Another Week, Another Fashion Gig
I had trouble making it through the entire debut episode of “Stylista,” the latest fashion-based reality-TV series. Brought to you by the team responsible for “America’s Next Top Model,” and like that predecessor both savvy in its ability to captivate a 20-something demographic and fitful and maddening to the rest of us, “Stylista” (whose contestants are pictured here) owes a bit too much to “The Devil Wears Prada.” This competition to land a lowly editor spot at Elle magazine features snooty senior editors from that publication and groveling contestants from around the country. What impresses me most about this show (and its now-too-knocked-off competitor, “Project Runway”) is how much publicity it gives to Elle and how ill-advised it was for Vogue and InStyle to turn down the “Runway” concept (which they did). “Stylista” airs Wednesday at 9 pm EST on the CW network.
