'Project Runway's' Jack Mackenroth and Kevin Christiana Admit Gross Secret

We think this is absolutely gross subject matter, but it's a good style tip for some of you, so here's a little snippet from our favorite mag, New York:

The most valuable lesson Jack Mackenroth and Kevin Christiana learned from last season's Project Runway didn't have anything to do with speed sewing or "making it work." "If we're sweaty, we put panty liners under our arms, so [we] don't sweat," Mackenroth said last night at Gen Art's "Fresh Faces in Fashion" at the Manhattan Center. "I learned that from my roommates on the show," Christiana chimed in. "At one point, I had the cameras actually on me, and I dropped my notepad and all the panty liners fell out. And I had to clean them up real fast." Added Mackenroth: "You've got to get the ones with the sticky side, so you can stick them onto your clothes." (He recommends Always brand panty liners in the purple box.)

In other news, J-Mack and Kevin have teamed up on a couple of other projects: First, Jack tells us, the two designers are working on campaign for Vibrant Rioja wine (see designs below), as well as pitching a new reality show--a sort of Project Runway-Queer Eye blend--to various networks (notably, Bravo isn't one of them).



We hope this show gets picked up! We haven't paid enough attention to Kevin C., but we were instantly captivated by Jack on 'Runway'--and not just because he's gorgeous. Jack has been outspoken about living with HIV--and since young gay guys seem not to give a damn anymore, we need as many Jacks as we can get--and his designs were always impeccable on 'Runway.' We're hoping to see more of J-Mack on TV, and also on the runway.

Check in with Jack's Web site for more.

Tim Gunn Slams John McCain's Wife: "I'm Just Not A Fan"

Hillary vs. Obama? Old news!

Obama vs. McCain? Yawn!

Project Runway Mr. Nice Guy Tim Gunn vs. Cindy McCain? Hot shit!




Tim on Cindy: "I'm just not a fan. I don't know who her advisers are, but it's the whole look — her clothes have to be fixed too." He continued, "I just don't think she's capable of improving the look. "

It's on! Head over to New York for the story.

Madonna's New Face(lift)

If New York magazine were a living, breathing human being, it would be the out-and-proud and gloriously vicious megabitch that Anderson Cooper shows he has the potential to be.

And that is why New York is the best magazine ever!!

This week's issue features a close-up shot of Madonna's face--the face of "The New New Face."

What's the New New Face, you ask? Check out the pictures below. The mauled and mangled lips of former natural(?) beauties Melanie Griffith and Meg Ryan, and the drag queenish mugs of Cher and Faye Dunaway that we've come to love, represent the Old New Face. In other words, scary shit.



The New New Face, you see, is the face of Demi Moore (pristine!) and Michelle Pfeiffer (perfect!). What's that, you say? Demi's freshness isn't due to boinking an idiotic 20-something? Nope. It's thirty thousand dollars worth of slicing and dicing and injecting and zapping. And it's totally worth it if those are the results. Natural? Hardly. But as the article says, while these ladies don't look exactly just a few years younger, they at least "bear striking resemblances to themselves."



The big question: Will this work for guys? We'll just have to wait a few years and see how Ryan Seacrest and the Coopster look with puffy, peaked cheekbones and supple lips.

NYmag

Today's Most Obvious Headline: "No One Wants Perez Hilton's Clothing"

Our favorite magazine, New York, posted an article today with the title "No One Wants Perez Hilton's Clothing Line." Uh. DUH!

Everybody who wants to look like Perez Hilton clap! STOP STOP I'M GOING TO GO DEAF!!! Um, or not. Sure, plenty of people want his glamorously silky hair, his ripped abs, his gorgeous face...but his clothes? Nah. But wait!! The clothes are from...

HOT TOPIC!! You know you want them.

Blech.

Still, it's fun to read about, so here's a snippet from New York magazine.

Last Saturday night, Perez Hilton tore himself away from drawing on photos with MS Paint to make an appearance at a Hot Topic at a Los Angeles mall to launch his new clothing line. You know, the one that includes blog flip-flops? We couldn't believe such items would actually be made and put up for sale in a real store. But we assumed if a retailer like Hot Topic was investing in the product, people were bound to buy. But then no one showed up to the launch event. But then, this report emerged on Jossip from an employee of that very Hot Topic:

ONLY 7 people showed up.SEVEN.That’s it.Mario was BEYOND upset texting and DEMENDING the right water,food,ETC he was a rude royal pain in the ass and BEYOND crass... My manager was trying to get people to come in to meet Perez by handing out $5 gift cards NO ONE WANTED TO MEET HIM! ...he left around 8:45PM without saying goodbye to anyone & looked like he had been crying like the little bitch he is. We sold a grand total of $6.45 of Perez Hilton items between 6PM - 9PM. My manager has already talked about discounting his ‘line’ !”

Perhaps if Hot Topic had asked itself, "Is this a person people want to look like, dress like, and be like?" it would have realized, like everyone who didn't show up to this sad little party, the answer is a resounding "NO," and this grand embarrassment would have never occurred.

Update: A representative of Perez Hilton says that the entire quote from Jossip is fabricated: "No one from Jossip ever spoke to anyone at the store; over 100 people attended the event and there is a video to prove it." Moreoever, it seems that everyone had to buy $20 worth of merchandise to be admitted into the store/party/fustercluck. Well then! Allow us to change tack: If a person who bought blog flip-flops is out there, please come forward. We would love to talk to you.