I'm not sure what Alexa Chung Does, But She Has Awesome Style

So I know Alexa Chung did have a talk show on MTV but it was canceled because she isn't a pregnant teenager. And then I guess she was a DJ and then Madewell was like design some clothes for us. And she was like "Yah! Okay governor! Cheerio!" Apparently now she is the contributing editor at British Vogue and is the host of 24 Hour Catwalk. But from what I see her main job is to attend parties and look awesome. Her style is 1/4 7 year old girl, 2/3 British tea party, 22% preppy, 4% Oliver Twist, 1% Downton Abbey and the rest is just friggin' awesome. Note it helps if you are 6 feet tall and weigh 100 pounds. Here are some of my favorite Alexa Chung looks:

This may be my favorite. Love the trench with the ruffled blouse and ballet flats.

This is so Edie Sedgewick meets Alexa Chung.

Effortlessly cool

Yah shorts!

Rockin the satchel look and the ballet flats. Perfection.

Stripes and trench. Yes!!

I'm very Excited for all the Shows about B*tches Coming Out!

B*tch is just the new hot word right now. I feel like it has taken on this whole new positive and hilarious spin which is good. I mean just think of "You're a stupid b*tch!" from those hilarious Sassy Gay Friend videos. If you haven't seen those, then your life is just sad. Here are two of my faves:

See bitches are funny! And television executives have realized this as two shows this spring will have bitch in the title. Sorta. First there is GCB which stands for "Good Christian Bitches."The dramedy, based on Kim Gatlin’s novel of the same name, centers on on the life of reformed “mean girl” Amanda (Leslie Bibb), who returns to her hometown of Dallas  after her divorce to find herself fodder for malicious gossip from the women in the Christian community. Apparently Jersey bitches have nothing on Southern ladies. Especially when they come in the form of Kristen Chenoweth. Anyway, it looks like it's gonna be a whole lot of cheerleading and jokes about Jesus and it looks awesome. The Christian groups have already been all up in arms of it which is why it is called GCB.

Leslie Bibb on GCB

But a show that managed to hold on to the actual b-word. Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23  was the original title and then it was changed to Apartment 23 and now it is Don't Trust the B------ In Apartment 23," but we all know what those lines mean so this is a victory. I will say this show looks more appealing to me as it stars Dreama Walker (The Good Wife, Gossip Girl and my sister's friend) and the hilarious Krysten Ritter (She's Out of My League, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Breaking Bad. She could be Zooey Deschanel and Katy Perry's mean and hilarious sister) and my favorite, James Van Der Beek. I don't know what it is but once James Van Der Beek stopped playing whiny Dawson he became so hot. Maybe because he finally got rid of that stupid blond hair or maybe it's because he played such an annoying wimp for so long and you could see his inner asshole was just yearning to come out (remember how good he was in Rules Of Attraction? I'm pretty sure that is what JVB is like in real life.) Or watch him on the short-lived but excellent series Mercy. He played an asshole that was a doctor. Awesome! And get this, he actually plays himself on the show! 

Krysten Ritter and James Van der Beek in Don't Trust the B------ In Apartment 23

Krysten Ritter

Hot James

Here is the deal on the show from The Hollywood Reporter:


"The comedy -- about a naive girl from the Midwest (Dreama Walker) who moves to New York and ends up living with a cunning roommate (Krysten Ritter) whose goal is to toughen her up or force her out of the city -- will use Van Der Beek's character as a way to skewer Hollywood using experiences from his own life and beyond."


Apparently Jimmy got the gig because of his Funny or Die skits in which he just makes fun of his former Dawson persona. "I realized if you tell a joke at a party if it's a self-deprecating joke as opposed to if it's a self-aggrandizing one it's a lot funnier," Van Der Beek told reporters. "Once the residuals money ran out, it became OK to make fun of it!" Van Der Beek said with a laugh. "They've kept me around Hollywood long enough for a second coming. It's a lot more fun to not take myself so seriously." Totally charming right?!

"It's a really cool thing to take somebody in real life and make them a character and heighten it," said series creator Nahnatchka Khan. "There's so much blending of the lines anyway with Twitter and what's happening right now and [determining] what's real, what's fake." I love somebody who is very involved in their own thing, that's where comedy comes from," Khan added, later joking that Dawson's co-star Katie Holmes would guest star "under a black shroud."James has been a global star and it's easy to see him in rarified world and he may not know how to do normal things like go to a dry cleaner. It's fun to poke fun at that." I mean anybody is better than Dawson. Pacey I will take any day. There really needs to  be a Dawson's reunion. Of all the WB casts, I have to say they have done the best or have at least dated the most famous people as a group.  In other Dawson's news, Meredith Monroe who played Andy is now playing a 28 year old's mother on Hart of Dixie. Ummmm what? Who feels old?


But anyway, yah for bitches! So much fun to say!

Abigail Spencer is my new fashion icon

And it's not just because I got glasses that look just like hers. But that does help. You may not know her name well but if you watch Mad Men then you will recognize her as the teacher Don had the affair with as well as a variety of other shows, including an excellent episode of My Boys where she channeled Carrie Bradshaw.

Plus she was on my new favorite USA show about lawyers, Suits. As good an actress she is, her style is better. She is preppy mixed with glamour which is always my goal. Check out these looks.

Why I Love 2 Broke Girls!

This has been the year of girl comedy. First we had Bridesmaids which scored critical raves, took in $288 million worldwide and has now been nominated for two Oscars, including best screenplay. And then we had the slew of television shows that debuted featuring female leads, many of them comedians. Most of them survived and continued to thrive like Whitney (not my fav, but it's getting better), New Girl (which despite some annoyingness or adorableness, is legit funny), Suburgatory (which will have a Clueless reunion soon. Funsies!) Are You There, Chelsea? (still pretty shaky, but give it time.) Then we have GCB(Good Christian Bitches) to look forward to as well Don’t Trust The Bitch in Apartment 23 coming to ABC. Apparently ABC really likes the B-word. Funny women are everywhere. As Judd Apatow said recently, "Jerry Lewis once said that he didn’t think women were funny. So I’d just like to say, with all respect, f*** you.". 

But my favorite one that debuted is 2 Broke Girls. Yes, it is not everyone's cup of tea. It was pitched as "Laverne and Shirley on crack" so if you don't find that enticing, then this is not for you. It is quippy and maybe a little racially insensitive, but I think it sends a great message to young women (minus the racial stereotypes.) You can come from nothing and work your way up the trenches or you can have everything and then lose it all in a Ponzi scheme and still recover. In case you don't know the show is about two girls: Max (because aren't all poor girls named Max? Well, and really, really rich girls) who has been broke forever and has developed a "I hate the world" attitude because it never helped her, but is hilarious and then Caroline, a blond socialite who has had everything served to her on a silver spoon until she loses all her money cause her dad is the next Bernie Madoff. Max is played by independent film queen Kat Dennings and Caroline is played by perky newcomer Beth Behrs (she looks a little like Paris Hilton but is not annoying and is excellent in this role.)

Together they are waitresses in a diner in Brooklyn and yes, if you want to hear a bunch of jokes that make fun of hipsters then this is your show. But in addition to being waitresses they are also trying to start a cupcake store so they are teaching lessons about entrepreneurship! The plot is really nothing new. People have always been fascinated by (wrong side of the tracks, extremely attractive) poor people. Almost as much as they are fascinated by rich ones. This combines both of those plus with jokes from Sex & the City creator Michael Patrick King and Whitney Cummings. All I am saying is, it's great to watch shows like Revenge where we get to watch crazy, rich people make a mess of their lives but sometimes it's nice to come home and see people hustling just as hard as we are. Plus, hipster jokes, a horse and cupcakes!

Oh the fashion of the Golden Globes!

I have to say the looks at the Golden Globes this year were all around not great. There were a few standouts but nothing to write home about like last year. I think my favorite was Amy Poehler. Amy is not only absolutely hilarious on Parks & Recreation and deserved 8 Emmys but she always looks perfect at awards shows. Her dress was just exquisite (plus having Will Arnett on your arm doesn't hurt.)

Though there were a few bright spots like Julie Bowen (who looked less strung out than usual) and Dianna Agron who looked stunning in red there were lots of "What made you decided to do this?" Like Zooey Deschanel. She looked like she was wearing a costume in her play. Her poor sister Emily wasn't much better. It was like she picked out a dress from the Dynasty-reject collection. And she ripped it in half. Emma Stone looked lovely but it seemed like she was taking the Twilight trend a little too seriously. Remember your pretty peach dress from last year Emma? It's okay to embrace the light side. And then what the heck was Sarah Michelle Gellar wearing? It had like waves on it and was just a big giant mess.

Julie Bowen

The sisters Deschanel

What is happening?

Here were a few of the ones I liked:

Maria Menounos: I don't love the sequins but I commend her for the bold color choice and she looks great.

Felicity Jones: I just love her.

Jaime King: Don't usually love her stuff but this works. 

Emma Stone: Gorgeous and interesting.

Jane Levy: She is swimming in this but I like it. 

Love the retro look on Kristen Wiig.

This is a little boring but I think she looks lovely. I like that she kept everything else simple.

She is really sticking with this somber thing but it's a great dress.

Only Charlize could pull this off but she looks stunning.