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Fierce: The Hot Mess Make-Over Show

GiggleSugar — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:07:00 -0700

If SNL had its way, Christian Siriano - the fiercest Project Runway winner of all time - will get his own hot mess of a makeover show on Bravo. All them b*tches with nasty hot messes up in their closets will undergo a fiercification process to look and feel fierocious. It'll all be so fierce, even Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn will get up in this hot mess. SNL's Amy Poehler, playing Christian here, has an idea of how the show will go down:

Let's Make Fun of Tim Gunn!

GiggleSugar — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:00:00 -0800

During season two of Project Runway, Santino pulled a dead-on impression of Tim Gunn out of his back pocket - and the crowd went wild. His impersonation became the running joke of the season. Through Santino, we heard Tim talk all about his innermost vulgar desires, including his secret obsession with "Andrae!" Gunn took the teasing in stride. Imitation is, after all, the sincerest form of flattery - right, Andrae?

And Now We're Russia: What's With Obama's Czars?

CitizenSugar — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:30:36 -0800

Forget becoming Communist Russia, try a cabinet filled with all-powerful czars. When "climate czar" first popped into our lexicon earlier this week, I thought it was a one-time title for Al Gore because he's already been vice president - a cabinet title would practically be a demotion - and it has a nice ring to it. And because, really, how can there be a climate czar without it being Al Gore?

Well Al Gore doesn't want the job, and a slew of new czar titles have been tossed around this week: auto czar, tech czar, energy czar, education czar, style czar (joking! . . . but Tim Gunn, yes?). What makes a czar different from a regular cabinet secretary? To find out, read more.

Czar is really just a slang term in the US for a government position with lots of power. They report directly to the president instead of the president's chief of staff, so any czars in the Obama administration can work around what will likely be Rahm Emanuel's tight grip.

Don't think the US doesn't already have czars, though. The senate voted to establish a drug czar in 1982 to control US drug policy, and the Bush administration established a terrorism czar, war czar (though Bush never found any takers so the position remains open), and cybersecurity czar (highest ranking position in Homeland Security). Just last month, Congress agreed to appoint a copyright czar, which will be named by President-elect Obama.

I'd take a world with copyright and climate czars over war and terrorism czars any day. But what's the point anyway? Is it dangerous to give one person so much power, or a good way to get a lot accomplished?

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Flashback: Have You Serenaded Your Hairdresser Today?

GiggleSugar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:02:00 -0700

Why this chick sang a song for her stylist is mind boggling - frankly, her fugly head of hair needed some serious attention. (And where is Tim Gunn when you need him?) She's lucky her hairdresser was nowhere in sight; those scissors could've done some major damage.

Undressing Hillary's Wardrobe: Hot or Not?

LibertySugar — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:00:27 -0700

Hillary Clinton takes some heat for her sunny pantsuits. Today, the UK Guardian featured a piece titled: "Why Does Hillary Clinton wear such bad clothes?" The article explains that Hillary walks the line between being dangerously sexy and looking like a tedious maternal nag.

These considerations may have prompted Hillary to opt out of a spread in January's Vogue, and incur the displeasure of Anna Wintour who said: "The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying."

Still, not all female politicians are criticized. Tim Gunn thinks Nancy Pelosi is pretty fierce, and Condi Rice, who rocks a mean power suit, has even made an appearance in Vogue.

Suits are boring. Period. Therefore, I tend to think that attacks on Hillary's style are often cloaked attacks on her figure and by extension her gender. These critiques don't apply to male candidates. Is it possible to celebrate femininity while conveying power? Even if it's unfair that women have to consider style, do you think Hillary would benefit politically from a makeover?

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