The Stars of Fashion Hunters Spill on Which Celebrity Closets They’re Dying to Raid! EXCLUSIVE
Louboutins and Birkins and Manolos, oh my! Fashion Hunters, Bravo’s guilty pleasure about Second Time Around – a consignment store in New York City that deals exclusively with premium designer and vintage clothing – is about to wrap up its first season. And fans get a double treat on December 6, when a new episode airs at 10:30 p.m., followed by the finale at 11:00 p.m. But before the cast says sayonara until season two, cast member Tara Muscarella, the store’s manager, spoke exclusively with Wetpaint Entertainment about the biggest challenges her of her job and what she’d like to do on next on the show.
Far and away, Tara says the biggest obstacle they faced this season was knockoffs. “We just have to be so sharp and on the ball when it comes to finding faux pieces because the replicas these days are amazing,” Tara explains. “In the past, the fakes were mostly handbags. Lately, however, there’s a new trend: fake Louboutins!”
But when the merchandise is authentic and to-die-for in terms of style, Tara says even she has a hard time not squirreling it away for her own closet. Says Tara, “I have to exercise self-control on a daily basis. We just got in a pair of Balenciaga shoes that are grey canvas with a neon yellow heel. They are so hot, I covet them!”
For season two, her dream would be to take the show on the road by having the staff attend Paris and Milan fashion weeks. Then again, she’d be just as happy to head to L.A., provided she and the cast get to peek into the closets of Hollywood’s biggest fashionistas. Below, Tara and the rest of the Fashion Hunters cast – Ambria Mischia, Karina Lepiner and Wilson Payamps – tell Wetpaint Entertainment whose clothing collections they’d most want to raid for the show!
TARA: Zooey Deschanel first comes to mind. I bet she has an eclectic closet fit for her many talents! Or, another way to answer is, if you are on the cover of Nylon magazine I’d definitely love to visit your closet.
WILSON: I'm obsessed with Ryan Gosling's style right now, especially since I just found out he doesn't have a stylist – so more power to him! Ryan always looks impeccable from head to toe. He embodies everything that a modern man should look like. His closet must be insane. He is all about the fitted Prada suits with amazing shoes but also in casual days he can give you a laid-back look with major style.
KARINA: Sienna Miller because she steps a little outside the box but nothing too crazy. Her style seems so natural and I like that she styles herself.
AMBRIA: Rihanna's closet — no contest!!! She is young, but her accumulation of clothing over the past five or six years has to be unparalleled. She isn't afraid to play with colors, styles, designers — and she has a curvy silhouette like I do, so her clothes would fit me! In a relatively short time she has won the hearts of the most amazing fashion designers such as Giambattista Valli, and they gift her with edgy, one-of-a-kind pieces. She chooses sophisticated pieces that I know the women of New York would pay big bucks to get their hands on!
