Shop Day one is a pain in the keister.

There are two shop days on a "What Not to Wear" shoot. Shop Day one the subject goes out on their own to find some clothes and is usually unsuccessful. So it looks like they can't find anything until Stacy and Clinton step in to help. The problem is that they always find what they want at our store if they are in for shop day one. So the narrative is messed up. Once this douchebag director had the girl walk out of our store and be filmed saying she didn't find anything when in fact she bought thousands of dollars worth of clothes. When it aired a bunch of my customers who saw it called or emailed and asked how could that be. We just said "Look at the stuff at the final reveals and you recognize a bunch of stuff from the store. They just have a narrative they have to stick to that's all."

Shop Day Two is a lot more fun as Stacy and Clinton come in and we always have a lot of fun. I put out a big spread of food for the crew and it is almost a party atmosphere. We get about seven to ten minutes of airtime and that is really great for my business. Don't get me wrong. I love those guys. They have supported us from Day one and I will do anything for them.

We are shooting a Shop Day One for the final episode for this season this week which is sorta tough in Christmas week. But they know we will always do it for them because of what they have done for us.

I just hope we get a decent director with a bit of inventiveness. That would help!