By Joe R
Our weekly outing with Kelly and Ava is usually a snooze, yes, but this week it's kind of funny, as Kelly and Ava pass by this woman walking her dog and note the dog looks like their old Afenpincher named Coco. Turns out, this dog IS Coco, having been given by Kelly to Ava's old nanny in Staten Island, who subsequently got pregnant and gave it up for adoption to this woman and her partner who live four blocks away from Kelly in Tribeca. "Whack...adoo," says Kelly.
Back at the office, Vorhees just sent out a press release that had Nicolas Petrou's first name spelled with an "h." Like, of course she did.
At model-scouting for the Petrou show, we see all the boys will be wearing head-to-toe body stockings that cover their faces and everything. On the bright side, it seems they'll also be wearing regular-people clothes on top of that. As Kelly helps one poor lad undo his panty-hose mask (so he can get an eyelash out of his eye), she explains to us the myth of the straight male model and how it's actually not a myth at all; most male models really are straight, usually just hot-looking surfer/skater boys who get offered thousands of dollars to be lazy and look pretty in a professional context. And what happens after that is between them and their pay-access "photography" website. Kelly laments being around all these hot boys and essentially filling the "mommy" role. And not even in the creepy sexual way.
It looks like the Petrou show is also a "presentation" rather than an actual runway show, because here's Kelly positioning our faceless models in a darkened room with black walls. Here's where that focus on getting press invites out comes into play, because this is pretty much 100% for press only. Kelly escorts Nicolas around to talk to them, and while he's super testy with her, he seems fine talking to the press. Kelly notes that while some of the press people thought the collection was ridiculous (GQ, you can some sit by me), at least the Japanese press liked it. That seems about right.
After the show, Emily chats with Nicolas, and he proceeds to get super dismissive of the fashion press, particularly one menswear editor from Women's Wear Daily. He recounts their interaction, all "Bitch, I have a fashion degree and a storefront on Madison Avenue" and blah blah. Emily gets majorly turned off, to the point where she doesn't think People's Rev should work with the guy. But who will publicize all those body stockings?? But the morning is when it really hits the fan, as Emily is on the phone with Nicolas, who is trying to weasel out of paying People's Rev because he didn't like the press he got. Emily gets as sassy as you please on the phone with him, followed by Kelly, who wastes no time in telling him she's going to take him to small claims court for the money. Afterwards, Kelly proclaims him dead in the fashion industry, then takes the issue to the people! Via Facebook, natch.
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