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I can’t lie, Tim Gunn is the only reason I still tune into Project Runway every week, and apparently, he can’t lie either— not that I mind.

After publicly outing everyone’s favorite Vogue-editrix-to-hate, Anna Wintour, about being carried down the stairs after a surely hellish escape from a fashion show, Gunn has decided to get gossipy about Taylor Momsen.

He calls her a diva and pathetic in an interview with E! News because she spent most of her time on her phone instead of looking at the lines she annoyingly couldn’t remember.

As refreshing as the honesty is, I’m a little surprised, not because I can’t believe Wintour would result to being carried down a flight of stairs or that Momsen could, in all her teen-angsty glory, believe her job was less important than whatever is on her phone. I’m shocked because I wasn’t aware Gunn had it in him.

It’s one thing to be brutally honest to reality show contestants about their lackluster designs, but to knowingly place yourself outside the celebrity inner sanctum because the truth is necessary and often more interesting than fiction may prove quite dangerous in the celeb-circles— however, it does make me want to read his new book, Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work.

Though reporting on the fashionably elite’s maddening behaviors may strike fear in celebrities whilst in his presence, Gunn is definitely winning the love and allegiance of the masses, not that parenting a catchphrase like “Make it work!” wasn’t worship-worthy to start.

I just found out that Rachel Bilson is going to be the guest judge on this week’s episode of Project Runway. She looks so cute, and since she’s such a style maven, I can’t wait to hear her critique of the the designer’s pieces— they work in teams this week, right? Yikes, there’s bound to be DR-A-MA!

It’s the first official day of school, and I’m already stressed. Perhaps, I’ll be able to find solace in tomorrow’s episode of Project Runway.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 at 10 PM ET/PT on Lifetime.

I’m still not sure how well Project Runway will do or how different it will be on Lifetime, but my misgivings aren’t going to stop it from premiering on it’s new network on August 20th.

Check out the Project Runway Season 6 trailer, and tell me how you think it’ll turn out.

When I first saw the advertisement for Nina Garcia’s upcoming show Running In Heels, to be honest, I didn’t really get it. “Why ruin a great pair of heels like that,” was my thought, but after interning at a fashion PR firm for almost a month, I completely understand.

Having never truly worked in fashion, not even in retail, I was as disillusioned as most young girls about the industry and footwear for that matter.

As much as I love The Devil Wears Prada and guilty pleasure shows like The Hills and The City, but those shows give girls this air of fantasy in terms of the fashion industry. I work twice a week, and every single time I work there seems to be a new intern. It isn’t that the PR girls are mean or off-putting— actually the opposite is true— but the girls don’t realize that working in PR is hard work and long hours even as an intern.

Bringing me to the shoe debacle. The beginning of The Devil Wears Prada depicts multiple gorgeous model-esque assistants wearing 4-5” heels, and the girls of The Hills and The City wear their skyscrapers while proudly pretending to work. However, any intern/assistant will tell you wearing any heels over a couple of inches will ruin you because you’re on your feet for hours and running around the city picking-up and dropping-off who knows what.

Though I’m sure the notches in the heel are supposed to represent the higher runs on the well styled ladder, it also sort of represents the height of heel you can wear. When you’re an intern, running around like crazy you wear flats, and when you’re the Editor-In-Chief you wear the highest loubs you can find.

So please, Miss Whitney Port, please stop saying you’re an assistant or intern or whatever you’re claiming to be at DVF because we all know if you worked as much as you lunched, you wouldn’t be able to party that much and you’re feet would be killing you.

Girls looking to get into the fashion industry, be prepared to practically give up your life, at least at first, or don’t waste other people’s time. Here’s some great advice from Taylor Tomasi, Accessories Director at Teen Vogue:

“My best tip for jump-starting a career in fashion is to take an internship very seriously—and if you love where you are working, try to stay there as long as possible. Showing initiative may lead to something more. Working in fashion, however, is not always as glamorous as what you see on television. It’s a very demanding, high-stress environment—but if you thrive under pressure, it may be the perfect fit for you.”