Calling all Fashionista’s – “The Starter Wife” Premiers TONIGHT!

Calling all fashionistas of the world! Take note: celebrity stylists everywhere have discovered a new source of inspiration for their leading ladies – and it’s not on the Manolo Blahnik-treaded streets of Madison Avenue. It’s on La Brea, Pico, and Robertson Blvd. So if your inner fashionista goes by the nickname of “Carrie” or “Samantha”, the time has come for you to move over or move WEST. A fashion revolution is underway, and it’s happening on the sandal-treaded streets of sunny L.A.

There’s no need to worry. While “Carrie” may be stepping down from her pedestal, “Molly” is stepping up. Meet your new fashion icon, Molly Kagan. She’s single; she’s stressed; she’s the former wife of a Hollywood hotshot; and she always fashionable. She’s “The Starter Wife” and to fashionistas everywhere, she’s America’s new leading lady.

Premiering October 10 on USA Networks and featuring the Emmy award-winning actress Debra Messing (no stranger to Best Dressed lists) Molly Kagan is destined to become the newest member of the TV fashion icon generation. As a fashionable 40+ year old woman – a category often overlooked in television today – Molly Kagan shows women everywhere that 40 is the new 30.

Lead Stylist for “The Starter Wife”, Agata Maskiewics was unable to answer our interview questions and instead the agency provided us with the following interview which was actually from eye4style.

Being a costume designer must be a fun job! How did you get your start?
I started working in the film & TV industry after graduating from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising where I studied fashion design. I started as an intern on a feature film and worked my way up holding various positions in the costume department.

How is styling a celebrity different from styling a character in film or television?
While I don’t particularly style celebrities, I feel that the main difference is that when designing a character the job is to transform an actor into the character they are portraying. Often times the costumes can really help an actor make the transition into the character they are set to play. Also, sometimes the costumes are not meant to be flattering; depending on the character, the goal isn’t always to make them look beautiful. But when styling a celebrity, it’s all about having them look amazing.

What role does fashion play in The Starter Wife?
Fashion is almost like another character in The Starter Wife. So much of the personality of the actors comes through in the clothing they wear. Our goal is to have the audience as excited about the fashions as they are the characters. We want the people at home to feel as though they can hear the ruffle of Molly’s Zac Posen silk dress and smell the exquisite leather of her Manolos. We want them to daydream about getting into Molly’s closet and have the opportunity to dress from it everyday as she does. And yes, the closet is huge, since as a Hollywood woman, she never repeats an outfit!

And here are two of the great looks you will see on Debra Messing.

Top by Ralph Lauren; skirt custom made; belt Betsey Johnson; purse by Tory Burch; shoes by Jimmy Choo. Episode #5

Jacket by Phillip Lim; turtleneck by Michael Kors; jeans by 7 for all Mankind; boots by Christian Louboutin. Episode #1

I can’t wait to tune in, as I am a huge Debra Messing fan – and for fashion inspiration of course!