Last night on The City, Whitney Port’s pal Roxy Olin made quite a splash during one of her first days on the job, while Olivia Palermo struggled yet again at Elle.
Below, our staff reviews the latest episode of the new “workplace drama” (and The Hills spinoff), awarding and deducting points as we see deem appropriate …
Roxy Olin: “I feel like I can get Kelly in, like, a second. I am, like, so serious about work.” No. If you have to say that, girlfriend, it ain’t true. Minus 7.
Kelly Cutrone drives a Ford so she doesn’t get carjacked in NYC. Plus 4.
Meanwhile, over at Elle, Erin Kaplan assigns Olivia Palermo to buy some fake handbags off the street for an upcoming segment they’re doing. The mere thought of this has gotta hurt for a silver-spoon fed rich girl like Olivia. Plus 3.
Their little sting not only involves a girl who’s a quasi-famous socialite and on a reality TV show, but involves an MTV crew filming it. Real discreet. Minus 5.
In the end, Olivia can’t even do this right. Work is, like, so hard compared to what she normally does. Which is, like, go to fancy parties and stuff. Minus 2.
Holy hell, that is one skinny model at the photo shoot. We’re talking like Mischa Barton style. Minus 3. Way to promote a healthy body image, gang.
Roxy’s big idea is for the model to get topless. A model for jeans. This is treated as if it were a revolutionary concept. Has no one seen a Calvin Klein ad before? All of their models are topless! Not that we’re complaining. Even.
Plus 5 for Whitney warning Roxy that Kelly would be pissed if she didn’t ask her before pitching this idea, and for being right. Always trust sage Whitney.
Poor Whitney Port worries that she’s seen as the little girl that people walk all over. Don’t be silly, Whit. You’re the tall girl people walk all over. Minus 2.
The shady bag dealer is wearing a Konvict Muzik jacket. Akon would be proud. Plus 5.
TOTAL: -2. SEASON TOTAL: -3. Try it they might to make all this interesting, The City sort of falls short on execution. A lot more could have been done with Olivia’s handbag drama, and there was far too little Whitney in general.