Ted Gibson Replaces Nick Arrojo On “What Not To Wear”
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12:40PM, Tuesday July 21st 2009
Every personality on “What Not to Wear” seems right for the makeover show, with the exception of hairstylist Nick Arrojo (pictured right). Hosts Clinton Kelly and Stacy London have the good fashion cop/bad fashion cop schtick perfected, and makeup artist Carmindy always makes the participant look a hundred times better by “playing up” their eyes or lips. But Nick’s hairstyles were usually hit or miss. He was always a little too scissor-happy, giving participants “mom hair” on more than one occasion. And his own hairstyles, including boyish ringlets and a Caesar cut with a flavor saver, seemed in need of a makeover, too.
We’ll no longer have to witness Nick’s boring hair creations because he’s been replaced by celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson. The switch was made in an effort to enliven the reality show, which has been on for seven years, according to Nancy Daniels, the network’s senior vice president of production and development.
Ted has done the hair of Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway and owns three namesake salons. He has shot five episodes of “What Not to Wear” so far, the first of which airs this Friday, and he says he’s enjoying it even when the women aren’t as thrilled with his creations as he is. The participants already have a difficult time relinquishing control of their look, especially their tresses. “You can take off the clothes and makeup, but the hair is going to stay with them after the show is done,” he says.
One thing’s for sure, Ted knows how to bring the glamour, not the mom, so I’m psyched to watch the next episode of “What Not to Wear.” Although I have to admit I’ll miss Nick because it’s hard to get used to change, even when it’s good. [The Canadian Press]
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sadie
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 12:45 pm: [report]
I am pleased. Man, if I had a nickel for every time Nick said “How would you feel about cutting your hair really short?” I always found his dos to be more miss than hit.
GreenAura
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 12:50 pm: [report]
Okay, I am always sad to see anyone lose their job, but I was only pleased with what Nick did maybe 30% of the time. Did anyone see the episode when Nick shaved one side of a participants head and dyed it blue? Dear god, that show almost jumped the shark for me when I saw that!!
kellieann
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 01:08 pm: [report]
im so happy they got rid of him! i stopped watching the show because of how short he cut everyones hair! he was one dimensional. i’m excited for the new guy!
axdiva
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 01:21 pm: [report]
Thank goodness! He messed up a lot of hair for a lot of women. Granted, some hairstyles were cute, but as a person with curly hair, it KILLED me to see many curly haired person get boy short hair. Ugh!
BlueVibe
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 01:25 pm: [report]
Okay, so apparently I’m not the only one who often wondered what he was thinking. But I’m probably a candidate for the show myself so I thought maybe I was just clueless. He definitely needed to get rid of his own long, curly, hair—he looked like a Geico caveman.
Alison Wonderland
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 02:29 pm: [report]
Wow, my Mom and I have always hated how Nick never let anyone have long hair. Now that I see how many others were also bothered by him it’s a wonder the kept him around as long as they did.
Coral
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 02:51 pm: [report]
A week or two ago I was watching an episode where Nick was describing how hair on a woman should not be longer than a couple of inches past the boobs. And I was thinking ‘what the hell is he talking about?” My hair is currently a little past my shoulders, but I have had hair for the past 8 years that was to the middle of my back, never too long though. And I know long hair is harder to maintain as you age, but he always kept their hair short, when they could have kept it long-ish for a little while longer.
Ms.NGuerrero
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 02:56 pm: [report]
my hair is past my butt, and i WOULD LOSE IT if I had been on the show and he shaved one side and dyed it blue. insanity. i stopped watching the show because stacy always wore the ugliest extremely pointy shoeS! ugg.
DancerNinja
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 03:03 pm: [report]
Is Ted Gibson the one in the pink shirt? He’s adorable!
nikkiwikki
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 04:17 pm: [report]
I liked Nick! I thought he usually did a good job, although he did have moments where he let me down. I giggle to myself every single time he says “legnth” in his weird accent. Fabulous!
Also, I never saw the episode where he died somebody’s hair blue. Are you guys for real about that?
GreenAura
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 04:28 pm: [report]
@ nikkiwikki: I know, it’s hard to believe, but he truly did shave one side of her hair and dye it blue. I looked for a clip on youtube, but couldn’t find anything.
nikkiwikki
wrote on July 22 2009 @ 06:14 am: [report]
@GreenAura: Holy bajesus, I am appalled. What she 18 or something? Even then, it’s terrible. What the heck was he thinking? You let me down, Nick. You let me down.
juliePS
wrote on July 22 2009 @ 08:17 am: [report]
I loved Nick, but then again, I’m a short-haired woman who enjoys converting other people to the cult, haha.
GreenAura
wrote on July 22 2009 @ 09:10 am: [report]
@ nikkiwikki: No, she was like 24!! Her style was like rocker/punk chic, I thought she was kinda cute (if you took off all the black makeup). Her original hair was jet black and cute, so he really did not need to change much. But he decided to get creative and he told her he wanted to do something totally different with blue hair dye. She probably just thought he would give her blue streaks (thats the impression that I got), so she agreed (but he never mentioned the shaving part, that I remember). Then he shaved the side of her head. She was devastated!! If I were her, I would have made them purchase me a high quality wig. Poor girl.
nikkiwikki
wrote on July 23 2009 @ 06:20 am: [report]
@GreenAura: Oh. My. Freaking. God. I can’t believe he shaved her head without permission. How sad!
shorthairissexyladies
wrote on September 5 2009 @ 03:21 pm: [report]
What are you people talking about? Nick was AWESOME!
truely a master of haircutting.
I know many longer haired women may resist the current short hair trend now, but some will change their minds within a couple of years and start sporting short hairstyles.
Just remember that when short hair started coming back for Men in the 1980s many guys were resistent to going short.
Ladies, do you recall when you were so happy that Men were getting shorter haircuts?
well, I know many of you might find it hard to believe, but it is the same with us men, for many of us welcome short hair on women and find ladies sporting such styles quite attractive.
There is nothing more attractive than a lovely lady wearing a short bob or pixie cut. just take a look at Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham. two beautiful women and quite sexy.
btw, I missed that episode of the blue haired lady. does anyone recall her name?