America Ferrara for Seventeen Magazine October 2008

America Ferrara for Seventeen Magazine image
courtesy of Seventeen Magazine and Just Jared

Here is America Ferrara's cover for Seventeen Magazine October 2008 issue. You can view a "behind-the-scenes" video clip of the shoot through the Seventeen website via this link.

There was some controversy recently when the star of Ugly Betty commented on what she thinks is the negative aspects of the female characters on the CW's Gossip Girl and the effect it has on young female viewers.

A snippet of her statements to US Magazine -

"Close, genuine female relationships are not what generally gets depicted in movies and TV shows," the "Ugly Betty" star told Seventeen. "Like, if you're watching "The Hills" or "90210", all the backstabbing shapes the way we act – you go to school, and you think your job is to find a sworn enemy and be jealous of each other."

Ferrera said she's "worked with other girls before and it was pretty catty," but that wasn't the case during the filming of the movie "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants."

"I was like, 'I'm just going to show up to work and be professional – not their best friend,'" she reportedly told the magazine about how she felt before they started shooting. "But a couple of weeks into shooting, Amber [Tamblyn] and I started talking. She's a hippie, and I thought we had nothing in common – and now she's one of my closest friends!"

She also had kind words to say about co-star Blake Lively, while slamming the show she stars in.

"I mean, I love Blake; she’s a wonderful friend of mine, but shows like "Gossip Girl" kind of condition us to be mean," Ferrera said."

You can read the full article through the US Magazine website via this link.

NOT SO FANTASTIC FASHION - LAUREN CONRAD PRESENTS HER COLLECTION AT STYLE WEEK ORANGE COUNTY

Lauren Conrad and Lauren "Lo" Bosworth
at O.C.S.W. image courtesy of
Backseat Cuddler.com


Lauren Conrad and mother at O.C.S.W. courtesy of Gossip Girls.com

Lauren Conrad presented her most recent collection at her "Homecoming" event at Orange County Style Week. O.C.F.W. is the Big Orange's attempt at a fashion week, to compete with those of other fashion capitals/markets. The event was sponsored by the Irvine Spectrum Company, a major retail real estate development company in the O.C.,.

The New York Times recently posted an article related to the proliferation of Fashion Weeks in pratically every major city around the world. Fashion Surfers can now chase an "endless fashion week" like the beach surfers chase the "Endless Summer". You can read the article, written by Eric Wilson, via this link.

I understand that this is a fledgling attempt with lots of room for growth into a proper fashion week, but I have to say that the schedule of shows for this season is VERY LACKING. Actually, the only "designer" scheduled to show was Lauren Conrad Collection. The other shows were held by mainly retailers and publications such as Nordstrom, Macy's, H&M in conjunction with Marie Claire, Seventeen Magazine. Also, how smart is it to schedule the Style week with conflict with New York's S/S 2009 fashion week and right before London's S/S 2009 fashion week? Seems very "WEAK" on the event planner's part, doesn't it?

My contacts at L.A. Models Runway, led by Crista Klayman with support from fellow agents Sara Davenport and Francis Enriquez, pretty much slammed dunked the event with model bookings. They booked the majority, if not all, for the scheduled shows and events throughout the "Style Week". I have to say that the quality of models provided is much higher than the quality of clothing and designers scheduled.

But bottom line, does Lauren Conrad and her "Holiday" collection even really matter? Does anyone care?

MILEY CYRUS FOR SEVENTEEN SEPTEMBER 2008 ISSUE

Miley Cyrus photographed by Cliff Watts courtesy
of Seventeen Magazine

Miley Cyrus for the September 2008 issue of Seventeen shot by photographer Cliff Watts. You can see more exclusive "behind the scenes" shots via the Seventeen Magazine website.