Fashion publicists love it when a talent agent or stylist calls and asks to pull clothing for a fitting of one of their “celebrity clients” and has agreed to tout the brand in the media. I know we do! But, at times there are those public personalities that I would rather send a lump of coal over to then actually lend or gift apparel or jewelry to. And last week that request came across my desk to wardrobe Carrie Prejean and for some reason it just rubbed me the wrong way. My first response was, "why on Earth would we even send her a lipstick let alone an outfit?"

I asked a few of my fellow PR Agency owners friends what they would do if this situation and some of them said they would send her clothing for her book tour to promote; Still Standing and others said that their clients wouldn’t be caught dead sharing garments with a former beauty queen who goes nude for photos but then comes out against gay marriage only to soapbox herself in some movement to gain a new career.

To me this brings up another round of issues! Do we as PR firm owners in this economy sti