LIES ON THE CITY? A Tale Of Two Elles

Pics courtesy of Yes More Drama

Anyone who saw last night's scandal-riffic episode of The City witnessed Olivia brazenly take full credit for pulling the outfit that ultimately landed on the cover of Elle Magazine's Spring fashion preview, despite the fact that it was our starlet, Whitney Port, who made the creative decision. Much drama and glaring ensued as Diane Von Furstenburg (fresh from the buffet) and Alixe Boyer (fresh from the fake British accent class) praised Olivia for what they thought were her fashion choices, and as the two women — as well as many others, including Elle bigwig Joe Zee (as seen on Stylista) — boasted about how simply divine Olivia's selections looked on the cover, we the audience naturally assumed the images we saw were what actually went to print. Not so much. Turns out the Elle cover we saw was nothing but lies. A lie cover — fresh from a printing press of LIES!

Thanks to the eagle eyed fashionistas over at Yes More Drama as well as my friend Jash, it turns out that the real Elle cover looked nothing like what we saw on The City. Wow. Big wow. We know there are many elements of these shows that are fabricated and staged, but this really has to be one of the more blatant stunts. I mean, did MTV really think no one would notice? Maybe there's an explanation for this — perhaps the cover was some sort of special edition for Elle Guam — but I can't help feeling like there are plenty of shenanigans flittering about. Someone needs to get Elle reality vet Anne Slowey on the phone and let her know what's going on. Then again, she's probably too busy cracking the whip on her interns and muttering "Shhhtylists... bring me my coffee and a bag for the Hamptonshh." Point is, this was one of those can't-really-deny-it moments, and I'm kind of surprised DVF and AlBoys (a.k.a Alixe Boyer) were willing to cluck away on camera about something totally fake. Color me perplexed.

UPDATE: Huzzah! My faith in MTV is restored. According to commenter Caitlin, one cover is for subscribers, one is for newsstands. There was no printing press of lies — only one of sweet, sweet truth! Carry on...