News: America’s Next Fashion Journalist

What do you get when you cross Project Runway with The Devil Wears Prada? A new reality TV show where cameras follow the hurried coffee runs of interns and angry barking orders of fashionable editor-in-chiefs at Elle magazine. For those of you with a taste for fashion, Fashionista reports that producers are still casting for the show:

Reader Hector writes in to tell us that ELLE is still searching for reality TV contestants:
“You’d think that castings would be done by now for a show that’s supposed to start in the Spring. But I guess it is “reality” TV, so not much by way of pre-production is really needed. Interesting that it’s still being advertised as an unnamed show (wasn’t it supposed be called “Fashionista”?), and [the casting notice] doesn’t mention ELLE, either… and [The casting notice] was just posted this Thursday.”

Well, we don’t know what everyone is waiting for:

Worth it?

ShinyStyle has the scoop on the show:

What we can take - and gladly - is a show that focuses on fashion journalism. Banks and Ken Mok, producers of “America’s Next Top Model”, are reportedly working on a new show for the CW where contestants compete for a job at Elle. (Next concern: can we take any more Elle?)

Elle directors Joe Zee and Anne Slowey would judge the would-be journalistas. Since this is the CW, we don’t expect much serious reporting. But we’ve enjoyed other faux-reality glimpses behind the glossies like The Hills and Miss Seventeen, so we would be happy to integrate this into our non-scripted television schedule

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