Lily Allen: From Riches To Rags premiered on Channel 4 last night, much to the annoyance of Lily herself, who urged fans to boycott the show via Twitter. From the poncey sounding voice-over, to the rather choice quotes that appeared, we do admit the show didn’t paint Lily and her sister Sarah in the greatest light. Even with the warning, we were determined to like Lily and her quest to get her vintage emporium Lucy In Disguise off the ground. However, despite our best efforts to see the good, only the embarassing stood out. Here is Le Blow’s round-up of the most cringe-worthy moments:
Vintage clothes are ‘amazing’
Well, duh. Lily and her employee Jess browsed through the racks and declared nearly everything ‘amazing’. Seriously, fashion people need to learn a new adjective.
Lily Allen still dobs on her 24-year old brother to their mum (because he plays Grand Theft Auto)
The way she kept waiting for her mum to run up the stairs, confiscate Alfie’s Playstation and ground him, reminded us of being about seven years old. Clearly the Allen family has a youthful take on sibling rivalry.
She also knows the words to Cheryl Cole’s ‘Parachute’, and will happily perform it on camera.
Live Lounge cover anytime soon, Lily? Perhaps a comeback single…
Sarah Allen has partied her way through the decades, and is bloody good at it.
Apparently she’s far more off the wall than Lily, despite the fact that Lily seems to spend most of her time in the office just smoking, drinking and squealing over dresses.
Mary Portas is like a stern school matron, but boy does she know her retail related stuff.
And literally whipped Lily Allen’s arse into shape with a few choice words. Please teach us how to for our next boardroom meeting, Ms Portas?
You can easily mistake the neighbours washing machine for the sound of the tube.
As Lily did. Yep, the upstairs neighbours. The very-far below ground tube. Baffling, to say the least.
Always check your petrol level when you rent a car.
Otherwise you might not be able to get to your destination, and get stuck in the States and end up delayed for a week. With nine suitcases of over-priced vintage. Oh, you tried, Sarah, you really did.
Watch Lily Allen: From Rags To Riches, on Tuesday at 10pm on Channel 4.
– Fiona Goby
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Natalie
AMAZING!