Primetime Fashion Recap: 'Bachelorette' Episode 1

The Bachelorette – Season 8, Episode 1 – Emily Maynard, winner of season 15 of 'The Bachelor,' is introduced to

her suitors in this eighth season's premiere. (ABC)more pics »Last night’s much-anticipated debut of the

Bachelorette opened with an introduction befitting the real life Nicholas Sparks heroine that is Emily Maynard.

Clad in a MILF-does-modesty tight oatmeal cableknit sweater and watermelon jeans, Emily brought viewers up to date

on her past, from the heartbreaking loss of her first fiancé, a racecar driver who was the father to Maynard’s

daughter Ricki, and who died tragically in a plane crash, to her failed relationship with former Bachelor Brad

Womack. It was all leading up to the big reveal, a Gone with the Wind-styled illustration starring Emily clutching

daughter Ricki in a field, and, of course, her triumphantly hopeful life motto: “You’ve got to put on your big

girl panties and move on with it!”