TV's worst-dressed reality stars

"Sex and the City" and "Gossip Girl" aside, TV's not known for its high fashion quotient. But some of its least stylish players hail from the reality TV realm. True, these regular style offenders don't have the advantage of working with a costume designer or stylist on set. But after searing our eyes with dozens of bejeweled Ed Hardy T-shirts ( Jon Gosselin) and a shocking amount of cleavage ( Heidi Montag) we find our empathy in short supply.

Here's our list of the most unfortunately dressed reality TV stars to date:

-- Emili Vesilind, Special to The Times

New York

The "Flavor of Love" veteran, who went on to star in her own VH1 show, "I Love New York," is famous for wearing outfits that look more like stretched-out rubber bands than actual clothes. Never one to concern herself with modesty, she likes her dresses booty-short and astoundingly low-cut. We're permanently cringing.