Why I love Kelly Cutrone

I first saw Kelly Cutrone on The Hills. Yes, I admit to watching occasional drivel, maybe quite a bit of drivel these days. But the show became interesting to me when Whitney Port went to work at People's Revolution, and for founder Kelly Cutrone. After four seasons of The Hills, Whitney left the show to star in The City that featured Whitney's career at People's Revolution.

I found Whitney's boss, Kelly Cutrone to be a great role model for Whitney and for the other young people that she mentors. Her demanding presence seems to intimidate her staff; she has high expectations of everyone around her. But I notice that she's a real softie once she sees someone making an effort to learn their job. Cutrone gets angry when a staff member does something foolish, but her bark is often worse than her bite--often, but not always.

People's Revolution is a branding public relations firm that produces fashion shows all over the world and gets press for their clients. They take the clothes out of the show room and get them onto the pages of magazines and onto the backs of clients. People's Revolution represents 46 clients; they have produced fashion shows for: Nicky Hilton, Vivienne Westwood, Marisa Ribisi, and many others. People's Revolution produced 10 different shows during the last Fashion week at Bryant Park. Kelli Cutrone and Jeremy Kost below:

Bravo television found Kelly Cutrone to be as fascinating as I do. The first episode of Kell on Earth aired on Monday, February 1, 2010. This is a behind-the-scenes show about fashion, similar to The Rachel Zoe Project, except that the personalities of Rachel and Kelly are very different. For instance, Rachel Zoe is always seen as a fashion plate herself. In contrast, everyone working at People's Revolution, including Kelly Cutrone, wears plain black when working a show. No visible tattoos, piercings or jewelry. Nobody shows up the designers' work.

People's Republic is located in New York and Los Angeles. So far the show is based in New York, where PR utilizes several stories of a building located on 62 Grand Street. Cutrone's home occupies the third floor, so she can easily leave work and spend time with her seven-year-old daughter.

Cutrone is a great leader who won't waste time repeating her requests and directions. She offers solid advice in helping her interns become true professionals. She seems to take her position as mentor seriously. She has said:

"There aren't that many strong women on TV. Even if you look at Sex and the City … if you look at women on television … Sarah Jessica Parker's character is obsessed with Mr. Big and Kim Cattrall is getting banged 20 times a day."

Kelly Cutrone's book title, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside, is great advice that I have always subscribed to myself. This is a fun book with much wisdom. Read the book; watch Kell on Earth, or even try watching The City.