Shopping Around ... Angels Among Us

Sometimes I wonder about Miss Tina ... what am I supposed to do with hot pick studded leather fingerless gloves? Wear them to the office? My son's soccer game? Perhaps I can flip people off on the interstate in style. And what kind of manicure is appropriate to wear with this type of glove anyway?

I just finished watching Suzanne Somers on Oprah discussing her recent book, Breakthrough, about bioidentical hormones and menopause. Although the conversation was very interesting, I kept getting distracted by that gold necklace she was wearing. Wow! It was slamming! HSN needs to make that in Technibond so I can actually afford it. I heard that HSN kept bleeping Suzanne whenever she tried to promote her Oprah appearance. I'm sensing some bad blood going on between Somers and HSN right now.

Clark Elliott opened up his own clothing store recently. Who is he and why should you care, right? Well, he produced clothes for eight years for Suzanne Somer's HSN clothing line and recently left to open his own store. Does this have anything to do with the line being dropped?

Word on the street is that QVC model Angel recently lost 25 pounds and is featured in an article in First magazine. I haven’t seen it yet, but congrats to Angel on the weight loss and the article. She's making Queen Bea proud!

It's Bleepin' Golden Gold! Following in the footsteps of McCain’s Fine Gold, the Chicago Tribune has this little parody of Rod Blagojavich on QVC: “… you click on QVC and Rod and Patti are hawking his incriminating quotes from the federal wire taps in "authentic" yellow metal plated script. Don your Balkan Warlord outfit and wear the whole golden quote around your neck, like "I'm not giving it up for bleeping nothing!" Be the envy of every playah on the corner. Act now and receive an authentic State Sen. Rickey Hendon silver-plated "pro-Rod race card" for only $19.95.”

Washington Post makes a visit to QVC’s Studio Park. They just don’t get it.

Home shopping addiction and your tax dollars—a different kind of stimulus, perhaps?

Does this mean that Joy Mangano and HSN are being sued?

There’s nothing like free labor in this economy and HSN is looking for some interns. Do they at least get the employee discount?

Check out the video of the QVC and Extra inaugural Ball winners. If it weren't for the high security, crowds, and traffic, I think Washington D.C. would have been fun!

If you bought Nutrisystem from the Q, check to make sure that you don't have any peanut butter granola bars. They have been recalled in the big salmonella peanut butter scare.

Sorry about the lack of posts lately, but it's been a crazy week.

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Miss Tina to Bedazzle Michelle Obama

Not only does Miss Tina have the Today's Special on HSN, rumor has it that she's also stepping her strappy stilettos into the political arena.

MediaTakeOut.com reported that Tina Knowles is going to be designing a special outfit for Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama.

I'm just wondering if Michelle has actually looked at Miss Tina's collection. Let's just say that her particular aesthetic doesn't scream First Lady.

Bob Mackie Doesn't Think Cher Looks Like a Drag Queen

''She wears everything with such ease,'' says Mackie, her partner in sartorial success. "Not like a drag queen.''

Light up gold capes ... glittering genie pants ... feathered headdress ... Could it be Queen Bea in her casual attire relaxing on the couch? Nope. That's the sound of Cher coming out of retirement.

Cher just opened her new show at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace and, of course, QVC fashion designer extraordinaire, Bob Mackie, created all the over-the-top and flashy costumes expected at a Cher show. She has 17 costume changes and manages to bare more than just the cheeks on her face.

Mackie had just four weeks to complete all the creations (Queen Bea smells a Project Runway challenge brewing!). "The costumes were engineered more than designed," Mackie says. ''It was like building a battleship with all the pieces and layers."

Cher will spend the next three years performing at Caesars Palace, alternating with Bette Midler and Elton John, but Mackie is on to his next job. A couple of weeks ago, he made a sparkly dress for Tina Turner when she joined Cher in Vegas for an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Turner announced on the show that she plans to tour in October, and she has asked Mackie to help.

However, Cher doesn't want any other divas to get their paws on Mackie--she told him that she was hurt that he let Beyonce borrow one of his creations. Besides, can't Beyonce just borrow some clothes from her mom's Miss Tina line on HSN?

Read the whole story here.