Pretty On The Outside

The Rachel Zoe Project: Addicted to Sunglasses and Owned by Starbucks?

Rachel Zoe and I live in sunny and fashionable Southern California.  Unfortunately not together.  I'd love to call her killer house my home.  Being a So Cal resident, I understand the necessity of sunglasses and the desire to have them be stylish.  What I don't get is wearing sunglasses inside.  Inside a home, a store, an office, etc.  Not Inside!  It's well.... silly.  And silly is not stylish.  As I watched the finale of The Rachel Zoe Project, aside from seeing all the over the top Starbucks placement, I was fascinated that they were all wearing sunglasses inside Rachel's home.  Did Bravo have to cut off the top of her home in order to get camera angles right?  That's the only conceivable excuse for all the inside the home sunglasses abuse that was going on.
Here's what I'm talking about.....

Are Rachel and that cute gay guy sitting on a bed outside?  No, they're in her bedroom!

Is Taylor throwing a fit out on the patio?  No, she's going crazy at the dining room table!

Is Rachel livid over heel pads outside in her drive way?  No, she's in her office!

Rachel wants you to remember her show is owned by Starbucks.  Yes!

Rachel Zoe really, really likes Starbucks.

I am sticking by my recent assertion that The Rachel Zoe Show is somehow owned by Starbucks.  Why else would there be a Starbucks cup with the logo aimed perfectly towards the camera in most scenes?  All I focus on anymore is trying to spot the darn Starbucks cup.  Oh sure there's plenty of other fluffy fun stuff to enjoy as I scour the screen for a to go cup like: Taylor's endless bitching, Brad's forehead constantly wrinkling in disbelief, that cute New York makeup artist, Rachel's love of purses which are bigger than her and grossly her affinity towards fur, as well as her husband Roger who seems completely out of place on that show.  I think it's just a matter of time until Rachel wears a "I Love Starbucks" baby tee or Taylor in one of her confessional rants about Brad will drop in that she lives for Starbucks.  By the way, I love in the sneak peak for next week's episode when Taylor throws down the ultimatum that, "It's either Brad or I."  Which should be, "It's either Brad or me." :)  But I digress.
What was the point of this posting...... oh yeah, Starbucks owns this show and as such I'm sure in the final episodes we'll see Rachel in a kicky Starbucks cup party dress. 

A Venti glamorous gown!

Photo of Rachel's face, hand, and fur from Bravo with a googled Starbucks cup and lots and lots of photoshop fun.    

The Rachel Zoe Project: Owned by Starbucks?

When it comes to most Reality TV programs, I'd say probably less than half of what's going on is truly reality.  The rest of it would be scripted and creative editing.  After watching the third episode of The Rachel Zoe Project last night, I'm going to say it's 100% scripted and its sole purpose is to sell Starbucks drinks. 

Crazy?  Perhaps.  As I watched last night's show I couldn't help but notice the heavy, make that Venti, Starbucks placement.  Now I've got nothing against Starbucks.... far from it.  I'm drinking a tall coffee right now and the cup's logo is facing my computer screen out of respect for this posting.

I wonder if the relentless product bombardment helped Starbucks today?  Did they notice a spike in unbelievably skinny women in over-sized accessories this morning?  Hmmmm.....

Were there more cute gay stylists/ hair & makeup artists/ assistants than usual stopping by Starbucks to get the latest must have accessory after last night's show.  That's it--- this season's must have item isn't an orange faux fur vest or horn rimmed glasses.  N0!  The all the rage--- rush out and get it right now--- it goes with everything adornment is a Starbucks coffee cup.  Thank you Rachel Zoe.  You've validated my addiction.

So I got out my Canon PowerShot (which sounds like a gay porn title) and documented just some of the Starbucks drink placements.   

The Rachel Zoe Project.

Wonder if any of you saw the premier of Bravo's The Rachel Zoe Project Tuesday night?  After catching the series sneak preview a few weeks ago, I knew I had to give the first show a watch.  I want to say straight away, that usually when I do my TIVO, wine, and line drawings, I spend about 15 to 30 minutes on each sketch.  But as I watched this collection of mostly unlikable people, I decided to spend no more than five minutes on each depiction.  That's all I could take.

Meet Rachel Zoe:

Oh NO! It's Rachel Zoe!

I have had all kinds of jobs: hand model, foot model, underwear model, fitness model, spokes model, and of course role model.  Ok, none of that's true.  I did have a restaurant job though years ago and my favorite person who worked there was a man named Alfonzo.  Alfonzo was a short, heavy set, mid fifties mexican gentleman who worked in the kitchen and barely spoke english.  When he would get mad at me for whatever reason he'd call me a Chupacabra.  I had no idea what that was or what it meant, but I liked the sound of that word.  One day I asked him to draw me a Chupacabra and I wish I'd kept it.  He sketched a hairy, big eyed, creature with fangs.  I hugged him and asked that he never call anyone else that but me.  So I've always had special love for that word. 
Whenever I read about Rachel Zoe, stylist to the undead stars, she is often referred to as a Chupacabra.  I really don't know much about that woman except that her clients are usually very skinny and she often looks mad in  photos.  Just knowing that she has been given that title was enough to make me want to draw her.  I give you....... Chupacabra Stylist.

Pen and ink on paper with photoshop color on her eyes.