Trinny and Susannah Invade America

Pardon this interruption, but I think you might be interested in knowing that Trinny and Susannah are invading America. Starting Friday night, August 21 at 10 PM ET/PT, their new show, Making Over America with Trinny and Susannah comes to TLC for a 6 series run. A repeat of that show will run on Saturday at 3 PM ET. Wildly popular in the UK ever since they began with their show What Not To Wear in 2001, they have been running around Britain ambushing women who are fashion challenged and helping them find clothing that more appropriately flatters their body shape.

Daily London UK

Currently they are starring in Trinny and Susannah Undress the Nation in the UK, where they diagnose women's fashion flaws and write them a prescription for a new look. Here in the US, you perhaps know them for their popular appearances on Oprah and for several books they have authored. The first US episode, they make over a Virginia cheer leading coach who has a few things to learn. All in fun, they are known to be quite cheeky and worth setting the video recorders to catch the first show. I'll be watching--let me know what you think of their British humor and advice on style.

Fashion Show at the V and A

While my daughters-in-law were visiting in London last week, we decided to spend a few hours at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It's the closest museum to our house, and one of my favorites. I could spend all day there looking at the furniture, jewelry, fashions and studying the evolution of design through the centuries. While we were there, we were given tickets to visit a fashion show for Giles Deacon.

Not being familiar with the Giles label, we sat in the Raphael gallery surrounded by Raphael cartoons anticipating what we might see when the show would start. The flyer on our chairs said that we were going to see a collection of his favorite pieces from the past 5 years and that Mr. Deacon had previously worked for Bottega Veneta, Louis Vuitton and Gucci. In 2006, he had received the Designer of the Year award and his clients include Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson and Mischa Barton.

Let the show begin, and what a show it was! A mixture of "glamour and grit," as his resume phrased it. This first outfit had a little pillow bow at the bodice. Nice for giving hugs, I suppose.

Then these furry creatures came out in a threesome.

How about this leather skirt that looked like a cone, and boots that came up above the knee?

Notice the fur on the arms?

Not the best picture quality since the lighting was low, and they were flying down the runway with the 5 inch heels, but do you see the knee high hose in full display?

This was Cristen's favorite dress.

And Allison picked this one.

A big fat red sweater scarf topped this bright green dress.

Feathers were the extra feature of this outfit.

The finale brought the models all out again. Do you like the "Pac-man " statement in the foreground? That was Cristen's impression.

We were amazed, exhilarated, shocked, and fascinated all at the same time. We were glad the boys had not come along with us, because several of the dresses were absolutely see-through, and that was not the type of art we had come to see that day. If you're interested in picking up something from his line, I read online that it's available at Barney's New York and Nordstrom. Hmmm....isn't Nordstrom's having its semi annual sale right now?