Blog Posts by Joseph Brannigan Lynch

Cat Deeley invited cameras (and therefore you!) into her elegant home as she prepared her look for the 2011 Teen Choice Awards. As you'll see, animals abound in Cat's house, from her sleepy  dog Lily to a pair of snakes  (Yves Saint Laurent snake earrings, to be exact), and a fierce panther ring.

Designer Matthew Williamson played  "Fairy Godmother" to Cat for this special event, giving her a lovely lacy aqua dress -- but for one night only!

Previous Episodes:

Episode 17: Cat Deeley Works With Her Stylists and Against the Clock for the Season 8 Finale
Episode 16: Cat Deeley's Modern Take on 1940s Chic… and Shakespeare
Episode 15: Cat Deeley's French Alps Fashion Find
Episode 14: Cat Deeley: The Mysterious Bronze Goddess
Episode 13: Cat Deeley's Feminine Take on Star Wars' Stormtroopers
Episode 12: Cat Deeley Does the Black Swan
Episode 11: 2011: A Sexy Space Bunny Odyssey With Cat Deeley
Episode 10: Cat Deeley Plots Her Emmy Victory
Episode 9: Cat Deeley's 'Inner Freak'
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So you think you can prepare your outfit, hair, and makeup for the season eight finale in under 40 minutes, Ms. Deeley?  Apparently, yes! Watch the imperturbable Brit keep her cool amid a flurry of hair curlers and surprise visitors, including guest judge Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitchell from "Modern Family").  It probably didn't hurt that the light at the end of her tunnel was a shimmering scarlet mini-dress custom-made by Markus Lupfer.

Today, Cat is giving away what she calls a "sorbet fringe concoction," which looks like a modern update on a sleeveless, swingin' flappery frock.

"All you want to do is shimmy,"  Deeley says of this fringe-laden dress.

To win it, send in a picture of a dress that makes you want to shimmy to Cat's Facebook page.

Previous Episodes:

Episode 16: Cat Deeley's Modern Take on 1940s Chic… and Shakespeare
Episode 15: Cat Deeley's French Alps Fashion Find
Episode 14: Cat Deeley: The Mysterious Bronze Goddess
Episode 13: Cat Deeley's Feminine Take on Star

While "So You Think You Can Dance" looked forward to crowning season eight's champion last week, Cat Deeley's gaze was turned back to the 1940s thanks to a recent vintage find: a dress she fearlessly de-strapped with a pair of scissors. Her stylist gave Cat a "modern take on the '40s'" hairdo,  while fellow Brit Sharon Osbourne swung by and revealed the odd little nickname she has for Cat.

Feeling mystical? Ms. Deeley is giving away a dress inspired by Titania the Fairy Queen from Shakespeare's  "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

To win the Diane Von Furstenberg dress, upload your Titania-inspired look  (try imagining what a forest fairy queen would wear if she hosted a reality TV show) to Cat's Facebook page.

Previous Episodes:

Episode 15: Cat Deeley's French Alps Fashion Find
Episode 14: Cat Deeley: The Mysterious Bronze Goddess
Episode 13: Cat Deeley's Feminine Take on Star Wars' Stormtroopers
Episode 12: Cat Deeley Does the Black Swan
Episode 11: 2011: A Sexy Space Bunny

In this episode of "In the Dressing Room," Cat explains how an unexpected run-in with a Valentino dress distracted her on a skiing trip in the French Alps and determined her look for the day.  To match the semi-transparent pearl-studded frock,  Cat's hair stylist crimps her locks into waves and her  makeup artist demonstrates tips for applying false lashes you can find at your local pharmacy.

Today, Cat is giving away a striped jersey dress she describes as "easy, comfy, and chic."

In The Dressing Room

Since the outfit is a veteran of her time alone the French seaside, Cat wants to know, "If you were walking along the promenade in the South of France,  what would you wear?" To answer that question and win her look, send your pics to her Facebook page.

Previous Episodes:

Episode 14: Cat Deeley: The Mysterious Bronze Goddess
Episode 13: Cat Deeley's Feminine Take on Star Wars' Stormtroopers
Episode 12: Cat Deeley Does the Black Swan
Episode 11: 2011: A Sexy Space Bunny Odyssey With Cat Deeley
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In this episode of "In the Dressing Room" Cat Deeley transforms herself into a "Bronze Goddess" thanks to an elegantly sequined brown dress and snakeskin Jimmy Choo shoes (hiss!). To further transcend mere mortality,  Cat's makeup artist teaches her a secret you might want to take note of: how to achieve the "J.Lo glow."

We love how Cat shares her trench coated-passport photo, which she describes as, "Audrey Hepburn [if she] was an International Woman of Mystery." So is she a goddess or spy?  You decide!

Today Cat is giving away a blue Preen dress that hints at the flowing robes Athena might wear. To win this heavenly look,  answer Cat's challenge: "If you were a Grecian goddess, what look would you come up with?" Upload pics of your outfit to Cat's Facebook page.

Previous Episodes:

Episode 13: Cat Deeley's Feminine Take on Star Wars' Stormtroopers
Episode 12: Cat Deeley Does the Black Swan
Episode 11: 2011: A Sexy Space Bunny Odyssey With Cat Deeley
Episode 10: Cat Deeley

"Star Wars" fanboys, rejoice! In the latest episode of "In the Dressing Room," Cat Deeley reveals what so many of you have dreamed about: what a hot,  female Stormtrooper would look like.

For her feminine take on the Empire's foot soldiers,  Cat chooses a Herve Leger dress covered in metallic white mini-plates. And to match the Stormtrooper helmet, Cat's stylist puts her hair into an intricate four-strand braid (think basket weaving).

This week Cat is giving away a red Tory Burch jacket she first wore to a Justin Timberlake fashion show. To win this stunner, come up with a  "military chic outfit" and send the pics to Cat's Facebook page. And may the fashion force be with you.

Cat Deeley

Previous Episodes:

Episode 12: Cat Deeley Does the Black Swan
Episode 11: 2011: A Sexy Space Bunny Odyssey With Cat Deeley
Episode 10: Cat Deeley Plots Her Emmy Victory
Episode 9: Cat Deeley's 'Inner Freak'
Episode 8: Cat Deeley's Royal Outing
Episode 7: Cat Deeley and The Fantastic Mr. Ford
Episode 6: Cat

Cat Deeley has "Black Swan" on the mind in today's "In the Dressing Room" with a new frock that wouldn't look out of place in a ballet production. Deeley calls the dress "High Street," which apparently is a British-ism for high fashion at a reasonable price (think Forever 21). To complete her swan transformation,  her hair stylist shares a trick that makes two braids "vanish" into the back of her head.

This time, Cat is giving away a bedazzled pink dress she wore last season that makes her think of camping in the desert.

To win it,  upload a pic of "what you would wear to some exotic camping trip" on Cat's Facebook page.

Plus: Cat teases that this dress actually smells a little bit like her,  so consider that an added inSCENTive (pardon the pun!).

It looks almost as good on a hanger as it does on Cat.

Previous Episodes:

Episode 11: 2011: A Sexy Space Bunny Odyssey With Cat Deeley
Episode 10: Cat Deeley Plots Her Emmy Victory
Episode 9: Cat Deeley's 'Inner Freak'
Episode 8: Cat Deeley's Royal Outing
Episode 7: Cat Deeley and The

Cat Deeley is thinking galactically (but acting locally) on this episode of "In the Dressing Room": She has decided to reimagine herself as a Cyber Space Bunny sent to lure men back to Planet Woman. She chose a classy, "Star Trek"-appropriate dress that shimmers like a nebula photo beamed down from the Hubble telescope. And she has some otherworldly secrets to flat-ironing your untamed locks, too.

Cat rocking the mermaid dress on "SYTYCD" (FOX)

Moving right along from "Out of This World" to "Part of Your World,"   this week Cat is giving away a mermaid-inspired dress that she wore onstage to the raves of  "So You Think You Can Dance" onlookers. To win it,  tell her "what dress you would supply to Ariel" and upload your aquatic creation to Cat's Facebook page.

P.S. Keep an eye out for Ms. Deeley's impersonation of Lady Gaga getting married!

Previous Episodes:

Episode 10: Cat Deeley Plots Her Emmy Victory
Episode 9: Cat Deeley's 'Inner Freak'
Episode 8: Cat Deeley's Royal Outing
Episode 7: Cat Deeley and The Fantastic Mr. Ford