We realize that as a show about women in fashion, MTV’s The City is bound to cross-promote certain magazines, designers and brands … but this is getting a little ridic. It’s basically the Elle reality show at this point … this week’s title even had Elle in it. Bad as it is for Elle that Olivia Palermo works there, the PR volume makes up for it. Fortunately, MTV was a non-discriminatory cross-promoting media whore of a network last night, as The N.Y. Post ‘s Page Six and Glamour got some love, too. But why? Here’s THG’s plus-minus recap of last night’s The City , “The Belle of Elle” … THE FACE OF ELLE : Only not really … or at all . Joe stops by to ask Olivia if she wants to go to a party for Gossip Girl – more shills! – stylist Eric Daman. Plus 2 , because we love us some GG and its trendy fashions. Kelly informs Whitney Port that Glamour – cha-ching! – wants to do a full page on her line. Whitney wants to bring Roxy. Kelly advises no. Whit does anyway. Wash . For a society girl, Olivia likes the attention she gets at the party way too much. Aren’t they supposed to not be impressed by anything, Blair Waldorf style? Minus 17 . Roxy’s LOL skirt look – “ballerina gone punk rock gone a little hooker, but in a good way” – is predictably not embraced by Glamour fashion director Sasha. Plus 10 . Kelly to Roxy Olin : “This business is made up of freaks and followers. I’m totally a freak. So you want to be a freak? That’s great but you pay the price.” Plus 14 . ROXY AND A HARD PLACE: Whitney is often caught in the middle. Olivia, regarding Seth talking to Blake Lively and Leighton Meester: “I can talk to a park bench.” LOL. What does that even mean? That Blake is a park bench? Minus 25 . Joe says that an Elle item made it in Page Six. Olivia perks up, only to learn that the so-called “Belle of Elle” is new fashion director Alexis Bryan Morgan. Served! Plus 17 ! Erin gives Olivia a look, delighted by Olivia’s reaction as she learns it’s not her in the press. Wash , because that was sort of cold, but we kinda don’t blame her … at all. At a Bergdorf Goodman party, Whit is, like, so nervous, but meets with an exec at the women’s division and makes a pitch for her fall like like a seasoned vet. Plus 11 . Through it all, Roxy was left in the cold, and more or less useless, with no discernible purpose on the show. But at least she’s true to herself … or something. Minus 2 . TOTAL: +10. SEASON: -73 .
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The City Recap: The Elle Reality Show
