Love It or Hate It? Jersey Couture
Oxygen network has jumped on the Jersey bandwagon with the new show.


Updated on May 18, 2011, 5:27 pm ET
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Jersey Couture

Up until now, I haven't given in to TV's lovefest with all things New Jersey. Maybe because I grew up just a Cul-de -ac away from the N.J. borderline, I never felt the need to get my Bada Bing on with The Sopranos. And hanging out at the Jersey Shore? Fuggeddaboudit!

But when I heard about Jersey Couture, Oxygen new series about the Scali clan, who run Diane & Co. Unique Boutique, a gown emporium in Freehold, N.J., I thought, hey, it's family and fashion, why not give it a shot?

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Actually, you may need a Red Bull to keep up the pace as matriarch Diane runs the family biz with her recruited staff of husband, Sal, and their three grown children. In the opening scene, Diane's yapping it up with her daughters, eldest Kimberly and baby Christina, about how everything has to revolve around "Prissy Chrissy." And the first thing I realize is that with their raven manes and strikingly similar curvalicious figures packed into petite 5 foot frames, it’s nearly impossibly to tell these Jersey girls apart.

Diane and Co. caters to a clientele of women seeking out the perfect prom/wedding/baby shower dress, all of which they deliver with a hands-on approach. Literally. When a young female shopper slips into a plunging black halter gown, Diane sticks her hands down the dress to insert some padding. "I am a boobologist… five grand I just saved you," she declares. And when a customer finds a dress that makes her derriere look perky, mama likes to break in into a chorus of "Do the booty pop-pop-pop!!"

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girleegirl
#1. girleegirl on 06/02/2010 - 8:10 am (EDT)
Ugh! More Jersey crap.. great article but who needs to be dumbed down further by guidos across the Turnpike?
hope_xo
#2. hope_xo on 06/02/2010 - 8:35 am (EDT)
More Jersey shows?
booksorclothes
#3. booksorclothes on 06/02/2010 - 8:40 am (EDT)
Enough with Jersey please! The only good thing that ever came out of that state is Jon Bon Jovi- the guy is hot!
danggirl
#4. danggirl on 06/02/2010 - 9:25 am (EDT)
Hey! Jersey is awesome! Back off!
lemoned
#5. lemoned on 06/02/2010 - 9:53 am (EDT)
@danggirl: I agree, but I wish this trend would fade. Reality TV producers seem to want to beat it to death!
shopaholic
#6. shopaholic on 06/02/2010 - 11:22 am (EDT)
Blecch!
jessica03
#7. jessica03 on 06/02/2010 - 12:13 pm (EDT)
i started watching jersey shore yesterday..not bad!
lovesbetty
#8. lovesbetty on 06/02/2010 - 1:33 pm (EDT)
I think Jersey Shore is HILARIOUS and I'm sure this show is too.. not everything needs to be cerebral.
CityLady212
#9. CityLady212 on 06/02/2010 - 1:41 pm (EDT)
Nothing is cerebral anymore... that's the problem!
violetgal
#10. violetgal on 06/02/2010 - 1:49 pm (EDT)
um, not for me! Thanks