We have a Stylista Spoiler! Apparently tonight not one but two Stylistas are going home. Do you think you know who they will be? We must say after last week’s elimination anything can happen. We certainly did not see Cologne going home.

Come back tomorrow for our Stylista Poll - and read Cologne’s interview giving her thoughts on her elimination, her time on the show, and her style.

We reluctantly bid adieu to dear Cologne this week on Stylista, shortly after commencing a love affair with her  East-Coast-meets-West-Coast fashion and flavor. No, it was certainly not Cologne’s time to go. But saying goodbye to the show does not mean the end of the road for this Stylista. Since her reality TV debut, Cologne has started her very own clothing line, “Oh de Cologne,” which features vintage-inspired pieces blended with Southern California style. We had a chance to speak with Cologne and get her thoughts about her time on the show, her elimination, and what’s next. We absolutely adore this Styista and know you will too!

SeenON! : We couldn’t help but notice your great fashion sense on the show. What are some of your fashion inspirations?

Cologne : Definitely vintage fashions. I like to pull from the 60s, 70s, and a little bit from the 80s. I fell in love with the vintage stores in San Francisco when I was in college, but I also like styles from H&M and Forever 21.

SO! : Who inspired you on the show…fashion-wise?

C: Ashlie, because she wears whatever she wants and she owns it! Also Dyshaun - he’s such a great stylist.

SO! : You grew up in Newport and studied at Cal. But you now live in New York. Which do you like more - East Coast or West Coast?

C: I love New York City right now! Everyone from New York knows I’m from California because of the way I look and act, and the fashions I like to wear. I love Newport too, though. I want to go back and raise my family there some day.

SO!:There were certainly some intimidating moments on the show. How do you think your experience on Stylista compares to working for a major fashion magazine like Elle?

C: It was definitely a crash course in fashion editing! I learned so much and I will take it with me throughout my career.

SO!:With all the editing that happens behind a reality show, do you feel like the cast members were accurately portrayed?

C: I think they did a good job getting the villain and the crazy girl down. They jumbled a few of my sentences and cut out some major parts of the presentations, so sometimes it looked like I didn’t have much to say. They made it look like I was the leader for the Trends Page challenge, but that wasn’t true - I just did the most work so we could get it done.

SO! : We’re sure you’re tired of hearing it, but, for the record, should Kate have been eliminated?

C: Are you kidding me? It was such a joke. They didn’t put it in the show, but the cast took a poll of who they thought would win the competition and I was the winner. Everyone knew Kate should have gone home.

SO! : Just for kicks, if you had to be stuck on a desert island with one other Stylista, who would it be and why?

C: Either William or Ashlie - they’re both amazing. William is absolutely hilarious and Ashlie is so talented.

SO!: We heard that you started your own line since the show. Care to plug?

C: Yes! It’s called Oh de Cologne, and right now it features five dresses and crystal cologne bottle necklaces. Pieces are only available online right now, but I’m working on getting them into stores.

The name of this episode says it all. There is no time for playing nice in fashion and this episode clearly showed that. Unfortunately our dear sweet Stylista Cologne had to find this out the hard way.

As if being on the receiving end of Ann Slowey’s demanding glare isn’t enough last night, the Stylistas were on the receiving end of her little niece’s icy glare. Anne announces that as their assistant challenge they were to plan than execute her nieces birthday party. To absolute perfection, as only a niece of Ms. Slowey could do, she touts “Don’t embarrass me!” We love this line, because naturally we know one of these Stylistas will do just that.

After we get through the pandemonium of the Stylistas visiting party stores and children’s stores to gather materials to present to Anne we settle in for the presentations. From Eloise themes, to Jimmy Choos and kiddie cosmos the Stylistas were seriously innovative. Then….there was Kate. We can’t tell if she wanted to make a mockery out of the challenge or if honestly - that was the best she could come up with but her over-the -top Scottish Bagpiper  and grown up decor suggestions fell flat.

Johanna’s pink party complete with cupcakes and a fashion show reigned supreme and she was voted as the winner. Teams were then picked for the second part of the challenge where they would execute Johanna’s party and then choose a mother daughter team to showcase in a Elle Trends layout.

We got a laugh as Johanna freaked out putting her party together, but were shocked when people began fighting over a mother daughter couple for the layout. Brett asked the woman to pick the team she wanted to be with and she couldn’t, so the Stylista’s were left to duke it out amongst themselves. Cologne trying to make things easier decided she would pick someone else and take herself out of the equation making it easier on the other teams but tense on her own team.

The posh party wrapped and it was on to put together ideas and Trend pages. Although Kate had embarrassed her team and others trying to nab the stylish mother daughter pair everyone wanted and whining about it, she had some great ideas for the trends page which were ignored by Cologne and Ashlie (honestly can you blame them?).

At eliminations designer Cynthia Rowley was announced as a guest judge joining Joe Zee and Anne. Team One Devin, Danielle, and WIlliam were praised for their eclectic colorful trends page, and Team Three Johanna, Megan, and Dyshaun were praised for their sleek stylish page.

Team Two Cologne, Ashlie, and Kate were left out in the cold with their Steel Magnolias Trend page which was not cohesive and in fact seemed very hodge podge. The judges warned that Metallics is an outdated trend that is on its way out and should not be featured. Anne criticized both Ashlie and Cologne for not listening to Kate, ultimately it was Cologne’s job as leader to keep it all together  and consider all points and so she was voted out.

When we left them, most of the Stylistas were in the throws of a natural fit at Cologne’s elimination and many were reduced to tears. All except one. Did anyone else notice this? We won’t spoil it for those who missed it but this storyline is sure to get juicier!

From the looks of things in this Stylista clip things for  Kate are not getting much better. First she gets dissed by Dyshaun and Megan, and then she fails to impress Anne during the Assistant challenge last episode. Seems this Stylista can’t win for losing!

Watch tonight as the Stylista’s work to impress Anne and her posh niece - and get ready to watch the sparks fly in and out of the Elle offices. As always come back tomorrow for our weekly Stylista poll where you get to weigh in the Stylistas and your thoughts on the show!

We said goodbye to Jason this week on Stylista after admiring his street chic style ( even if Joe Zee warned of his Michael Jackson gloves) and following his harrowing anxiety attack. For those who took a liking to Jason, dont fret, this is not the last you will see of this Stylista. He has appaeared in Pink’s “So What” video, is modeling, and is currently working on his men’s and women’s collections and accessories and a frgrance line. We got a chance to speak to him and get his thoughts about his time on the show, his elimination, and what’s next. We totally heart him and we know you will too!

SeenON! : What did you expect to get out of the show before you arrived?

Jason : Anne Slowey and Joe Zee are such influential people in fashion I knew I would learn so much from them. I knew I would be able to take what I learned and use it in everyday life and for other projects that I am working on. I thought I would learn a lot and I definitely did.

SO! : What was the hardest challenge?

J: Honestly, the Chinatown challenge. I didn’t think were going to have a challenge like that. I was just talking to my friend Jackie about this. We go to Chinatown all the time in California for fun and we had talked about having a [similar] challenge, and then it happened. I love Chinese and Japanese culture. I can tell you the people there [Chinatown] were definitely not expecting us. I think they thought we were from Dateline and there to get them in trouble for something. Johanna knew how to speak Chinese and that really helped us. Without her we probably wouldn’t have had a page at all, we’d probably just be running around Chinatown from place, to place to place. I’d say the hardest thing about the challenge was definitely the language barrier.

SO! : Out of the two challenges what was your favorite group to work with?

J: The group from the H&M challenge. With the Chinatown challenge it was more of Megan trying to direct us on what to do. I think that [the H&M] challenge was more interesting and more fun with the fashion show. Devin and everyone were more pleasant to work with.

SO! : What was it like to watch the episode last night?

J: It was crazy. I didn’t want to see it. I was at an event for Project Ovc. My friends DVR’ed the episode. Once the event was over I watched it. I was embarrassed to see it and was holding my hands over my eyes and peeking through them. I mean I hardly ever cry and when I watched the episode I was crying every other minute. It was a scary time. It was scary for me to watch. [At the time] Ashlie and Danielle were at the house telling me “You need to go you need to persevere.” It was also Ashlie and Danielle that helped me with what I was going to say to Anne. If I wasn’t there they were going to stand up for me and say it on my behalf.

SO!:We were impressed that you still wanted to go present in front of Anne and the judges while you were having your anxiety attack

J: Thank You. Yeah, I was blacking out. You can even see that on the show. I don’t even remember what was happening. I didn’t even know that Ashlie and Danielle were there or what they were saying to me until they told me now. My main focus was to let Anne and & Joe Zee know what I did and show them that I could handle the job. I want to inspire people and to influence them and let them know no matter what happens or what they go through they can do anything.

SO!: Do You Still Speak to Anyone From the Cast?

J: I moved from California to New York and I just ran into Dyshaun the other day. I also talk to Cologne, Danielle, Ashlie, and Kate here and there.

SO! : But not Megan?

J: I don’t think anyone has talked to Megan. What most people didn’t see on the show was that there were two deaths that happened very close to each other in my family and I wanted to go to church and she went with me and held my arm and everything. On the steps outside we sat and talked and had the most amazing conversation about life and death and how to deal with it, and move on. I remember thinking to myself ‘Wow, this is Megan?’ I think people want to say “You’re the Omarosa of Stylista” There needs to be drama on the show, so people are going to continue to act like that. I think that Megan is a good person and even though she said she wanted to [get me eliminated] I don’t hold that against her. I wish her well.

OTHER MUSINGS

On how he picks friends

I don’t do the backstabbing and lying stuff. And I don’t want people in my life like that. I talk to Danielle everyday… everyday. I also talk to Ashlie. Those are good people. People I want in my life

About his feelings for Ashlie and Danielle

The World is going to love them. They already do. They are one of a kind genuinely good people.

His advice on following your dreams

My advice to everyone is that you can anything. Don’t ever stop. No matter what your sexual preference is, your race, your size, or whether you’re male or female. I also don’t think people should think of fashion in a negative way, like everyone is like Miranda Priestly. Because they’re not. Never give up we all can achieve great things.

So you’ve already told us in our Stylista Poll that you all fear Anne Slowey over Joe Zee and find her more intimidating. The better question is….Which Stylista do you find most intimidating. Tonight you are about to find out which Stylista fears their own team mate and how far that stress and tension will go. You thought there were waterworks last episode (see above). YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET. Check out this sneak peek:

Don’t forget to tune in tonight and let us know what you thought about the episode - and stay tuned for another Stylista Poll tomorrow!

Last night we were introduced to the eleven stylistas Arnaldo,Ashlie, Cologne, Danielle, Devin, Dyshaun, Jason, Johanna,Kate, Megan, and William who are vying to the the next Junior Editor at Elle.This first episode had everything we dream of: cattiness, anguish, and fashion.

Despite their best effort on each stylistas part to create a healthy and stylish breakfast, it was fashion assistant Ashlie who won the assistant’s challenge by preparing Anne Slowey, clad in sky-high pumps and a YSL necklace, a simple and chic breakfast tray. Later that day Joe Zee, Elle’s Creative Director, was called in to teach the group about style the ” Elle way.”

Due to Ashlie’s win Brett Ramey, Elle’s Photo Director announces that she will get to pick the teams for the editorial challenge where each team will be let loose in H&M to put together cohesive looks, put on a fashion show for Anne and Elle staffers, and then create a contributors page describing those looks. Brett, cleverly puts the bug in her ear to “strategize” about her picks to give her team an advantage. Once we saw that Ashlie placed each of the stylistas with the poorest remarks from Joe Zee together we knew the next segment was going to be fun. We also know judging from the look on Megan’s face that she is NOT thrilled about the team she’s been placed on by Ashlie. Can anyone say tension.

The following day each team picks their looks from H&M. Some groups such as team two had a bit of a power struggle as Megan took the lead totally disregarding most of what Arnaldo and Danielle said. Even group three had the issue of whiny Kate who complained about the looks not being “her.”

Back at Elle (okay the fake Elle), each group got a chance to work it in the fashion show and present Anne with their stellar style. Then it was off to the office where each group worked together to make their contributors page. Again, team two struggled as Megan convinced her team it was to be 30 words per group not per person. Once in the boardroom where the stylistas presented their pages to Anne it was clear not only that Megan got the assignment wrong but others like group three missed the mark with their bright yellow page.

Ultimately, it was group one Ashlie, Cologne, Johanna, and Dyshaun that took home the win with their ‘The Belles of Elle‘ layout. Watch clips and read more about the stylistas here.

Stay tuned next week for more power struggles and …(gasp!) even an ambulance!