Taking issue with…Red-Light District on the Red Carpet:

Blake Lively, you’re smoking hot.  Your boobs defy gravity and you have somehow mastered being reed thin yet bodaciously curvy all in one body.  What I don’t get is your new penchant for naval-grazing necklines and crotch-adjacent hemlines.

See the distinction?

You look fantastic in dresses that are just a tad more demure (exhibit A: pretty in pink Michael Kors and B: edgy in backless Alex Wang).  These looks are still sexy, but they don’t wear you.  Plus, I’d love to feel a little less like a dirty old man every time I look at you.

Taking issue with…MTV’s “Styl’d”

When I heard that Jen Rade was going to be on an MTV reality show about professional stylists, I was all for it.  I am always interested in programs that illuminate the world of fashion and styling and give an alternative view to the personalities of our industry aside from “oh my god, I die.”  Also, Jen Rade styles Angelina Jolie and this look, right here, never ceases to amaze me.  

Angelina Jolie at the “Inglorious Basterds” premiere in Cannes, May 2009.

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