Crystal & Kristy: 360 Fashion Frontiers

I get so many emails about Crystal and Kristy that I just had to stop and admire how powerful fashion can be! It has affected these two very different people in amazing ways and connects a nation of viewers who relate.

Crystal is everything fashion should be: bold, daring, independent and fun. I had so much fun dialing through options with her, because this girl looked bangin' in anything with an attitude. How awesome was it to see the vamped-up version of her revealed! My fave part wasn't just Crystal's new look but her new outlook. She was able to see the polished, poised side of the successful young woman she's becoming.

And Kristy—oh, she had me actually wishing I could go back in time and have a fantastic teacher like her, with such heart. Normally my job as How Do I Look? host consists of prying bad fashion away from an unwilling victim who sees herself in just one way. And Kristy's way of seeing herself was in the little lives she impacts: her students. Wow!

We had to encourage selfless Kristy to start being stylishly selfish. She was finally able to give herself the full focus and pampering she deserved, and she experienced a tremendous bonding with her sister that changed their relationship forever. What a great episode! We all got to see Kristy's radiant new smile and learned the most important lesson of all: to love yourself.

(Here's a fun pic taken after I heard all the marvelous stories of Kristy's adorable students. There's a lot of downtime on set, so I thought Kristy would be the best storyteller—and give me a break from hosting for once. ;)  Thank you, Kristy!)