Kyle Pasciutti Design
What Not To Wear
Pop Out Cake
One Friday in September of 2010 I got an email asking if I could possibly make it down to NYC for the weekend to help out creating a giant cake for Stacy London, one of the stars of TLC's What Not to Wear, to jump out of in order to surprise the show's unsuspecting mark on the S08E29 installment titled 'Aleishe' or 'In Knead of Style'. Of course I jumped at the opportunity! Three of us ended up working on the project: Alex Whatton, Jessica Hurwit, and myself. Alex is a fashion designer, Jess is an industrial designer, and combined with my scenic design specialty we had a perfect trifecta for this project. Upon arrival I discovered that we only had approximately 12 hours to design, purchase, assemble, paint, decorate, disassemble, deliver to set, reassemble, and prim for the cameras. It was no small feat, but the producers of the show were tremendously enthused about our design and immediately threw out the cheaper-than-expected cake they had ordered over the internet.
Construction
.JPG "Construction begins on the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Construction begins!
.JPG "Building the frame for the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Building the frame
.JPG "Fastening the rings for the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Framing completed,
fastening the rings
.JPG "Attaching the manila fronting to the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Attaching the manila fronting
.JPG "Tabs help prevent buckling on the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Tabs help prevent buckling
.JPG "Inside view of the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Inside view
.JPG "Base construction completed on the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Base construction completed
.JPG "Alex tests the goods on the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Alex tests the goods
.JPG "A quick coat of paint for the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
A quick coat of paint
.JPG "Ribbon attached to the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Ribbon attached
.JPG "Bunched fabric icing for the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Bunched fabric icing
.JPG "The What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake is almost ready")
Almost ready
Completed Cake
.JPG "The completed What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Completed cake
.JPG "Me popping out of the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Me popping out
.JPG "Jess popping out of the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Jess popping out
.JPG "Alex popping out of the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Alex popping out
.JPG "Behind the scenes of the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake")
Behind the scenes
.JPG "We couldn't help but add a bit of flair to the What Not to Wear Pop-Out Cake for Stacy London")
We couldn't help but add
a bit of flair for Stacy
Screen Grabs
.JPG "Stacy London climbing into the cake on What Not to Wear")
Stacy climbing into the cake
.JPG "Clinton sets up the surprise for the cake on What Not to Wear")
Clinton sets up the surprise
.JPG "Stacy pops out of the cake on What Not to Wear")
Stacy pops out!
.JPG "The cake acts as background for the sit-down on What Not to Wear")
Background for the sit-down
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