House of Style comes back at right time

By Petra Canan

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03/22/09 7:19pm

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03/22/09 7:47pm

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This month, MTV welcomed back House of Style, the channel’s original fashion program, which first aired in the late 1980’s.

For me, it made sense for the show to make a more permanent return to the channel, as MTV has transitioned from a music channel to more of a lifestyle channel. Add to that the emergence and growing popularity of Web sites like Bluefly.com and Chickdowntown.com, which bring designer items down to size at discount prices, more high-end styles are becoming accessible and therefore, more exciting to take part in.

It is refreshing to see actual members of the fashion community, like model and correspondent Chanel Iman and designer Erin Featherston partnered with fashion magazine Teen Vogue to bring the inside scoop to viewers. While popular shows like “The Hills” and “The City” attempt to take viewers into the fashion world, they are more focused on the love lives and drama of the cast members, with the exception of a few glimpses into life at Diane Von Furstenberg.

Some drawbacks included host Bar Rafaeli’s less-than-polished dialogue and the fact that pairing with Teen Vogue might make some trends showcased on the show seem too young for twenty-somethings (I am not sold yet on friendship bracelets, although I did love making them in elementary school).

Regardless, it is exciting to see the return of a show focusing on fashion and I look forward to checking out future episodes to see how MTV answers the demand for fashion news.

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Features Editor Petra Canan takes a look at today’s most worn or scorned trends in fashion and checks out what the stylish women of MSU are sporting around campus.

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