'Stylista" Contestants Announced
Category: Stylista
Posted: Sep 25, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Each episode, in consultation with Joe, Anne fires one person, until the last assistant standing gets promoted to the coveted real-life job opportunity. The grand prize includes a paid editorial position at Elle magazine, a paid lease on a great apartment in Manhattan, and a clothing allowance at H&M, all for one year, valued at $100,000.
“Stylista” participants are:
Name: Arnaldo
Age: 24
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Current Location: Bronx, NY
Occupation: Sales, freelance writer
Fashion Icons/Designers: Basquiat, Oscar de la Renta
Name: Ashlie
Age: 22
Hometown: Washington, DC
Current Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Production Assistant for Calving Klein Dresses
Fashion Icons/Designers: Sienna Miller, favorite designer is Zac Posen.
Name: Cologne
Age: 22
Hometown: Newport Beach, CA
Current Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Recent college graduate with dreams of starting own clothing company “Oh de Cologne,” getting novel published and modeling.
Thesis is on Fashion
Fashion Icons/Designers: Sienna Miller, Edie Sedgwick, Kate Bosworth, Twiggy
Name: Danielle
Age: 22
Hometown: Queens, NY
Current Location: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Visual Merchandiser
Fashion Icons/Designers: Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry and Jenny Lewis.
Name: Devin
Age: 20
Hometown: Burton, OH
Current Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Student, Editor-In-Chief of NY Chic (student publication)
Fashion Icons/Designers: Balenciaga, Yves St. Lauren, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, Pat Fields, Audrey Hepburn, Nicole Kidman.
Name: DyShaun
Age: 24
Hometown: Newark, NJ
Current Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Freelance Stylist
Fashion Icons/Designers: Mary-Kate Olsen, Diana Vreeland, Thom Browne and Tom Ford
Name: Jason
Age: 25
Hometown: Chico, CA
Current Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Fashion Designer/Print/Editorial/Runway Model
Fashion Icons/Designers: Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford, Donatella Versace, Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs, Roberto Cavalli, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, D&G, Zac Posen, Giorgio Armani.
Name: Johanna
Age: 28
Hometown: Okemos, MI
Current Location: Washington, DC
Occupation: China Military Analyst
Fashion Icons/Designers: Karen Elson, Sienna Miller, Audrey Tatou, post-Tom Katie Holmes, Roland Mouret, Alber Elbaz, Alexander Wang, 6267, Ardistia.
Name: Kate
Age: 22
Hometown: Palm Springs, CA
Current Location: San Francisco, CA
Occupation: Legal Secretary at Kirkland and Ellis LLP
Fashion Icons/Designers: Jessica Simpson, Reese Witherspoon, Manny Mashouf (the chairman and founder of BEBE), Oscar de la Renta, Nina Ricci, Lauren Conrad, George Marciano.
Name: Megan
Age: 22
Hometown: Vail, CO
Current Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Entrepeneur
Fashion Icons/Designers: Grace Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, Penny Lane from “Almost Famous,” Patty Smith, Anita Pallenberg, Donyale Yuna.
Name: William
Age: 26
Hometown: Boston, MA
Current Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Out of work freelance Fashion Assistant for numerous brands and magazines including Next, New York Magazine, Stuff and Maxin.
Fashion Icons/Designers: Andrea Lieberman and Patricia Field, Tom Ford, Thome Brown, Marc Jacobs, the Heatherette boys, Richie and Traver.
