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"Ever look at the same well-dressed news anchor night after night and wonder how they manage to look camera-perfect 200-some days a year? So did we, which is why we jumped at the chance to chat with Fox Business Network&amp;#x27;s Melissa Francis and her stylist about how the job gets done... Francis is a familiar face on the small screen--she started her TV career doing commercials when she was still in diapers, moved on to Little House on the Prairie a few years later, then established herself as a financial news guru at CNBC, and will debut her own show, MONEY with Melissa Francis, for the first time tonight on Fox Business (5-6pm EST). So, what will she be wearing? &amp;quot;I find that on TV, fitted fabrics and bright colors are just so much more flattering,&amp;quot; she told us when we paid a visit to her at Fox&amp;#x27;s midtown studios. The rolling rack in her office--a permanent fixture with a slew of rotating outfits--underscores her point to a T, with suits, blazers, and dresses by the likes of Trina Turk, Elie Tahari, and Diane Von Furstenberg in a rainbow of camera-friendly hues. The network is definitely known for a certain look on its female talent--most notably blonde, prom queen-pretty, and dressed in colorful but conservatively cut pieces--and Melissa says she was flattered to take on the role when she joined Fox Business earlier this year. &amp;quot;I always thought of the Fox ladies as being gorgeous--everyone always looks really put together.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s no accident, either. For the past 12 years, the network has employed Gwen Marder, a wardrobe whisperer who is tasked with dressing more than 200 people for a variety of news programs--and keeping things visually interesting during the 24 hour news cycle. How exactly it gets done is even cooler than we imagined: Gwen and her small team spend just about every working day out at showrooms and visiting designers&amp;#x27; studios, gathering an arsenal of TV-friendly pieces (&amp;quot;We shop at over 150 vendors--there isn&amp;#x27;t a designer in New York we don&amp;#x27;t visit,&amp;quot; she tells us), and twice a year, she holds a &amp;quot;trunk show&amp;quot; for the on-air talent. Each anchor is given a two-hour window to &amp;quot;shop&amp;quot; at the ad-hoc store that Gwen has merchandised (time slots are given on a first-come, first-served basis--no preferential treatment for Lou Dobbs). The clothes they choose, which will carry them through the next six months, are then tailored and catalogued and kept in rotation for the anchor&amp;#x27;s professional use, for everything from regular program slots to appearances on the red carpet at events like the White House Correspondents&amp;#x27; Dinner. Fox and Melissa declined to comment on the size of her wardrobe budget, but noted that she&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;never run out of new things to wear.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s such a luxury,&amp;quot; Melissa told us of having a fashion fairygodmother in Gwen. &amp;quot;I now hate shopping for myself; the last thing I want to do is go to the store and buy clothes.&amp;quot; Having a stylist has also helped evolve her personal style and her knowledge of what works on her and what doesn&amp;#x27;t. &amp;quot;I look back at things I wore before I had a stylist and I think, &amp;#x27;Wow, that was not a good look!&amp;#x27; Sometimes there&amp;#x27;s a shape of dress or something that you naturally gravitate towards, but it turns out, A-line or whatever isn&amp;#x27;t a good look for me.&amp;quot; While Gwen is all about making the talent feel good about themselves--&amp;quot;The most important thing is that the anchor be comfortable,&amp;quot; she says--she also attempts to push boundaries where she can. &amp;quot;Next season I&amp;#x27;m going to get Melissa to go sleeveless,&amp;quot; she told us. &amp;quot;She just has to do it one time! It says modern, and that&amp;#x27;s whats going on in the fashion world.&amp;quot; Melissa&amp;#x27;s a bit more skeptical--&amp;quot;Everybody has bare arms now, but I haven&amp;#x27;t crossed that bridge yet&amp;quot;--but her biggest wardrobe strength is knowing what she likes. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m not afraid to say, &amp;#x27;no, I don&amp;#x27;t like that.&amp;#x27; If you don&amp;#x27;t feel like a million bucks in something, take it off!&amp;quot; Now that&amp;#x27;s style advice we can live by! Check out this little clip to see a slew of Melissa&amp;#x27;s recent on-air outfits, then tell us what you think of Fox Business Network&amp;#x27;s wardrobe department--kinda cool how this process works, isn&amp;#x27;t it? Discuss! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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