up so Kelly brought him some lube. No, that's not sexual harassment or anything.
Later, Kelly is at her apartment with Ava and her book editor comes over to work with Kelly on finalizing her book - which I am totally going to buy. They sit and Kelly tells her about her crazy, fantastic, wild life as a PR girl in the early 90's.
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION
Emily is waiting for some reports from Fashion Week that are past due and she just wants them done and out of the way. Stephanie was working on them, but Emily tells her to pass them to an intern. Stephanie says that there aren't any interns, so she has to do it. Emily says that she can't understand why they aren't done yet and Stephanie tells her it's because she's the only one working on all of them. So Emily says that she told Stephanie to just do one thing, complete it and THEN move onto the next. Stephanie says that priorities are always shifting and she has to stop and shift what she's doing all the time. Emily is frustrated. She tells Stephanie to look at her and she tells her that they have high priority clients that need their wrap reports done. Stephanie tells her that she's not just working on reports. She's also doing pitches for Robyn who keeps asking her for those, too. She's just really overwhelmed. She can't get EVERYTHING done right now. She's doing the job of 5 other people.
Emily interrupts and tells Stephanie to give her all the reports and she will finish them. Stephanie says no and Emily tells her not to argue. Stephanie gets up and says that she needs a minute. She is about to burst into tears. Emily says they need to talk about this right now. Stephanie says that she doesn't want to talk right now. Emily says they need to go through each client and figure out the status and what needs to get done. Emily says she doesn't know as she wipes tears from her face. Emily says that the freaking out has to stop happening. Stephanie looks at Emily and says "Then maybe I shouldn't work here." Damn.
Gay Andrew tells us that Emily doesn't get that no one has slept in over a month and Stephanie is getting the blunt force of Emily's bitchiness right now. Emily whines that she has a million clients and they all need their reports so she needs to know what's going on. Stephanie says that she has a million things on her plate, too, and every 5 minutes someone is bugging her for something and it's never good enough. Emily says that's not true and that Stephanie is overreacting. Stephanie asks to go outside for a minute as she walks out the door.
Stephanie goes outside and calls Kelly. She tells her that Emily is on her case every 5 minutes and she's feeling really overwhelmed and she's totally crying. Stephanie tells Kelly that she can't do all the reports and all the pitches and have Emily turn to her very five minutes and attack her. Stephanie is feeling like "why am I here?" She tells Kelly that she doesn't appreciate being talked to like she's never worked there and like she's some kid off the street. It's bullshit and Stephanie feels under appreciated. I get that.
Kelly tells us that she sees so much good in Stephanie and sees that she could be a great PR woman. But, Stephanie has given so much of her life to the job and Kelly wants her to have a life outside of work. She doesn't want Stephanie to be a casualty of the fashion world. She really respects and likes Stephanie.
Kelly calls Emily next. Emily tells us that she tries not to get too emotional because when you start getting too emotional about things, problems start. I hear her. Emily tells Kelly that she can't deal with the crying and the defensiveness and all she wants are the wrap reports for her clients. Kelly tells us that Emily is a great Publicist and Stephanie could learn a lot from her. I think that it's really all in the delivery. I had a boss once who told me my work was a piece of crap and that I sucked. I think she thought she was being constructive, but in reality, she was just pissing me off and eventually drove me to quit. It's not worth it. As my mother always says to me, "It's not WHAT you say, it's HOW you say it." So true. Emily has to find a better way to get her message across to Stephanie without being a bitch.
Kelly and Assistant Andrew are standing outside the building when a "cute" gay man walks by. Andrew decides to hit on him. He's taking some pictures and walks over to Kelly and Andrew. Kelly compliments his tattoos. Andrew asks him who "Brenda" is on one of his tattoos and he tells him that it's his mom. Ahhh. Kelly asks him if he wants to bring his artwork by sometime and see Andrew. The guy says that he's a musician and Kelly asks him if he's a Gemini. He says he's an Aquarius and Kelly says that's a nice sign. The guy says that his girlfriend doesn't think so. Uh-oh...he's got a girlfriend...OR he's not interested and just said that. Either way, bummer for Andrew. Kelly laughs and says that she thought he was gay. Andrew says that is the problem with NYC, everyone looks like they're gay.
Kelly calls Stephanie back and tells her to talk to Emily and re-prioritize what she's working on. Stephanie realizes that if she wants to stay there, then that's what she has to do. Stephanie walks in and sits next to Emily and says she wants to re-prioritize everything with her. Emily tells her to make a list of what she has to do so Emily can go through it with her. They work it all out and Stephanie feels much better. Yikes.
Gay Andrew is waiting for his blind date at a restaurant. His date walks in and sits down and they both share that they are nervous because it's their first blind date. Gay Andrew tells his date about a game he likes to play on his first dates. Gay Andrew will say a word and he wants the date to say the first word that comes to his mind. Gay Andrew: Sunglasses. Date: Beach. GA: Fork. Date: Spork. Um, ok. GA: Banana. Date: Sexual Education Class. WTH? GA: Dildo. Date: Wood. GA: Lube. Date: uh ... The server brings more wine and I'm hoping that ends the ridiculous game. GA tells us that it went from normal talk to sexual talk and he doesn't really know how that happened. Um, it happened because you said "Dildo" and "Lube" dumbass.
HAHAHA. Kelly and Assistant Andrew show up and totally crash GA's blind date. AWESOME. GA is mortified and wants to know why they are ruining his date when he's trying to GET LAID. Kelly asks how the date is going. GA says it WAS going well until his boss showed up. Kelly tells the date to ask her about her day so he does. Kelly says that it went well and promises she won't mention what she did for GA (the lube). OMG. Kelly just gave me a better name for GA...Tandrew!! HAHA. Because he fake tans so much. I love it. Kelly says that she knows Tandrew was uncomfortable but she doesn't really care. Kelly tells us that she takes on the role of the over-protective father or brother with her employees and all the significant others know that. She wants them to know that they shouldn't screw with her kids.
Stephanie and Emily are at INA MEN, a designer clothes store. Ina Berstein, the owner, is having a party at her shop to get some publicity. People's Revolution is organizing the event. It was a celebration of the opening of the store. They invited fashion people who cover menswear and various other fashion editors. People's Revolution was working with Casa Dragones Tequila to promote the event. The party was going well, the fashion editors were happy and everyone was enjoying the tequila. Ina walks up to Emily and says "We're out of tequila." She's freaking out. Ina is worried that everyone is going to leave.
Emily goes to Stephanie and tells her about the tequila situation. Stephanie calls the tequila company and they tell her to give them 15 minutes to bring more. In the meantime, Emily decides to serve the Proseco that Ina has chilling in the back...unfortunately, Ina tells her that it's all gone, too. So Emily tells her that more Tequila is on the way. Ina tells her that she has more people coming and nothing for them to drink. Emily is way stressed because some of the editors were starting to leave and Ina keeps asking where the tequila is.
Emily decides to go back into the event and make sure all the designers and editors meet Ina to keep them busy. The tequila FINALLY arrives and everyone relaxes. At the end of the day, the event went really well and everyone was happy and Stephanie and Emily worked everything out.
Mary Ellen Mark - the most important photographer EVER - is shooting the cover for Kelly's book. Kelly tells us it's like asking Rembrandt to paint your bedroom. Kelly knows she doesn't photograph well and she doesn't look good on TV. She gets that. AND, she makes no effort to look better because she feels like it's more real to just be yourself. She and Ava now do some pictures together. Kelly tells us that she wrote the book for Ava, too. She wants Ava to have the best life she can give her and that includes, learning all the tools for thinking for yourself and doing your best and doing what you want to do. She wants Ava to be autonomous and to be an empowered young woman. A-MEN.
See you next time.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Kell on Earth, Season 1, Episode 3
"Who's Next?"
It's still Fashion Week and People's Revolution is going crazy! We ended last week's episode with Stephanie (from now on, she's Stephanie S. is Stephanie or Steph and Stephanie Voorhis is Voorhis) having a nervous breakdown because the computer system was down and the Chado Ralph Rucci people needed the seating chart and RSVP list ASAP. Everyone is scrambling and handwriting in the seating chart to fill in what isn't getting printed. Steph walks up with her laptop and says that she's going to cry and Kelly sets her straight. She tells her not to cry and stay focused. Robyn and Stephanie go get ready and head to the show. We are two hours from showtime, so Kelly is racing to get it done.
Kelly arrives at the show and she meets up with Ralph Rucci and tells him that everything is under control. You can't let your client know the clusterfuck that's happening behind the scenes. He needs to know that it's all going to be ok and everything is good. She eases his mind and it's all good.
Kelly is handling the press backstage before the show. Out front, Emily and Robyn are taking care of all the check ins and seat assignments with Stephanie. Ralph Rucci starts freaking out that there is too much press backstage for first looks. So Kelly gets in full publicist mode and starts kicking everyone out. She knows that after the show, Ralph will bitch that there are enough pics from backstage before the event, so she has a couple of photogs stick around and take some pics. She just makes sure they don't crowd his highness.
The front of the house still looks like a total mess. There are tons of people just cluttering the entrance. To further complicate matters, there are a lot of crashers trying to get in to the show and they're all crowding the entrance. Kelly goes out on the floor to regulate. She starts kicking out people from the front row who don't actually have seats in the front row. They tell Kelly that Rosina Rucci told them to sit there and Rosina totally denies it. Kelly says she's sorry to one man and he snarks back "You should be sorry." Oh no he di'in't. It's a total madhouse. At the entrance, in the tent. OMG. People are just crashing left and right.
Emily realizes that the mad crowd at the entrance is all people without invites. She closes up and goes inside and tells Kelly that they're ready. Kelly kicks out a few more people who were taking seats that didn't belong to them. And the show begins...It's a huge success. Everyone is happy, especially everyone at People's Revolution. They are all so excited that it's OVER!! Show from hell!
Rosina Rucci comes to Kelly after the show and tells her that there were a lot of unhappy people at the show. Kelly waves the cameras to not film this part. I bet Kelly told Rosina that those people sucked and didn't matter, so they should just STFU and be happy that they were even there.
Two hours after the show, the PR team is having dinner. They rehash the evening's events. Kelly tells them that Chado Ralph Rucci is a really important brand for them. But, shit happens. The mistakes that happened were out of their control. What are you going to do?
Two days after the Chado show, Kelly is on the phone with Rosina Rucci, Chado's Director of Publicity. Ralph Rucci is still pissed about the seating debacle. Kelly tells her that he's getting great reviews and she can't understand what his problem is. Basically, Ralph Rucci is pissed and thinks the seating arrangement issues were to blame for Women's Wear Daily putting Diane Von Furstenberg on the cover instead of him. Get over yourself. Kelly ends up telling Rosina that she takes responsibility for the computer problem, but he had a great show and if he needs to take it out on Kelly, so be it. Give her the final check and see ya! Rosina: You're fired!
Kelly goes upstairs to check in on Ava. Ava is having a playdate and they are going through her closet to pick out some back to school looks. Ava is really cute.
Ralph Rucci sucked and getting fired suck BUT, the show must go on. Next up is the Genetic Demin Show which is in two days.
It's still Fashion Week and People's Revolution is going crazy! We ended last week's episode with Stephanie (from now on, she's Stephanie S. is Stephanie or Steph and Stephanie Voorhis is Voorhis) having a nervous breakdown because the computer system was down and the Chado Ralph Rucci people needed the seating chart and RSVP list ASAP. Everyone is scrambling and handwriting in the seating chart to fill in what isn't getting printed. Steph walks up with her laptop and says that she's going to cry and Kelly sets her straight. She tells her not to cry and stay focused. Robyn and Stephanie go get ready and head to the show. We are two hours from showtime, so Kelly is racing to get it done.
Kelly arrives at the show and she meets up with Ralph Rucci and tells him that everything is under control. You can't let your client know the clusterfuck that's happening behind the scenes. He needs to know that it's all going to be ok and everything is good. She eases his mind and it's all good.
Kelly is handling the press backstage before the show. Out front, Emily and Robyn are taking care of all the check ins and seat assignments with Stephanie. Ralph Rucci starts freaking out that there is too much press backstage for first looks. So Kelly gets in full publicist mode and starts kicking everyone out. She knows that after the show, Ralph will bitch that there are enough pics from backstage before the event, so she has a couple of photogs stick around and take some pics. She just makes sure they don't crowd his highness.
The front of the house still looks like a total mess. There are tons of people just cluttering the entrance. To further complicate matters, there are a lot of crashers trying to get in to the show and they're all crowding the entrance. Kelly goes out on the floor to regulate. She starts kicking out people from the front row who don't actually have seats in the front row. They tell Kelly that Rosina Rucci told them to sit there and Rosina totally denies it. Kelly says she's sorry to one man and he snarks back "You should be sorry." Oh no he di'in't. It's a total madhouse. At the entrance, in the tent. OMG. People are just crashing left and right.
Emily realizes that the mad crowd at the entrance is all people without invites. She closes up and goes inside and tells Kelly that they're ready. Kelly kicks out a few more people who were taking seats that didn't belong to them. And the show begins...It's a huge success. Everyone is happy, especially everyone at People's Revolution. They are all so excited that it's OVER!! Show from hell!
Rosina Rucci comes to Kelly after the show and tells her that there were a lot of unhappy people at the show. Kelly waves the cameras to not film this part. I bet Kelly told Rosina that those people sucked and didn't matter, so they should just STFU and be happy that they were even there.
Two hours after the show, the PR team is having dinner. They rehash the evening's events. Kelly tells them that Chado Ralph Rucci is a really important brand for them. But, shit happens. The mistakes that happened were out of their control. What are you going to do?
Two days after the Chado show, Kelly is on the phone with Rosina Rucci, Chado's Director of Publicity. Ralph Rucci is still pissed about the seating debacle. Kelly tells her that he's getting great reviews and she can't understand what his problem is. Basically, Ralph Rucci is pissed and thinks the seating arrangement issues were to blame for Women's Wear Daily putting Diane Von Furstenberg on the cover instead of him. Get over yourself. Kelly ends up telling Rosina that she takes responsibility for the computer problem, but he had a great show and if he needs to take it out on Kelly, so be it. Give her the final check and see ya! Rosina: You're fired!
Kelly goes upstairs to check in on Ava. Ava is having a playdate and they are going through her closet to pick out some back to school looks. Ava is really cute.
Ralph Rucci sucked and getting fired suck BUT, the show must go on. Next up is the Genetic Demin Show which is in two days.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Kell on Earth, Season 1, Episode 2
"Who's Next?"
It's still Fashion Week and People's Revolution is going crazy! We ended last week's episode with Stephanie (from now on, Stephanie S. is Stephanie or Steph and Stephanie Vorhees is Vorhees) having a nervous breakdown because the computer system was down and the Chado Ralph Rucci people needed the seating chart and RSVP list ASAP. Everyone is scrambling and handwriting in the seating chart to fill in what isn't getting printed. Steph walks up with her laptop and says that she's going to cry and Kelly sets her straight. She tells her not to cry and stay focused. Robyn and Stephanie go get ready and head to the show. We are two hours from showtime, so Kelly is racing to get it done.
Kelly arrives at the show and she meets up with Ralph Rucci and tells him that everything is under control. You can't let your client know the clusterfuck that's happening behind the scenes. He needs to know that it's all going to be ok and everything is good. She eases his mind and it's all good.
Kelly is handling the press backstage before the show. Out front, Emily and Robyn are taking care of all the check ins and seat assignments with Stephanie. Ralph Rucci starts freaking out that there is too much press backstage for first looks. So Kelly gets in full publicist mode and starts kicking everyone out. She knows that after the show, Ralph will bitch that there aren't enough pics from backstage before the event, so she has a couple of photogs stick around and take some pics. She just makes sure they don't crowd his highness.
The front of the house still looks like a total mess. There are tons of people just cluttering the entrance. To further complicate matters, there are a lot of crashers trying to get into the show and they're all crowding the entrance. Kelly goes out on the floor to regulate. She starts kicking out people from the front row who don't actually have seats in the front row. They tell Kelly that Rosina Rucci told them to sit there and Rosina totally denies it. Kelly says she's sorry to one man and he snarks back "You should be sorry." Oh no he di'in't. It's a total madhouse. At the entrance, in the tent. OMG. People are just crashing left and right.
Emily realizes that the mad crowd at the entrance is all people without invites. She closes up and goes inside and tells Kelly that they're ready. Kelly kicks out a few more people who were taking seats that didn't belong to them. And the show begins...It's a huge success. Everyone is happy, especially everyone at People's Revolution. They are all so excited that it's OVER!! Show from hell!
Rosina Rucci comes to Kelly after the show and tells her that there were a lot of unhappy people at the show. Kelly waves the cameras to not film this part. I bet Kelly told Rosina that those people sucked and didn't matter, so they should just STFU and be happy that they were even there.
Two hours after the show, the PR team is having dinner. They rehash the evening's events. Kelly tells them that Chado Ralph Rucci is a really important brand for them. But, shit happens. The mistakes that happened were out of their control. What are you going to do?
Two days after the Chado show, Kelly is on the phone with Rosina Rucci, Chado's Director of Publicity. Ralph Rucci is still pissed about the seating debacle. Kelly tells her that he's getting great reviews and she can't understand what his problem is. Basically, Ralph Rucci is pissed and thinks the seating arrangement issues were to blame for Women's Wear Daily putting Diane Von Furstenberg on the cover instead of him. Get over yourself. Kelly ends up telling Rosina that she takes responsibility for the computer problem, but he had a great show and if he needs to take it out on Kelly, so be it. Give her the final check and see ya! Rosina: You're fired!
Kelly goes upstairs to check in on Ava. Ava is having a playdate and they are going through her closet to pick out some back to school looks. Ava is really cute.
Ralph Rucci sucked and getting fired suck BUT, the show must go on. Next up is the Genetic Demin Show which is in two days. Genetic Demin is one of PR's favorite clients and Kelly meets with the Creative Director of GD, Ali Fatourechi to discuss the space. PR was hired to organize the guest list, manage RSVPs and hire the models for the off-site presentation at Fashion Week.
PR starts with casting. Kelly tells us that Genetic Denim is all she wears and that they are really popular for their skinny jeans and their "jeggins" (jean leggings). They cast these pasty, waif-y models for the presentation.
Vorhees is training a bunch of interns on how to use their complicated CISCO phone system. It's not that hard, people. Steph tells us that it's the middle of Fashion Week and everyone is crazy busy and Vorhees's job should have entailed more than just training interns on the phone...especially since Steph could really use some help.
Steph and Andrew (Robyn's asst) leave the office to take a break. Andrew used to do hair in LA, so he tells Steph that he can't stand to look at her roots anymore and decides to color her hair.
Back at the office, Vorhees is charged with stamping envelopes and she can't even do that right. Emily asks her why she is stamping them with $0.61 stamps. Vorhees says that she thought they should be $0.44, but $0.61 was all that was "back there". Dumbass. Emily is NOT happy. It's a small envelope. Why would you put a $0.61 stamp on it?? Vorhees tells us that she's managing the interns and that THEY put the wrong stamp on the envelopes. "No one taught me how to do it. Of course things are gonna be done wrong." ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? You couldn't figure that out by yourself? Stoo-pid. She basically tells Emily the same thing and Emily says that it's common sense and "we have to use our brains, you know?" Good point!
Vorhees goes to the interns and has them take off the $0.61 stamps and try to salvage them. They she asks the other Andrew - Kelly's asst - if they have anymore $0.44 stamps. He says no and tells her to text Stephanie. So Vorhees calls Stephanie and asks her where the stamps are. Stephanie says that they are probably in the back and tells her to look because everything is labeled. If they aren't back there, then she needs to get more. Vorhees just says that she doesn't know where anything is because ... let me guess ... no one told her! Ugh. Fire her already. Andrew finishes Stephanie's hair and they head back to PR.
It's the day before the Genetic Denim event and Vorhees is in charge of the interns again and today she's managing them while they put gift bags together for the editors. Kelly walks back to where the interns are and she sees the "gift bags" and they look HORRIBLE. They are basically white bags with the names of the editors HANDWRITTEN in awful handwriting. It's so cheap looking. Kelly is PISSED. She tells them they need to get re-done. The bags look awful.
Kelly goes out to the office and yells for all the interns to come to her right now! Kelly: "Here's the deal. I'm just going to make this really easy. I have worked my ass off for 12 fucking years to build this company. DO NOT MAKE ONE FUCKING DECISION ABOUT MY BUSINESS AND MY CLIENTS. Do you understand me? Do not take anything upon yourself. Do not do a mailing. Do not fucking do anything until somebody has come to you and said 'I approve this.' Is everybody clear on that? I'm over it. I am a fucking babysitter here. I don't need 6 people to stand in a room to organize 15 fucking bags. You can't work in the fucking fashion industry and write names with a Sharpie and throw a pair of jeans in a bag. This isn't college. This is hundreds of millions of dollars of people's money. JESUS. I want all the interns to take a 30 minute break...and if you're not prepared to work and do it my way, then don't come back." Yikes.
Vorhees tells us that she wasn't given any direction (that's like her motto) so she doesn't think this was her fault.
Kelly goes to the site of the Genetic Demin presentation to take a look at the space. This is Ali Fatourechi's first show at Fashion Week, so it's a huge deal for him.
Kelly comes back to the office to check on the interns. They've added tissue paper - good - but still kept the Sharpie written bags of which some are MISSPELLED (i.e. Financial District spelled "fincial district") - bad. Kelly tells us that she tries to teach the interns common sense and consciousness because they have neither when they get to her.
She goes off on the interns. She's PISSED that she has to waste her time undo-ing AGAIN what the interns did. She yelled at them and they went back and did the same f-ing thing!!! DON'T WRITE WITH A SHARPIE ON THE BAGS! How hard is this people?? She needs a new batch of interns. Tim - one of the interns - tells us that it's not fair for the interns to get yelled at when no one gave them directions. Oh good LORD. He and Vorhees are from the same school. And, he's wrong. Kelly yelled at them about writing with a Sharpie on a bag, so that means, DON'T DO THAT AGAIN. Does someone really needs to spell that out for you. Ugh.
Kelly just decided to do it herself. She tells us she's getting over the idea of having interns. She thinks they should pay her. "You want to come and learn from me and work in my office, then you have to pay me $10K." I love it.
Stephanie is totally overworked. Andrew - Kelly's assistant - tells Vorhees that they need to help Steph out. Vorhees tells Andrew that she needs to be told what to do like in detail. She can't do stuff if no one explains what it is. UGH. Andrew tells us that Vorhees is the type of girl who never had any problems and just pranced around in her dresses and got asked out left and right. Vorhees says that she can't sleep for 2 hours and then be productive the next day. Andrew tells her that it's 5 hours and they need to help Steph out. HA.
Tim is an intern from Northern Ireland. Kelly says that despite all the crap with the interns, she really likes working with young people. Tim is on the phone with his mom and she tells him that his father is worried about him. Tim tells his mom he loves her and then hands the phone to Kelly. Kelly tells his mom that he's been working hard. His mom tells Kelly that his father is worried because they hadn't heard from him since yesterday. Kelly tells her that Tim has been working too hard and that he's doing a great job. She hands the phone back to Tim and his mom tells him that Kelly is "so sweet". HAHAHAHA. Wait until she watches the show.
It's the night of the show and Kelly has a pocket full of crystals from one of the installations at the show. She's handing them out and gives one to her friend from Vanity Fair and he SWALLOWS it!!! He thought it was a PILL.
So Vorhees is in charge of scheduling the interns and one of them walks in and says that she didn't know she was working the event so she didn't wear all black. Stephanie tells Vorhees that she has so much to do, she can't micromanage Vorhees, too. Stephanie tells Vorhees that she'll call the interns. Vorhees tries to do her job and insists that she do it because Steph has too much to do. Stephanie says no and Emily tells Vorhees to sit down. Then she tells Vorhees that the incompetence is unacceptable. Ouch.
Stephanie is PISSED. All Vorhees had to do was schedule the interns and confirm with them by phone that they were working and instruct them to wear black. Vorhees keeps saying she'll call them all now and Emily says that she'll do it. The second person she confirms says that she didn't know she was working. Stephanie walks out into the stairwell. She's frustrated because she counted on Vorhees and Vorhees fucked up yet again.
Stephanie goes to Kelly and tells her what happened. Kelly tells us that PR girls get caught up in the drama of everything and if they just kept focused instead of bitching, it would be done already. So she listens in a mama bear way and tries to diffuse the situation. Kelly tells us that Stephanie knows everything in the office, so instead of learning how to do things, everyone just relies on Stephanie because she knows how to do it. Kelly is not surprised that Vorhees just left everything to Stephanie. Kelly asks if Stephanie is tired and Stephanie says that she's really stressed out. She starts to cry and says that she's being pulled in so many directions and it's too much.
Kelly tells Stephanie to get through tonight and then take a break.
It's almost showtime. A presentation is when you have models stand around for 2-3 hours and it's a great way to get on editors' radar in a much more intimate way. Kelly says that the presentation could be fabulous but if it doesn't get results, she'll get fired. So she's working hard to get the press interested and excited about the designer.
All of a sudden, one of the models collapses! The EMTs arrive and give him oxygen. Kelly tells Emily to walk around with the press to draw the least amount of attention to the fallen model. Kelly's pissed because when the model collapsed, he brought down part of the crystal curtain with him. HA. Kelly regulated and made the firemen get out of the way and had them turn off the obnoxious lights. Hardly anyone noticed and the model even came back to work. The presentation was a success!!
Next day, Vorhees is talking to Kelly and tells her that she knows she's been fucking up but she just has too much on her plate. Kelly asks her if she's quitting and Vorhees says no. Then Kelly asks if she wants Kelly to fire her and Vorhees says no. So Kelly tells her to relax and STEP IT UP!
See you next time!
It's still Fashion Week and People's Revolution is going crazy! We ended last week's episode with Stephanie (from now on, Stephanie S. is Stephanie or Steph and Stephanie Vorhees is Vorhees) having a nervous breakdown because the computer system was down and the Chado Ralph Rucci people needed the seating chart and RSVP list ASAP. Everyone is scrambling and handwriting in the seating chart to fill in what isn't getting printed. Steph walks up with her laptop and says that she's going to cry and Kelly sets her straight. She tells her not to cry and stay focused. Robyn and Stephanie go get ready and head to the show. We are two hours from showtime, so Kelly is racing to get it done.
Kelly arrives at the show and she meets up with Ralph Rucci and tells him that everything is under control. You can't let your client know the clusterfuck that's happening behind the scenes. He needs to know that it's all going to be ok and everything is good. She eases his mind and it's all good.
Kelly is handling the press backstage before the show. Out front, Emily and Robyn are taking care of all the check ins and seat assignments with Stephanie. Ralph Rucci starts freaking out that there is too much press backstage for first looks. So Kelly gets in full publicist mode and starts kicking everyone out. She knows that after the show, Ralph will bitch that there aren't enough pics from backstage before the event, so she has a couple of photogs stick around and take some pics. She just makes sure they don't crowd his highness.
The front of the house still looks like a total mess. There are tons of people just cluttering the entrance. To further complicate matters, there are a lot of crashers trying to get into the show and they're all crowding the entrance. Kelly goes out on the floor to regulate. She starts kicking out people from the front row who don't actually have seats in the front row. They tell Kelly that Rosina Rucci told them to sit there and Rosina totally denies it. Kelly says she's sorry to one man and he snarks back "You should be sorry." Oh no he di'in't. It's a total madhouse. At the entrance, in the tent. OMG. People are just crashing left and right.
Emily realizes that the mad crowd at the entrance is all people without invites. She closes up and goes inside and tells Kelly that they're ready. Kelly kicks out a few more people who were taking seats that didn't belong to them. And the show begins...It's a huge success. Everyone is happy, especially everyone at People's Revolution. They are all so excited that it's OVER!! Show from hell!
Rosina Rucci comes to Kelly after the show and tells her that there were a lot of unhappy people at the show. Kelly waves the cameras to not film this part. I bet Kelly told Rosina that those people sucked and didn't matter, so they should just STFU and be happy that they were even there.
Two hours after the show, the PR team is having dinner. They rehash the evening's events. Kelly tells them that Chado Ralph Rucci is a really important brand for them. But, shit happens. The mistakes that happened were out of their control. What are you going to do?
Two days after the Chado show, Kelly is on the phone with Rosina Rucci, Chado's Director of Publicity. Ralph Rucci is still pissed about the seating debacle. Kelly tells her that he's getting great reviews and she can't understand what his problem is. Basically, Ralph Rucci is pissed and thinks the seating arrangement issues were to blame for Women's Wear Daily putting Diane Von Furstenberg on the cover instead of him. Get over yourself. Kelly ends up telling Rosina that she takes responsibility for the computer problem, but he had a great show and if he needs to take it out on Kelly, so be it. Give her the final check and see ya! Rosina: You're fired!
Kelly goes upstairs to check in on Ava. Ava is having a playdate and they are going through her closet to pick out some back to school looks. Ava is really cute.
Ralph Rucci sucked and getting fired suck BUT, the show must go on. Next up is the Genetic Demin Show which is in two days. Genetic Demin is one of PR's favorite clients and Kelly meets with the Creative Director of GD, Ali Fatourechi to discuss the space. PR was hired to organize the guest list, manage RSVPs and hire the models for the off-site presentation at Fashion Week.
PR starts with casting. Kelly tells us that Genetic Denim is all she wears and that they are really popular for their skinny jeans and their "jeggins" (jean leggings). They cast these pasty, waif-y models for the presentation.
Vorhees is training a bunch of interns on how to use their complicated CISCO phone system. It's not that hard, people. Steph tells us that it's the middle of Fashion Week and everyone is crazy busy and Vorhees's job should have entailed more than just training interns on the phone...especially since Steph could really use some help.
Steph and Andrew (Robyn's asst) leave the office to take a break. Andrew used to do hair in LA, so he tells Steph that he can't stand to look at her roots anymore and decides to color her hair.
Back at the office, Vorhees is charged with stamping envelopes and she can't even do that right. Emily asks her why she is stamping them with $0.61 stamps. Vorhees says that she thought they should be $0.44, but $0.61 was all that was "back there". Dumbass. Emily is NOT happy. It's a small envelope. Why would you put a $0.61 stamp on it?? Vorhees tells us that she's managing the interns and that THEY put the wrong stamp on the envelopes. "No one taught me how to do it. Of course things are gonna be done wrong." ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? You couldn't figure that out by yourself? Stoo-pid. She basically tells Emily the same thing and Emily says that it's common sense and "we have to use our brains, you know?" Good point!
Vorhees goes to the interns and has them take off the $0.61 stamps and try to salvage them. They she asks the other Andrew - Kelly's asst - if they have anymore $0.44 stamps. He says no and tells her to text Stephanie. So Vorhees calls Stephanie and asks her where the stamps are. Stephanie says that they are probably in the back and tells her to look because everything is labeled. If they aren't back there, then she needs to get more. Vorhees just says that she doesn't know where anything is because ... let me guess ... no one told her! Ugh. Fire her already. Andrew finishes Stephanie's hair and they head back to PR.
It's the day before the Genetic Denim event and Vorhees is in charge of the interns again and today she's managing them while they put gift bags together for the editors. Kelly walks back to where the interns are and she sees the "gift bags" and they look HORRIBLE. They are basically white bags with the names of the editors HANDWRITTEN in awful handwriting. It's so cheap looking. Kelly is PISSED. She tells them they need to get re-done. The bags look awful.
Kelly goes out to the office and yells for all the interns to come to her right now! Kelly: "Here's the deal. I'm just going to make this really easy. I have worked my ass off for 12 fucking years to build this company. DO NOT MAKE ONE FUCKING DECISION ABOUT MY BUSINESS AND MY CLIENTS. Do you understand me? Do not take anything upon yourself. Do not do a mailing. Do not fucking do anything until somebody has come to you and said 'I approve this.' Is everybody clear on that? I'm over it. I am a fucking babysitter here. I don't need 6 people to stand in a room to organize 15 fucking bags. You can't work in the fucking fashion industry and write names with a Sharpie and throw a pair of jeans in a bag. This isn't college. This is hundreds of millions of dollars of people's money. JESUS. I want all the interns to take a 30 minute break...and if you're not prepared to work and do it my way, then don't come back." Yikes.
Vorhees tells us that she wasn't given any direction (that's like her motto) so she doesn't think this was her fault.
Kelly goes to the site of the Genetic Demin presentation to take a look at the space. This is Ali Fatourechi's first show at Fashion Week, so it's a huge deal for him.
Kelly comes back to the office to check on the interns. They've added tissue paper - good - but still kept the Sharpie written bags of which some are MISSPELLED (i.e. Financial District spelled "fincial district") - bad. Kelly tells us that she tries to teach the interns common sense and consciousness because they have neither when they get to her.
She goes off on the interns. She's PISSED that she has to waste her time undo-ing AGAIN what the interns did. She yelled at them and they went back and did the same f-ing thing!!! DON'T WRITE WITH A SHARPIE ON THE BAGS! How hard is this people?? She needs a new batch of interns. Tim - one of the interns - tells us that it's not fair for the interns to get yelled at when no one gave them directions. Oh good LORD. He and Vorhees are from the same school. And, he's wrong. Kelly yelled at them about writing with a Sharpie on a bag, so that means, DON'T DO THAT AGAIN. Does someone really needs to spell that out for you. Ugh.
Kelly just decided to do it herself. She tells us she's getting over the idea of having interns. She thinks they should pay her. "You want to come and learn from me and work in my office, then you have to pay me $10K." I love it.
Stephanie is totally overworked. Andrew - Kelly's assistant - tells Vorhees that they need to help Steph out. Vorhees tells Andrew that she needs to be told what to do like in detail. She can't do stuff if no one explains what it is. UGH. Andrew tells us that Vorhees is the type of girl who never had any problems and just pranced around in her dresses and got asked out left and right. Vorhees says that she can't sleep for 2 hours and then be productive the next day. Andrew tells her that it's 5 hours and they need to help Steph out. HA.
Tim is an intern from Northern Ireland. Kelly says that despite all the crap with the interns, she really likes working with young people. Tim is on the phone with his mom and she tells him that his father is worried about him. Tim tells his mom he loves her and then hands the phone to Kelly. Kelly tells his mom that he's been working hard. His mom tells Kelly that his father is worried because they hadn't heard from him since yesterday. Kelly tells her that Tim has been working too hard and that he's doing a great job. She hands the phone back to Tim and his mom tells him that Kelly is "so sweet". HAHAHAHA. Wait until she watches the show.
It's the night of the show and Kelly has a pocket full of crystals from one of the installations at the show. She's handing them out and gives one to her friend from Vanity Fair and he SWALLOWS it!!! He thought it was a PILL.
So Vorhees is in charge of scheduling the interns and one of them walks in and says that she didn't know she was working the event so she didn't wear all black. Stephanie tells Vorhees that she has so much to do, she can't micromanage Vorhees, too. Stephanie tells Vorhees that she'll call the interns. Vorhees tries to do her job and insists that she do it because Steph has too much to do. Stephanie says no and Emily tells Vorhees to sit down. Then she tells Vorhees that the incompetence is unacceptable. Ouch.
Stephanie is PISSED. All Vorhees had to do was schedule the interns and confirm with them by phone that they were working and instruct them to wear black. Vorhees keeps saying she'll call them all now and Emily says that she'll do it. The second person she confirms says that she didn't know she was working. Stephanie walks out into the stairwell. She's frustrated because she counted on Vorhees and Vorhees fucked up yet again.
Stephanie goes to Kelly and tells her what happened. Kelly tells us that PR girls get caught up in the drama of everything and if they just kept focused instead of bitching, it would be done already. So she listens in a mama bear way and tries to diffuse the situation. Kelly tells us that Stephanie knows everything in the office, so instead of learning how to do things, everyone just relies on Stephanie because she knows how to do it. Kelly is not surprised that Vorhees just left everything to Stephanie. Kelly asks if Stephanie is tired and Stephanie says that she's really stressed out. She starts to cry and says that she's being pulled in so many directions and it's too much.
Kelly tells Stephanie to get through tonight and then take a break.
It's almost showtime. A presentation is when you have models stand around for 2-3 hours and it's a great way to get on editors' radar in a much more intimate way. Kelly says that the presentation could be fabulous but if it doesn't get results, she'll get fired. So she's working hard to get the press interested and excited about the designer.
All of a sudden, one of the models collapses! The EMTs arrive and give him oxygen. Kelly tells Emily to walk around with the press to draw the least amount of attention to the fallen model. Kelly's pissed because when the model collapsed, he brought down part of the crystal curtain with him. HA. Kelly regulated and made the firemen get out of the way and had them turn off the obnoxious lights. Hardly anyone noticed and the model even came back to work. The presentation was a success!!
Next day, Vorhees is talking to Kelly and tells her that she knows she's been fucking up but she just has too much on her plate. Kelly asks her if she's quitting and Vorhees says no. Then Kelly asks if she wants Kelly to fire her and Vorhees says no. So Kelly tells her to relax and STEP IT UP!
See you next time!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Kell on Earth, Season 1, Episode 1
I have been waiting for this show to begin. I LOVE IT!! Kelly Cutrone is my hero.
KELLY
Kelly Cutrone is the owner and a partner of PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION. People's Revolution is a Public Relations and Branding firm. It's Kelly's - and her partners and employees - job to produce fashion shows all over the world and get press for their clients. It's their job to get the clothes off the runways and into magazines and onto the backs of celebrities so that everyone will want to buy them!
ROBYN
Robyn is one of Kelly's partners. She's really pretty and seems sweet, but she's totally got an edge to her. She likes things done right and she gets pissed when they aren't.
EMILY
Emily is also one of Kelly's partners. She's also pretty and has an edge. The three of them are super powerful and great at their jobs. They demand excellence and they won't settle for less.
Kelly informs us that they are in the fashion BUSINESS and most of her employees will realize that they don't get it and aren't good enough. It's a tough business. You need tough skin and killer organizational skills.
On top of being totally badass, Kelly is also a single mom to 7 year old, Ava.
Kelly is having a company meeting and tells everyone that it's officially FASHION WEEK and she's "fucking out for motherfucking keeps." She's serious, y'all. They have TEN fashion week events so they are super busy. The partners tell the employees/interns/assistants that they need to step it up, not screw up and be there everyday until Fashion Week is over. Kelly tells them her office "rule": "I have a rule that there's no crying in the office. If you have to cry, go outside. And, if you're sensitive and somebody hurts your feelings, I don't give a fuck. This is not group therapy, so get over it. We're not really mean, but we'll say mean things to you for sure. So just know, if you're crying or having a bad day and you've been knocked around, the best thing to do is to come back. Some days just fucking suck." I love her.
Everyone is freaking out and running around like meth addicts. It's totally frantic because everything needs to be organized and calls are being made to finalize guest lists and seating charts. David Delfin - the "most famous designer in Spain" - is coming into the office so the showroom upstairs needs to look perfect. Robyn has Stephanie V. - Account Exec - clean it up. She does "her best" and shows Robyn and she totally changes things around. David Delfin stops by to talk about what's going on for the show. They go over stuff and he stays for awhile and then leaves. Stephanie V. bitches that she cleaned the showroom and got shit from Robyn for not doing it right all for nothing because they didn't even see it. She bugs.
Stephanie S. is Kelly's previous assistant who was promoted to Junior Account Executive. She looks rough. She has a love/hate relationship with Kelly. On one hand she totally respects her and sees her as a role model, but on the other hand, she is a hard ass bitch.
Andrew is Kelly's new assistant. He's got long black hair and looks sort of like a cross between a goth and a rocker. He's gay, which I never would have guessed and he's super cool. Kelly hired him because she was sick of blond sorority girls who "like fashion". She tells Andrew that she's actively looking for a sexual partner for him. No sexual harassment at PR, eh?
Kelly grabs the NY POST and sees that Ashley Dupre - "escort" who slept with Elliot Spitzer - is on the cover. Apparently, last year during FASHION WEEK, Ashley showed up at one of Kelly's client's shows and sat in the front row. Kelly didn't kick her out and didn't think it was a big deal: "I didn't think it was a big since half the people sitting in the front are f****** people for money. They're just their wives." HAHA. UNTIL...her client came to her the next day and fired her for letting a "hooker sit in the front row" of the show. Yikes.
Kelly is AWESOME. She invites Ashley to come to PR. She and Ashley have become friends. Kelly's perspective is that everyone is a hooker to a certain extent. She may not necessarily WANT to talk to her clients but she does because they are paying her to. Heh. Ashley tells Kelly that she and her friends were going to crash Fashion Week again and Kelly tells her not to and that she should lay low.
Everyone is working on the David Delfin show in two hours!! Kelly shows up and checks out how everything is going. Andrew - her assistant - is wearing a floor length sequin dress and a flannel shirt. WTF? Apparently, it's fashion. I think it's ugly, but what do I know?
It's 30 minutes to the show and Kelly tells everyone that it's time for FIRST LOOKS. That means the models change out of their own clothes and into their first look for the show. There's a rule that photographers CANNOT shoot backstage during FIRST LOOKS because most of the models are under 18 and naked. Kelly spots a photographer shooting First Looks and kicks him out. She doesn't have time for that shit.
Back at PR, people are working frantically on the other shows. Next up is the Chado Ralph Rucci show. Stephanie S. tells us she's from Chicago and she's been in NYC for 3 years. She loves the fashion industry and the lifestyle but she's super nervous because it's her first fashion week where she's not an intern or Kelly's assistant. Robyn's assistant, Andrew S., is super gay and adorable. He tells us that he left his secure job as a colorist in LA to move to NYC and join the fashion business. He left his successful job in California to come to NYC and "be called a retard. Supposedly living my dream." Hmmm. He hands Stephanie S. a list and tells her that those are all the RSVPs and Stephanie S. asks him if he's sure. Andrew gets all offended and tells her to chillax and pop an Adivan. She refuses and tells him to stop pushing her to take a pill. She really could use one, though.
There's some "monitor" drama backstage at the David Delfin show and Kelly takes care of it. She goes to the Director's Booth to run the show. Andrew - Kelly's assistant - is crushing on one of the 22 year old models. The show goes off without a hitch and backstage Kelly is coordinating the press. Back at PR, Kelly tries to hook her asst. up with the hot Spanish model. Oops, he has a boyfriend. Too bad, so sad.
Robyn gives us the layout of the PR office building. People's Revolution's showroom is on the 2nd Floor, the office is on the 3rd Floor, Kelly's apartment is the 4th Floor, and another showroom is on the 5th Floor. Robyn is living on the 5th Floor because her lease ended and she had to move out of her apartment. I would HATE to live where I work...oh wait, I do. Ugh.
Kelly is at home cooking dinner for Ava with Ava's nanny. Kelly tells us that she had Ava alone because she and her boyfriend broke up when she was pregnant. I guess he's totally out of the picture now. She has set up PR to be a live/work building so she can always be with Ava. I think that's cool. I actually wouldn't mind that set up. Robyn actually lives in the office/showroom. But Kelly has an entire floor that is her home so she's actually getting away. Then, she just goes down a couple of floors to work. It's kind of a sweet set up if you have a family.
Everyone is freaking out over the seating chart for the Chado show. Kelly tells us that Chado Ralph Rucci is the only American Couturier which means he is a member of the Federation of Couture. So when people talk about wearing a couture gown, it's not really couture unless the designer is a Couturier. The seating chart is SUPER important. Where you sit determines how much power you have. So, rows 1-3 means you're in. Anything above that - you're out. And, magazine people can't sit next to each other and you can't put InTouch, US Weekly, etc. next to celebrities. It's all very political. So crazy. The coordination is out of control and super complicated.
There's some drama because Stephanie S. asked Stephanie V. to help her and she didn't do it. DRAMA and STRESS. Stephanie S. is freaking out. Steph V. admits she fucked up but tells us that she's human and she makes mistakes. Oooh, better not admit that to Kelly. She no like dat. Kelly tells Steph S. that the lesson is that you can't just delegate and leave it alone, you need to follow up to make sure it's getting done. True dat. So Kelly solves the problem and puts Andrew - her asst. - in charge. He's not thrilled with that, but that's the way it goes.
Kelly is VBI (very busy & important) so she doesn't have time to go out and do normal things like eyebrow waxes and mani/pedis. So they come to her office and do it for her there. HA! Awesome. I want that.
It's the day before the Chado Ralph Rucci show and they are trying to figure out the RSVP list and seating chart. Andrew - Kelly's Asst. - screws up. He added names to the RSVP list without checking to see if they were invited. Robyn is pissed because she's only taking RSVPs from people who were invited. Not invited? NOT COMING. Steph S. helps Andrew fix the problem because she really likes him and doesn't want him to get fired. He doesn't really know what he's doing so she's taken him under her wing to help him.
It's 20 hours to the show and they are all scrambling. Andrew - Kelly's asst. - is a good friend. He tells Steph S. to try not to stress so much. He tells her to cry and she tells him she feels stupid. He tells her to put it into context. Chado is freaking everyone out and the partners are freaking out on Steph S. Shit rolls downhill, Steph. They are trying to finalize and correct the RSVP list so they can send it to Chado's people.
18 hours to the show and the team is still working on the RSVP list/Seating chart. Andrew sums it up - every person in every seat at the show has an enormous ego. That's why Robyn and Kelly are the ones in charge - they know everyone and everything and they are stellar at coordinating it all.
5 hours to the show and Chado is freaking out about the list/seating chart. He wants to see it so that he will know who will be at the show. Ava comes down to see her mom and tells her that she wants to sit in the front row. Kelly tells her to relax because she's 7!! HA. Kelly tells Steph S. to print out the seating chart and ... there's a problem with the printer/computer. It's not printing and then it does, and it's missing data. DRAMA. Kelly wants to know if the list has been sent and Steph S. tells her that there's a problem. The system crashed and Kelly is PISSED. She's yelling for Steph S. to print it and send it right now. Steph S. is crying and doesn't know what to do. She won't send it out wrong.
So Steph S. tells Kelly that she's going to type it all in. Kelly says NO and Steph S. tells her she's not sending it out as is. But it's beyond their control. The system is down. Kelly gets it but she's pissed.
THE END. Love it.
KELLY
Kelly Cutrone is the owner and a partner of PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION. People's Revolution is a Public Relations and Branding firm. It's Kelly's - and her partners and employees - job to produce fashion shows all over the world and get press for their clients. It's their job to get the clothes off the runways and into magazines and onto the backs of celebrities so that everyone will want to buy them!
ROBYN
Robyn is one of Kelly's partners. She's really pretty and seems sweet, but she's totally got an edge to her. She likes things done right and she gets pissed when they aren't.
EMILY
Emily is also one of Kelly's partners. She's also pretty and has an edge. The three of them are super powerful and great at their jobs. They demand excellence and they won't settle for less.
Kelly informs us that they are in the fashion BUSINESS and most of her employees will realize that they don't get it and aren't good enough. It's a tough business. You need tough skin and killer organizational skills.
On top of being totally badass, Kelly is also a single mom to 7 year old, Ava.
Kelly is having a company meeting and tells everyone that it's officially FASHION WEEK and she's "fucking out for motherfucking keeps." She's serious, y'all. They have TEN fashion week events so they are super busy. The partners tell the employees/interns/assistants that they need to step it up, not screw up and be there everyday until Fashion Week is over. Kelly tells them her office "rule": "I have a rule that there's no crying in the office. If you have to cry, go outside. And, if you're sensitive and somebody hurts your feelings, I don't give a fuck. This is not group therapy, so get over it. We're not really mean, but we'll say mean things to you for sure. So just know, if you're crying or having a bad day and you've been knocked around, the best thing to do is to come back. Some days just fucking suck." I love her.
Everyone is freaking out and running around like meth addicts. It's totally frantic because everything needs to be organized and calls are being made to finalize guest lists and seating charts. David Delfin - the "most famous designer in Spain" - is coming into the office so the showroom upstairs needs to look perfect. Robyn has Stephanie V. - Account Exec - clean it up. She does "her best" and shows Robyn and she totally changes things around. David Delfin stops by to talk about what's going on for the show. They go over stuff and he stays for awhile and then leaves. Stephanie V. bitches that she cleaned the showroom and got shit from Robyn for not doing it right all for nothing because they didn't even see it. She bugs.
Stephanie S. is Kelly's previous assistant who was promoted to Junior Account Executive. She looks rough. She has a love/hate relationship with Kelly. On one hand she totally respects her and sees her as a role model, but on the other hand, she is a hard ass bitch.
Andrew is Kelly's new assistant. He's got long black hair and looks sort of like a cross between a goth and a rocker. He's gay, which I never would have guessed and he's super cool. Kelly hired him because she was sick of blond sorority girls who "like fashion". She tells Andrew that she's actively looking for a sexual partner for him. No sexual harassment at PR, eh?
Kelly grabs the NY POST and sees that Ashley Dupre - "escort" who slept with Elliot Spitzer - is on the cover. Apparently, last year during FASHION WEEK, Ashley showed up at one of Kelly's client's shows and sat in the front row. Kelly didn't kick her out and didn't think it was a big deal: "I didn't think it was a big since half the people sitting in the front are f****** people for money. They're just their wives." HAHA. UNTIL...her client came to her the next day and fired her for letting a "hooker sit in the front row" of the show. Yikes.
Kelly is AWESOME. She invites Ashley to come to PR. She and Ashley have become friends. Kelly's perspective is that everyone is a hooker to a certain extent. She may not necessarily WANT to talk to her clients but she does because they are paying her to. Heh. Ashley tells Kelly that she and her friends were going to crash Fashion Week again and Kelly tells her not to and that she should lay low.
Everyone is working on the David Delfin show in two hours!! Kelly shows up and checks out how everything is going. Andrew - her assistant - is wearing a floor length sequin dress and a flannel shirt. WTF? Apparently, it's fashion. I think it's ugly, but what do I know?
It's 30 minutes to the show and Kelly tells everyone that it's time for FIRST LOOKS. That means the models change out of their own clothes and into their first look for the show. There's a rule that photographers CANNOT shoot backstage during FIRST LOOKS because most of the models are under 18 and naked. Kelly spots a photographer shooting First Looks and kicks him out. She doesn't have time for that shit.
Back at PR, people are working frantically on the other shows. Next up is the Chado Ralph Rucci show. Stephanie S. tells us she's from Chicago and she's been in NYC for 3 years. She loves the fashion industry and the lifestyle but she's super nervous because it's her first fashion week where she's not an intern or Kelly's assistant. Robyn's assistant, Andrew S., is super gay and adorable. He tells us that he left his secure job as a colorist in LA to move to NYC and join the fashion business. He left his successful job in California to come to NYC and "be called a retard. Supposedly living my dream." Hmmm. He hands Stephanie S. a list and tells her that those are all the RSVPs and Stephanie S. asks him if he's sure. Andrew gets all offended and tells her to chillax and pop an Adivan. She refuses and tells him to stop pushing her to take a pill. She really could use one, though.
There's some "monitor" drama backstage at the David Delfin show and Kelly takes care of it. She goes to the Director's Booth to run the show. Andrew - Kelly's assistant - is crushing on one of the 22 year old models. The show goes off without a hitch and backstage Kelly is coordinating the press. Back at PR, Kelly tries to hook her asst. up with the hot Spanish model. Oops, he has a boyfriend. Too bad, so sad.
Robyn gives us the layout of the PR office building. People's Revolution's showroom is on the 2nd Floor, the office is on the 3rd Floor, Kelly's apartment is the 4th Floor, and another showroom is on the 5th Floor. Robyn is living on the 5th Floor because her lease ended and she had to move out of her apartment. I would HATE to live where I work...oh wait, I do. Ugh.
Kelly is at home cooking dinner for Ava with Ava's nanny. Kelly tells us that she had Ava alone because she and her boyfriend broke up when she was pregnant. I guess he's totally out of the picture now. She has set up PR to be a live/work building so she can always be with Ava. I think that's cool. I actually wouldn't mind that set up. Robyn actually lives in the office/showroom. But Kelly has an entire floor that is her home so she's actually getting away. Then, she just goes down a couple of floors to work. It's kind of a sweet set up if you have a family.
Everyone is freaking out over the seating chart for the Chado show. Kelly tells us that Chado Ralph Rucci is the only American Couturier which means he is a member of the Federation of Couture. So when people talk about wearing a couture gown, it's not really couture unless the designer is a Couturier. The seating chart is SUPER important. Where you sit determines how much power you have. So, rows 1-3 means you're in. Anything above that - you're out. And, magazine people can't sit next to each other and you can't put InTouch, US Weekly, etc. next to celebrities. It's all very political. So crazy. The coordination is out of control and super complicated.
There's some drama because Stephanie S. asked Stephanie V. to help her and she didn't do it. DRAMA and STRESS. Stephanie S. is freaking out. Steph V. admits she fucked up but tells us that she's human and she makes mistakes. Oooh, better not admit that to Kelly. She no like dat. Kelly tells Steph S. that the lesson is that you can't just delegate and leave it alone, you need to follow up to make sure it's getting done. True dat. So Kelly solves the problem and puts Andrew - her asst. - in charge. He's not thrilled with that, but that's the way it goes.
Kelly is VBI (very busy & important) so she doesn't have time to go out and do normal things like eyebrow waxes and mani/pedis. So they come to her office and do it for her there. HA! Awesome. I want that.
It's the day before the Chado Ralph Rucci show and they are trying to figure out the RSVP list and seating chart. Andrew - Kelly's Asst. - screws up. He added names to the RSVP list without checking to see if they were invited. Robyn is pissed because she's only taking RSVPs from people who were invited. Not invited? NOT COMING. Steph S. helps Andrew fix the problem because she really likes him and doesn't want him to get fired. He doesn't really know what he's doing so she's taken him under her wing to help him.
It's 20 hours to the show and they are all scrambling. Andrew - Kelly's asst. - is a good friend. He tells Steph S. to try not to stress so much. He tells her to cry and she tells him she feels stupid. He tells her to put it into context. Chado is freaking everyone out and the partners are freaking out on Steph S. Shit rolls downhill, Steph. They are trying to finalize and correct the RSVP list so they can send it to Chado's people.
18 hours to the show and the team is still working on the RSVP list/Seating chart. Andrew sums it up - every person in every seat at the show has an enormous ego. That's why Robyn and Kelly are the ones in charge - they know everyone and everything and they are stellar at coordinating it all.
5 hours to the show and Chado is freaking out about the list/seating chart. He wants to see it so that he will know who will be at the show. Ava comes down to see her mom and tells her that she wants to sit in the front row. Kelly tells her to relax because she's 7!! HA. Kelly tells Steph S. to print out the seating chart and ... there's a problem with the printer/computer. It's not printing and then it does, and it's missing data. DRAMA. Kelly wants to know if the list has been sent and Steph S. tells her that there's a problem. The system crashed and Kelly is PISSED. She's yelling for Steph S. to print it and send it right now. Steph S. is crying and doesn't know what to do. She won't send it out wrong.
So Steph S. tells Kelly that she's going to type it all in. Kelly says NO and Steph S. tells her she's not sending it out as is. But it's beyond their control. The system is down. Kelly gets it but she's pissed.
THE END. Love it.
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