Re: - Questions about What Not To Wear

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In a message dated 11/13/2004 7:14:10 PM Pacific Standard Time,

gatorz5@... writes:

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> Im sorry, Im sure youre way past wanting to get rid of this topic. I

> had a few questions about it for you.

I am not tired of it...it is interesting to hear what other people think

about it.

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> Do you think that you wouldve had a better experience if you'd known

> about this in advance and agreed to it?

I think several things would have made the experience better. I did agree to

it and did know 2 months before I actually went to NYC. That was the time

lapse between being told and going. I think that made it worse b/c I had so much

time to develop false hopes and study the shows and get high expectations.

Even when people " break " the rules, it is ALL PLANNED.

1- If I had gotten to pick atleast 1 store, I was told I could pick them all,

but got to pick NONE...major disapointment. You can't say, hey, I want to go

there...even off camara a stylist is with you.

2- If I had gotten to pick the clothes. THere is a behind the scene stylist

picking everything for you and making you try on, try on, try on. Even if you

know you hate it, you still have to waste time trying it on. If you pick it

and they don't like it, you get about 10 seconds to try it on after trying on

and filming what they want for HOURS. If they don't like it, you CAN'T buy

it...unless it is at an off camara store, in which case you have 15 minutes

before closing and you can't really try much on to know if it fits, alot of

stuff I

bought DOES NOT EVEN FIT. Off camera, it was literally, Grab as much as you

can or else go home empty handed. I had to go to H&M off camara b/c thats what

was still open. I did raise HELL. I told them I wasn't smiling one more

F-ing time for their F-ing show that they could shove up their u know what, I

would take my sh*t and go home if i didn't get to go to a store that sells blue

jeans and actually BUY atleast 1 pair out of the money. Between getting my hair

done and the reveal, i got 45 minutes to go to a 9 story Bloomingdales and

spend $600.00. Still grab and go, brands I had never heard of, no clue about

sizes and I was LOST in such a big store with so little time and I had to feed

Kaitlin. That is why my make-up was filmed the way it was...fast. That is why I

smiled at the end...it was part of the bargain for getting blue jeans...they

actually would not pay for the jeans until I filmed the rest of the show...I

am telling you, IT GOT UGLY. And BTW, $600.00 doesn't go far at

Bloomingdales...at all.

3- The days were not so long. I would wake up at like 630 and get to the

studio at 700, not get to leave the studio until 8-9 at night, sometimes later.

Plus I had Kaitlin to feed on the VERY SHORT breaks.

4- If they actually took what I liked and needed into consideration. FI, I

am a nursing mother...did I get a nursing bra...NO. Does that make any sense?

5-If half of shopping day 2 wasn't spent filming a stupid commercial instead

of shopping.....complete waste of valuable time.

6-If I didn't have to repeatedly do EVERYTHING. EVERTHING I touched had to

be retouched atleast twice to get closeups...my idea, buy more cameras and do

it all at once. Even the nodding scenes were taped and edited into the actual

scenes..EVERYTHING everyone touches is redone after the fact and edited into

it..way too time consuming for me!

> About the $5,000, if you dont spend it all, do you get to keep the

> card and use the balance?

THe card is not real. I never got to touch an actual credit card. The shots

of me paying for stuff is fake. THey pay for it. No I couldn't keep the

balance. The amounts listed on the website for TLC are not accurate either. I

don't know exactly how much I spent in all, I don't believe it was $5000.00,

but it could have been.

> Did your family get to travel with you? I was concerned about the

> breastfeeding issue (if you were able to take Kaitlin due to the fact

> you were still nursing.)

They took my family because I was breastfeeding. However, i believe Kaitlin

suffered from it. I could never feed her on time b/c of filming so she was

constantly off camara in another room crying to eat b/c it was past time. When

I did feed her I had to miss meals b/c the choice i had was feed her or me.

They would actually interrupt me feeding her and tell me " time was up. " They

would pace back and forth around me while I was feeding her. I don't know

about you, but stress REALLY affects my let-down reflex. I got to the point that

I

would wip my boobs out anywhere, anytime, don't like it TS, I am not starving

her anymore. It was more stress having her there b/c I constantly worried

about her intake..mostly she ate rice and juice as a filler I am sad to admit.

I would feed her constantly all night trying to make up. :-(

> Did you get to see New York while you were there or were you too busy

> w/ the show to really enjoy the trip?

We went to Little Italy the first night before filming. We could see the

Statue of Liberty from our room and We got to stay an extra night because of the

Hurricanes so we did go to Times Square on that extra night....only to spend

the whole next day stranded at the airport anyways. Mostly I saw NYC from

Taxis as we traveled from place to place shopping.

> Does the hair styling and makeup come out of the $5K or is that just

> part of the show?

It is part of the show, but I did not get to keep the make up or anything

like that. I loved my hair-do...it looks like crap now. I was so embarrased

today b/c people were like, " why don't you do your hair like that? " Duh, he

spent

hours on it and I don't have 4 hands.

> I think thats all for now. After seeing your show, Im considering

> doing it myself. I would LOVE for them to throw out my crap and give

> me $5K.

It sounds ALOT better than it is. I was SO, SO, SO excited, only to have a

HUGE reality check when I got there. THe show is not about fun only about

looking fun. It is not about what you want or need, only how they want you to

look. THe fun is sucked out of shopping.. I would not recommend this

experience

to anyone. I think Extreme Home Makeover sounds more fun b/c they ship you

off on vacation while they remodel your house...no stress in that! They want

people to want to be on the show, because that is what drives people to watch

it. They make it look fun. They took like 80 hours of footage or so, I think

they said 38 -2 hour tapes of my episode. They had so much footage to pick

and choose from to get the best parts to sum up with. Really, it is not that

great. It is an experience, and it was neat to see myself on tv. I can say,

" Hey guess what I did once? " and it sounds really cool, but l cried and cried

and

cried in dissapointment/stress/frustration like you would never know.

Clinton told me that lots of people respond the same way I did. Its like the

idea

of anything you want, paid for in full by someone else, but it is not like that

at all.

That's just my opinion on the experience though. I would rather have had

$500.00 and gone to Old Navy...any day.

[Guest guest]

Bless your heart!!! I feel so bad for you and for Kaitlin~~ Thats

so horrible that they couldnt even give you the time you needed to

nurse her.

Id give ANYTHING to see the footage of you going OFF on them. LOL

Lori