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A few days ago I saw an episode of What Not to Wear from 2007, featuring Erin, the Florida vegan with a funky art school style. She got some pretty sweet shoes, not to mention a great short haircut, so I tried to track down some info on her purchases and maybe more photos of her haircut in order to replicate it.
In my search, I found her MySpace page. As this is one person on one episode of What Not to Wear, and there were also some pictures only someone who was actually Erin (or knew Erin) could have taken, I was fairly convinced it was really her. So I sent her a message. And she replied!
People on the TV are real!
This is obviously an idea that many of us only partially grasp, if grasp at all, given the sort of faceless internet commentary on peoples’ personalities, skills, looks, and so on. Case in point, all my Project Runway raving in Kenley’s general direction. She’s a real person. But because she’s on TV, and maybe a little crazy, and has definitely been edited, that makes it okay – and easy – to pretend she’s not.
And before, I really wouldn’t have cared, because I didn’t believe in a million years (and really, still don’t) that she or anyone she knew would ever read this blog and be affected by what I said. Also, because I knew in my head I was commenting on limited-in-scope and carefully-crafted-portrayal-TV-Kenley, not the real person who existed in the real world, it was okay.
But tonight, Petrova Hammond may have commented on my blog. I am not sure if it was really Petrova Hammond or an (extremely bored) internet impersonator, but if there is even a chance that a designer from Australia could come across my American blog (which, to be fair, comes up 7th if you Google “petrova hammond lady”) then anybody could. The internet works in mysterious ways.
So I’m sorry, Kenley, or friends or family of Kenley, if you ever in a million years actually read what I wrote. I know nothing about you as a human being. I am just commenting on how you’re shown on TV, which, after editing, may or may not remotely resemble you. I have a personal preference that is not in line with some of your work. Also, you shouldn’t give a damn about me.
So all that aside.
Petrova Hammond (might have!) commented on my blog.
:D
There are no other words.
