Last week, I had 2 friends visiting me from the Midwest, so I gave them the grand tour of SoCal. There are more stories to tell than can fit in one blog post, so I'll start with our show-taping adventure. I got us tickets for the taping of a new Bravo fashion show called Launch My Line. After a few stops along the way, we finally got out to Sun Valley, CA. Our directions led us to the wrong address first, on a very shady (and I'm not talking elms here) street. We Iphoned it up & arrived at the studio 1 1/2 hours before the taping was scheduled to begin. I'll take the blame on that one. I was picturing the Dancing with the Stars lines, where audience members line up hours in advance. I forgot to factor in that this was the 1st taping for a brand new show. When we pulled up and saw the small Jazzercise-inspired sign for the studio, I started laughing hysterically. From our angle, the office looked extremely small & the girls were giving me looks going, "What have you gotten us into?"
We checked in at the desk, were asked a startled "What time is your call time?", and instructed to return in an hour. Luckily, we located a nail salon (Judy's Nails II), which I highly recommend if you ever have an hour to kill in Sun Valley. Nothing like some mani-pedi time before a taping! The girls got an eyeful of Hollywood couture when we returned. The instructions were to dress like you were going to a club or a fashion show, so you can just imagine the combos that inspired.
On Camera Audiences described the show as follows: "As an audience member, you can help the judges of A NEW BRAVO FASHION
COMPETITION find the next hot fashion designer through a series of high
stakes CHALLENGES!!" We got to vote on which designs we liked the best. I'm a big fan of Project Runway, so it was fun to see that type of show in person.
Twins Dean and Dan Caten (designers behind the line Dsquared) are judges, along with 2 females I have yet to identify. Should be a fun show! I'll keep you posted about when it's supposed to air.
