Married to Medicine is Confused

I don’t get this show. It keeps tying to change the look and feel, but we are too far into the season to still be searching. They start off jumping from woman to woman, trying to capture the vibe of Mob Wives, which fails. The women are so hateful of each other they’re trying to piece together a show that does not exist. Including kids is lame. Except for Alaura, who should have her own show, not be here with mom.

We are with Dr. Jackie and Dr. Simone. They go from medical speak to Simone having no sex in 10 seconds. Really? The transition is stupid. Have scenes about medicine, then have scenes about sex. Mixing them up makes the show stupid. Actually, it makes Simone look silly and she is not. She is planning a romantic night with her husband, but doesn’t want to factor in sex. Simone needs help, but not from Jackie.

Jumping to Quad, she is meeting potential investors in her dog clothing company. For the love of God. This is ridiculous. The clothes are ugly, even for a dog. That she thinks this is her million dollar idea shows us exactly how dumb she is. “Picture Perfect Pups” is embarrassing. I love animals but come on. This is an unrealistic dream and proves how delusional Quad is. I am laughing at her and I used to laugh with her.

The men wanting to fund this project are only doing it to be on TV and I’d be surprised if it was their money being donated. She asks for 30K and they come back with 25K. She insists on her full ask. Come on. This is complete crap. They agree to 15K up front and 15K when she proves the event is all she says it will be. I call bullshit. We are now jumping to Toya and I am skipping over her because she is an idiot.

Time for Lisa Nicole and Dwight to talk about her line of clothes becoming a fashion empire. Oh. My. God. I can’t. Cynthia is there to help pick models, yet none of the models are from the Bailey Agency? Is Cynthia hard up for money? Is she getting canned from RHOA and trying to keep her face in the game? Lisa speaks too slow, Dwight speaks too much, and I am skipping over this too. This is a waste of time.

We are 27 minutes in and haven’t had Mariah time. I’m bored and the truth of the matter is whether you love her or hate her, Mariah is good TV and pulls this show together. If they can’t get along with her then dump their asses and get some fresh bitches. This show does not work without Mariah front and center. I know it, you know it, and Bravo knows it, so someone better do something about it already.

I caught the first minute of Toya saying she lost a 50K deposit on her house. I went back to look and am again calling bullshit. She lost 50K because she didn’t want to give another 10K? If you’re already losing that much money, wouldn’t you take an additional risk to save it? There is something not kosher about this deal. I’m not a real estate agent, or lawyer, but I know a liar when I see one and Toya is lying.

Simone is at the golf course, planning her romantic night with her husband Cecile. I love this couple and want them to fix what is broken. I hope Cecile gets it on with his wife. A couple shots of vodka and Simone will make it happen. They are shoving more Toya down my throat and I’m skipping it but as I speed over her I’m laughing at how close to the steering wheel she has her chair. Toya is ridiculous.

Time for Quad. Her husband calls her dogs dogs, and she loses her mind. She demands respect for her pups. They’re her kids and she wants them referred to as babies, not dogs. Her husband Gregory is pissed off.  Why would you want this on TV? He is offended, as a Doctor, that she is focusing on dogs when there are people suffering and struggling. Quad has sold herself to him as something she is not.

Quad is mad, Gregory is confused, and I wonder how it is he knew nothing of her plans this whole time. She is explaining it to him like he is clueless. Maybe the lack of communication, partnered with the fact his wife is a fraud, is too much for Gregory. Poor thing. Over to Simone, Dr. Jackie takes Cecile to his surprise and then the boys for the night. The sight of dinner on the golf course made me cry. Damn it Simone.

Simone thanks Cecile for his support and it is sweet. There is no I love you. Over at Jackie’s she is babysitting their two sons. It is scripted, but funny. Michael, the younger son, is hungry and Jackie offers him candy. Candy called “Benadryl”. Hilarious.  We’ve all offered our kids that candy at some point. She serves them popcorn and pickles for dinner. Jackie really is quite a physically beautiful woman.

Cecile tells Simone he doesn’t need lingerie to reboot their marriage, just her. It is sweet and Simone seems to be hearing him, which is nice. Next week we will get some Mariah, but once again she is defending herself. This show is lame. We will get a minute of Mariah because it is the couple’s weekend. I hang on in the hope of getting truth but when it comes to Married to Medicine they’re not keeping it real.

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Corsets to Wonderbras: museum takes on lingerie

NEW YORK (AP) — From a 1770 corset to a 2014 bra-and-panty set in lacy stretch silk, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has put the focus on lingerie and ladies foundation garments in a new exhibition.

In about 70 pieces, “Exposed: A History of Lingerie” touches on the mechanics, marketing and cultural touchstones — hello Wonderbra! — that not only shape and adorn but also helped define culture around the globe.

The exhibition, which spans the 1760s to present day, opened June 3 and runs through Nov. 15. A companion book will be released by Yale University Press this summer.

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THE CORSET’S RISE AND FALL

The corset’s profile was first upped in the late Renaissance and remained popular in many forms through the early 20th century.

“It was a pretty essential element of fashionable dress for about 400 years,” said assistant curator Colleen Hill, who organized the exhibit.

The corset, which originated within aristocratic court culture and gradually spread throughout society, was all about a slender waist, she said. By the mid-18th century, the desired silhouette was an inverted cone, lifting the breasts with the help of stays crafted out of silk, whalebone or wood.

Decorative center busks were carved, painted and adorned with text or years. They were key in thrusting a woman’s posture upright to make the most of the shape the corset was intended to achieve, Hill said.

By the early 19th century, the corset still included a center busk but lacked all-around stays for a more softly structured fit that still encased the body and kept a woman’s posture erect.

“It was important for women to have this correct posture,” Hill said. “It was essential for fitting into your clothes, for decorum and for modesty.”

At the dawn of the 20th century, some corset makers continued to promote their wares as “healthy style,” but the designs remained “extremely restricting,” she said. Certain designs made a woman appear rigidly straight in front while resulting in a severely arched back.

By 1920, the corset had essentially become a girdle.

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THE PEIGNOIR AND LOUNGEWEAR

One late 19th-century article discovered by Hill said American women wore loungewear with a corset underneath while doing morning household chores or preparing for their day.

The corset under a peignoir “is something French women did not do,” she said. “I thought that was very interesting because some of these garments were meant to essentially be a reprieve from these really constricting foundation garments like the corset.”

By the early 20th century, Hill said, loungewear served more functions. The tea gown developed from the peignoir or dressing gown and was worn during 5 o’clock tea.

“It was something that a woman could wear within her home but you would greet your guests at home for tea in this garment, so you still wanted something really fashionable, as luxurious as you could afford, but it was something that could be worn without a corset. We don’t see tea gowns today.”

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SEDUCTION AND EROTICISM

The British company Agent Provocateur, founded in 1994 by Joseph Corre, the son of Vivienne Westwood, and his now ex-wife, Serena Rees, represents a turning point in lingerie’s modern history, Hill said. They opened their first boutique in 1996.

“They were selling lingerie that was highly eroticized, things that were high end and beautifully made, so they’re classy yet they’re taking a cue from things like the old Frederick’s of Hollywood catalogs that are just really overtly erotic,” she said.

The evocative nature combined with high-end craftsmanship offered by Agent Provocateur led to a greater acceptance of eroticized undergarments and lingerie, Hill said. The company now operates boutiques around the world.

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THE WONDERBRA

Pre-Wonderbra, women looking for some help in the bust department relied on “gay deceivers,” an early 20th-century euphemism for falsies that could be placed inside bras, Hill said.

“Even some corsets from the 19th century have these kind of falsies built into them, so the idea of augmenting your natural breast size in some way is very old and probably impossible to trace all the way back,” she said.

Enter the Wonderbra, with its plunge, padding and pushup via underwire. According to some reports, the name was first trademarked in the U.S. in 1955 but came out of Canada in 1939 as developed by Moses Nadler, founder of a corset company. It wasn’t until the early 1990s that the Wonderbra really took off, Hill said.

Sales were driven by a 1994 ad campaign that featured smiling model Eva Herzigova looking down at her breasts in a Wonderbra with the tagline: “Hello Boys.” The popularity of the ad, including billboards, sent sales skyrocketing. At one point demand exceeded supplies, Hill said.

“There’s an urban legend that when people saw these billboards on the street they would literally cause traffic accidents,” she said.

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