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How happy was I when I saw, that’s right, ANTM Jaslene Gonzales,on the Nov 26th issue of trade publication, Footwear News! It’s not that she’s my favorite ANTM or anything (well actually I guess she is. Who else it is going to be, Danny?). Its just that after Manuel Paul and V. thread reported that she was signing autographs in the Cover Girl aisle of Walmart I felt really bad for her. I mean girls from all over the world buy plane tickets, stand in line for days, and starve themselves in hopes of being chosen to “participate” on Tyra’s dumb show, America’s Next Top Model. THEN! if they win, you NEVER see them again. They disappear into the black hole of “Cover Girl Commercials” and Archived Seventeen Magazine covers.

Anyhow, Jaslene’s on the cover of Footwear News and she’s got a 9 page spread entitled Modern Nature showcasing “edgy, modern, nature-inspired Spring styles”…. Sure…. From the styling and art direction of the shoot, it’s obvious Footwear News is not the mag to turn to for the most inspiring fashion and creativity.

As a stylist, I am never one to hate on another stylist’s work. But come on, I thought the spread was about the shoes and instead she/he adorned poor Jaslene with the latest and greatest in avian adornments. Did Jaslene need feathers in her hair, her hand, on her neck, behind her, in front of her…? Well it’s not Jaslene’s fault. She did a good job. And she should have, this spread looks just like one of Tyra’s “stand naked while we tar-and-feather you and look pretty but more like this, not like this. “

-Camille L