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By Kate O'Hare
KRT CAMPUS
LOS ANGELES — As even the battered
Northeast begins to emerge from the winter
doldrums, women across much of America
face the daunting prospect of pulling out that
warm-weather wardrobe and seeing if it’s fit to
wear.
But fear not (or less, at least), because the
style gurus of TLCs Saturday-night series
“What Not to Wear” have a few basic tips.
Based on the British show of the same name
(which airs on BBC America), the series takes
unsuspecting fashion victims — nominated by
friends and families — secretly films them in
their reportedly hideous wardrobes (and in var
ious stages of undress), shows them the footage
for maximum humiliation and shock value,
then rebuilds their shattered egos with fashion
advice and a paid-for clothes-shopping spree.
Guiding the fashion bandwagon are celebri
ty stylists Wayne Scot Lukas (whose long locks
and rumpled clothes suggest a “do as I say, not
as 1 do" methodology) and Stacy London (way
more personally fashion-conscious).
According to London, accepting a harsh
assessment of one’s stylistic missteps does
not indicate a lack of self-esteem.
“It speaks, not to people's self-esteem,” she
says, “but to their confidence level. In a lot of
ways, their honesty is what shows me that they
have a .lot of confidence, even if they're saying,
‘Look, I know I'm a mess, help me.’ They're
willing to be up front about it, in the same way
they're saying, ‘Look, teach me.’”
“What is common about everybody?” Lukas
asks. “We all have body issues, and all of our
body issues are huge, and all of our body issues
are secrets. We don't share our body issues.”
“But when me and Stacy get you naked, in
a room, and we say, 'What do you hate about
your body? ‘When they have to say it, their
world crumbles.”
“We're asking them to confront it,” London
says, “not to say, ‘Well, then, you should lose
10 pounds.’ Work with what you've got. Let's
make it better, from the clothing and style point
of view.”
The stylists insist, as well, that it's not about
shelling out the big bucks for designer duds.
“That's not the show,” Lukas says. “It's the
rules, not the price of the clothes.”
“We sell you the rules,” says London, “and
the techniques that empower you to look your
best, no matter what the cost.”
“You have to know what to look for when
you're shopping,” Lukas says, “because every
store has one piece that's going to work. You
can find that one piece if you know the rules
about your body.”
“It is not easy for anyone to just buy off the
rack," says London. “I do think it is important
that people know there are things that are worth
buying and altering.”
“Most clothes off the rack don't fit correct
ly. There are things that are worth taking in and
having altered. It can make all the difference in
the world.”
“We are so desperately stuck on fit,” Lukas
says. “Fit is so important.”
Asked about pet peeves, Lukas says,
"Dressing for their partners. 'My husband
wants me sexier,' or 'My husband likes red.’
Never doing it for themselves. That's my thing.
We put our clothes on for the world. It's bigger
than just saying, 'I put this on because I really
want to please the public, 1 who could care less
about you. It starts from the inside out."
"Really an extension of that is the way peo
ple try to hide their bodies," London says.
"That’s my biggest pet peeve. You don’t look
thinner when you put yourself in a sack. It
makes me crazy, and I don't know how it all got
started _ lose yourself in big sweatpants, lose
yourself in something."
Memorial
Continued from page 1A
the Spirit Ring and represents the progression of Bonfire from
1909 to 1999.
The focal point of the Spirit Ring will be where centerpole
once stood. From that point, the viewer’s attention will be
drawn through one of 12 portals, each facing the direction of
the victim’s hometown, Shemwell said.
The design of the ring is “indicative of the spirit” of
Bonfire and the significance of the Aggie Ring, Shemwell
said.
Each portal will stand 16 feet tall with a smaller bronze
gateway inside it. On the side of the portals will be a bronze
portrait of each student, their individual signature and their
thoughts, along with the thoughts of those who knew them
appearing beneath, Shemwell said.
Each of the families of the 12 Aggies killed in the Bonfire
collapse are working closely with the designers to give them
a better understanding of the victims, Shemwell said.
The families were asked to share their memories of the
deceased and provide input during the creation of the bronze
portraits. Each family will also give its stamp of approval
before the portraits are complete, Shemwell said.
Three of the portraits have been completed.
Tim Kerlee, along with his wife Janice were honored as
the 2003 A&M “Parents of the Year.” Kerlee said he is
pleased with the progress made in building the memorial. The
Kerlee’s 17-year-old son, Tim Jr., died in the 1999 collapse.
“I’m encouraged by the sensitivity of the architect and the
people that are working on it,” he said. “I think they’re doing
a good job.”
The construction on the actual site will begin in late sum
mer, and will be completed sometime in October, Shemwell said.
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KRT CAMPUS
Friday night on VH1, the
kings and queens of hip-hop will
get their proper due. Some of the
biggest names of the musical
Jgenre will comment on the musi-
aves'the relations!::: ca * > n fl uence they’ve had on one
another and on the social implica
tions of the music itself. And
when it's all said and done, one
act will be named the greatest
hip-hop artist of all time.
The channel's latest musical
away from diversity. I countdown, the “50 Greatest Hip-
peoples' differences Hop Artists,” premieres at 8 p.m.
1 EDI. Everybody from Snoop
DoggtoDr. Dre, Ice Cube to MC
i Hammer and Coolio to Public
. Enemy will offer their insight into
Ithe rise and widespread commer-
Icial explosion of rap.
I Rick Krim, VH1 executive
|vice president of talent and
usic programming, says the
was right for the network to
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to offer.
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Sean “P-Diddy” Combs is among
the artists featured on VHl’s “50
Greatest Hip-Hop Artists” special.
“Musically, we’ve broadened
considerably in the last year or so
and have certainly broadened our
horizons from the old VH1,”
Krim says. “There are hip-hop
artists now getting played on our
channel, and we've also had suc
cess with hip-hop artists with
some of our other shows, whether
it be with ‘Behind The Music’ or
Driven.’
“Hip-hop has become more
mainstream, and whatever polari
ty there may have been in the past
from people being opposed to rap
_ I don't think it exists anymore.”
In addition to some of today's
hottest hip-hop stars, the special
also gives nods to pioneering acts
such as the Sugarhill Gang, Tone
Loc, LL Cool J, Grandmaster
Flash and the Beastie Boys.
“A lot of our viewers were
teens when Run-DMC or LL
tool J or Public Enemy hit big
for the first time, so there's also a
nostalgia factor,” Krim says,
adding that seeing stars speaking
With reverence about one another
can make for educational and
interesting viewing.
Some examples:
P-Diddy on Run-DMC: “They
inspired me so much as an artist,
rfi ! a pre ucer, a businessman and an
entertainer. They would have to
be hip-hop's greatest entertain
ers.”
Ice-T on Tupac: “You don't
become the greatest just by being
able to rap good. You become the
greatest by being able to touch
people ... that was a skill.”
Nelly on Notorious B.I.G.:
“No one was better as far as put
ting words together ... Big, big
dog was smooth.”
Krim says having older acts
sing the praises of new acts also
can make for insightful television.
“It's sort of a reference for
people,” he says. “Audiences
want to know why they should
like something new, and when
they see somebody that they
respect and an artist that they like
telling them about something
new, I think it resonates with
them.”
Although some artists show
cased on the countdown have
been killed, the show does not dip
into the world of violence often
associated with rap. Those
aspects of the genre, Krim says,
have been well-covered with
other VH1 programming.
“The nice thing is it's about the
music, and it leaves all of that
behind,” he says. “We've told
those stories. That's what we have
‘Behind The Music’ for. If you
saw the Biggie ‘Behind the
Music,’ it was almost like a crime
drama. It was a big part of the
story, and I think in some ways it
overshadows what their musical
influences were. The goal of this
show was to focus on their musi
cal heritage, and we tried to stay
as true to that as possible.”
One artist who shows up in
the countdown, Sean “P-
Diddy” Combs, also happens to
be the host.
“We were thrilled to have
him,” Krim says. “It's someone
who obviously has been influ
enced by a lot of these people
and is also so mainstream,
which may make it a little user-
friendly for some people that
still may not be sure if hip-hop
is for them. We want to appeal
to the real serious hip-hop fans
as well as to the causal people
who are just tuning in, and I
think he helps with that.”
Although we won't reveal
who No. 1 hip-hop artist of all
time is, some other acts found
within the countdown are
N.W.A., Wu-Tang Clan,
Eminem, Will Smith & DJ
Jazzy Jeff, Ja Rule, Cypress
Hill and Arrested
Development. Krim says pick
ing the order of the countdown
was no easy task.
“It's tough,” he says. “It was
a combination of popularity
and influence and trying to
have a balance with the current
and the historical. There's no
exact science to this, and
there's a lot of back-and-forth
because a lot of people weigh
in to try to come up with a con
sensus. There's always debate
internally, but I think that's part
of the appeal of the show,
because somebody watching
may also have a debate.
“We were pleased with the
list. It's a good mix of influen
tial artists and current artists
that are going to influence the
next wave.”
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