GREEN & GLOVER: Eye on style

“I’d pick a Washington woman over a Hollywood woman any day,” says season-two “Project Runway” contestant and Los Angeles-based fashion designer Nick Verreos.

He’s had a chance to do some style comparisons while shuttling between coasts and recently was in the nation’s capital, where he gave a lecture at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and took a private tour of the White House.

“I was pinching myself. I was walking around with my jaw dropped,” Mr. Verreos recalls of his first exposure to the presidential abode.

Although he had a chance to view the White House kitchen and meet Cristeta Comerford - the executive chef at the executive mansion - he was slightly disappointed to have “just missed” first canine Bo Obama “by about fifteen minutes.”

“They had to take him to the vet for a checkup,” Mr. Verreos says.

Not even the president’s dog gets away without getting his shots.

But, we digress….

In addition to creating his late-spring and early-fall collections, the designer is gearing up to be a TV Guide Channel red-carpet commentator for the upcoming Hollywood awards season and explains that he’s hoping to see more Washington understatement and conservatism on the backs of starlets.

Blasting what he describes as “hooker wear,” Mr. Verreos laments the “short, tight” looks he’s seeing lately.

Another faux pas in his book?

“Stylists. I think you’ll see less of them,” he says. “The studios aren’t paying for them right now. The days of paying $5,000 a day for a stylist are gone, and besides, all the movie stars of the past, like Grace Kelly, did not use them.”

If you’re a mega-watt celebrity working the carpet or a wannabe socialite in the District on her way to a holiday party, Mr. Verreos says you can’t go wrong with “a Grecian goddess” ensemble.

Just makes sure it fits properly, or you’ll look like a “stuffed sausage.”

Backward thinking

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