Marissa Jaret Winokur snubbed on Rodeo Drive

I wanted to pass along some upsetting news that I saw on Entertainment Tonight this evening. ET reported a real life story seemingly lifted from the Julia Roberts movie "Pretty Woman". It seems that Marissa Jaret Winokur was shopping on Rodeo Drive for a gown to wear to the upcoming Tony Awards and found that the stores there were not interested in her patronage. ET mentioned that the salesperson at Gucci was particularly rude and told her that her "breasts would never fit in the dress that she was looking at". ET reported that a salesperson at Neiman Marcus told Marissa not to handle a specific dress as she would "soil it". Marissa ended up giving up and called on her friend and editor of Vogue, Anna Wintour for help. The word went out to designers and ET reported that Marissa is having a custom gown designed. This will be a happy ending to a sad story. I think some of the snotty salespeople that wouldn't help Marissa need to go see Hairspray and pay close attention to the message.
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Updated On: 6/2/04 at 11:33 PM

No, never. Wheat thin, Kate Moss?

in the words of julia:
"big mistake. huge." on the part of the snobby sales woman that is, hopefully they are all out of jobs.

I hope Marissa looks like a knockout at the Tony Awards.
As someone who is always fighting to lose weight I can relate.
Glad she got the help she needed.
It is not easy not being a toothpick.
Marissa you show the world you are a star no matter what size you are.

Let's all clap to get them fired. Everybody, come on, clap!

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To break the news that high end designer store salespeople are rude????????? Nobody would ever believe that in a million years.

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Hidden cameras.
Maybe bring Harvey to buy a dress. Oh think of the possibilities!

Kids, kiddies, kiddos, you can't EXPOSE something that everybody knows is standard operating procedure. Now how about we work on affecting change in Washington this year, rather than making Rodeo Drive safe for all actresses?

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That's a great idea! I bet Marissa's buddy Harvey would love to shop Rodeo Drive for a nice cocktail dress or ballgown. A nice Jewish boy in drag - the shopgirls would plotz.

This would NEVER happen to Mindy Cohn. She would have the stores closed!

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Girl;
Everyboydy is rude in Rodeo Drive.

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"i can heeeeeeeeeeear the bells..."

lol. sometimes it's cute.