omfg Sandhya those fucking mustaches what the hell
― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
also I don't really have anything to say about Baby Win Butler yet but I hope to soon so that I have an opportunity to continue to refer to him as Baby Win Butler
― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
sandyha's mustaches omg i forgot
sooooooo facepalm
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 05:52 (nine years ago) link
it was kind of adorably naive, like "omg you have never been to Urban Outfitters or talked to a 13 year old white girl and you have no idea what this actually signifies"
― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 13:06 (nine years ago) link
ABORT ABORT
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
was loling @ this, A++ timing
heidi talks abt that green color as bcuz of the german hunters
tim "that's why it's hunter green!"…heidi "and i'm worried abt faux snake…"
"it's real snake"
heidi " that's even worse"
― johnny crunch, Friday, 22 August 2014 01:57 (nine years ago) link
^^^^ OTM. Loved the back-and-forth between Fade and Heidi in German.
The reaction shots were so priceless! Zac aghast at Mitchell's runway! The three bottom models during the up-close inspection like they were going to the principal's office for crimes against fashion! Kini getting robbed two challenges in a row!
During the eliminations, when Mitchell and then Kristine get aufed, I actually thought Korina Dimples would make it 3 for 3.
I was getting REALLY bored with this season, but the disasters upped the watchability an order of magnitude.
I'm still digging Fade because DEUTSCH, and I'm hoping Emily Bluehair is a finale contender too.
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Saturday, 23 August 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Also, I understand the attention that the producers are making the judges give to Amanda, but COME ON, no way she should've been one of the top 3 this or last week.
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Saturday, 23 August 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
Some of Tim Gunn's jackets this season have had very O_o shoulders.
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Sunday, 24 August 2014 04:48 (nine years ago) link
I thought the top/bottom teams were exactly reversed.
Looks like Kini is going to get the bitter bridesmaid villain edit now.
I like how Korina basically admitted that she's not creative.
Zac was cosplaying as the 11th Doctor, no?
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Sunday, 31 August 2014 04:10 (nine years ago) link
Also the way the non-Dita guest judge kept putting an extra syllable after every sentence.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Sunday, 31 August 2014 04:39 (nine years ago) link
Korina needs to be fired out of a cannon into the sun, I am so tired of her.
Sandyha is maybe 1 or 2 eps away from losertown usa. Wheels are falling off.
Fade is awesome, and I dig Emily for making Lydia from Beetlejuice a wedding dress. Though too goth for Nina might be a bridge too far lol
Dita is always so bored-seeming, idg the big deal with her
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 August 2014 04:47 (nine years ago) link
I think you need to see her in person, so that you can the full effect of her boobs, or something.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Sunday, 31 August 2014 05:18 (nine years ago) link
they would have to be astonishing boobs for my impression to change
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 August 2014 05:19 (nine years ago) link
"Also the way the non-Dita guest judge kept putting an extra syllable after every sentence."
THIS WAS CLASSIC
"Dita is always so bored-seeming, idg the big deal with her"
She's about 10 years past her prime celebrityhood and she's also botoxed her face into mannequin state so she's now complete expressionless.
― akm, Sunday, 31 August 2014 06:34 (nine years ago) link
as a native I'm happy to see any indians make it anywhere, but Korina came in overly confident and smug. nice tattoos though. her mouth reminds me of the joker.
― akm, Monday, 1 September 2014 03:15 (nine years ago) link
i feel like this show is just trolling me now. Tell me I wasn't imagining that nina said Amanda's could be an 'Instagram Moment'. TELL ME THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
Amanda's looked like Catwoman ran through some old woman's bedroom and got tangled up in her negligee. It was fucking stupid, I don't get it and I have no idea why the judges keep falling over themselves over her.
Korina's material was gross. tbh I thought that on the runway her look didn't really showcase the necklace that well at all because a) the dress and the necklace were the same color, and b) all you could see was the damn jacket. It wasn't in keeping with the challenge. The dress looked fine without the jacket and up close it looked good with the necklace but the Chopard lady said she would put Sean's on the cover of the catalog! Isn't that what the challenge is about? I don't get it.
I mean, I think Sean's kind of a passive agressive weasel, and the dress overall was kind of expected but it was really beautifully made and did pretty much everything they asked for IN A DAY.
I have no idea why Kini didn't just rework the bodice of that dress when the cups wouldn't work...and neoprene. really dude. cmon.
and why do they keep doing 1-day red carpet/evening wear challenges. They're never going to get anything good out of those designers for something like that until they get at least 2 days.
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 September 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
The producers are probably making the judges plotz over Amanda, I was kind of loling at Nina's noncommittal praise, seeing how long she could go without offering an actual critical opinion and basically having to lie.
The producers also probably have longer-term plans for Korina Dimples -- they make troll her for the beginning of the season before making her an outright punching bag before she gets to redeem herself. I actually didn't hate the jacket, but goddamn I was surprised the judges only mentioned how heavy it looked when they were able to see it up close.
If this were a real design competition, they'd be giving them multiple days for more of these challenges, but I think the producers are hooked on the adrenaline and ~tearz~ and mad rushes at the end because EXCITING! TV needs beat out design needs.
I was thinking it was kind of gauche of Tim last episode to say to Char that he would've saved her if this were later in the season -- like, "Gee, thanks Tim, rmde" -- but good on him to admit the mistake. All the same, he seems to use his save for designers who seem well-liked in the workroom rather than designers who've shown a positive track record (thought maybe that's the point -- they need to find their pace before they start finding success).
And lol Zac was wearing boots with a heel this time.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Saturday, 6 September 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
I really don't mind Amanda/think she's pretty good! I am FLABBERGASTED that they kept whats his name around AGAIN
― Gay Fire Beautiful Dong (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 04:09 (nine years ago) link
Alexander is p terrible
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 04:25 (nine years ago) link
I just felt embarrassed for him; it seems particularly cruel to keep him around at this point when he clearly will not come close to winning
― Gay Fire Beautiful Dong (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 11:58 (nine years ago) link
for real. he is drowning
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
Love Tim's sideways look during Emily's critique re: her look being too fetishy ("Then we know what's on their mind").
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Sunday, 14 September 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
I just watched this myself! V happy @ Sean's garment and Kini's win
― Gay Fire Beautiful Dong (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 14 September 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
p cool challenge!
sean & kini did such great stuff this week. sad to see fade go but that dress was even sadder
korina's whatever it was just looked like those metal rings magicians use, so stupid. haaaated Amanda's stupid cleopatra tragedy, and i dont even know what the judges liked about sandhya's.
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 14 September 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
I don't know if "greatest runway ever" works, because it was definitely carried by Kini and Sean. If there were only one winner, I'd have given it to Kini, I think the reason being that his model didn't wear a bra, but also because of the flashier construction. Still, Sean's definitely earned the wow.
I liked Fade's (leaving aside the construction), but there was nothing avant-garde about it. With Veg on that tacky vinyl offense of Amanda's. I think Sandhya is getting the Patricia treatment (maybe she'll call Nina a Republican?): the producers are trolling us with the weird craft-worker (kraftwerker!) who's getting positioned as the undeserving and insensitive finalist.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Sunday, 14 September 2014 22:17 (nine years ago) link
Is this what happened to Andrae? http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2ggqdi/i_am_model_andreja_pejic_ask_me_anything/ckixc9y
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 01:24 (nine years ago) link
On one hand, FINALLY, Sandhya is gone.
OTOH, OUCH. Maybe it was the editing but when she announced that she was eliminated and like, two designers out of eight got up to hug her, that was so harsh. Was she that bad of a person?
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Friday, 19 September 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
was mildly skeeved out @ posen manhandling the girl in the sweater to make sure the lines lined up but hey shes gotta learn abt hi fashion eventually
― johnny crunch, Friday, 19 September 2014 11:14 (nine years ago) link
That garment was HOORRRRRIBLE but tbh I really did like Sandhya as a person
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 20 September 2014 04:18 (nine years ago) link
oh sandhya that pink. it made me sadpepto bismol ahoy
i like her a lot. i think where she tripped herself up was her continual expectation that everyone was going to throw a parade over her designs every time. her confidence was so dependent on everyone around her, and when that wasn't given back to her it just started to seem more like delusional stubborness. idk
but i think it's also endemic of this kind of show. soft hearts are just skewers for the stiletto heel of fashion :)
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 September 2014 05:56 (nine years ago) link
sean's peace sign
ahaha you twit
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 September 2014 05:57 (nine years ago) link
i really don't like himfking smug kiwis bring out the worst in me :)
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 September 2014 06:28 (nine years ago) link
Guys he was just stealth branding for Mercedes!
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Monday, 22 September 2014 04:31 (nine years ago) link
loool
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 September 2014 04:34 (nine years ago) link
OMG VegemiteGrrl, you watch PR too?You really are my twin.
I just started watching it again after boycotting it when it moved to Lifetime. Nobody knocks me out although I miss Fade's little Sprockets persona.
Season 2 will always always be the best and they will never ever top it.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Monday, 22 September 2014 06:08 (nine years ago) link
it's definitely not as good these days
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 September 2014 13:50 (nine years ago) link
Sandhya's wasn't the only designer with a onesie (ahem Sean "jumpsuit"), but gods, the peplums (pepla?) and the pink and the snaps in the back??
I personally didn't like her, but I do think that she was ostracized partly for cultural reasons. I also wonder how much of Tim's "I don't get you at all" comment dug at her.
Bothered more than a bit about some of the girls getting super-glammed up hair -- a real uncomfortable child pageant vibe.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Monday, 22 September 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
amanda + alexander both had srs probs w/ non-model models
major upset in no judges saying 'taste-level' re sharquita
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 27 September 2014 14:59 (nine years ago) link
amanda & alexander had more problems with tailoring & construction than anything their models brought to the table
amanda's proportions were terriblealexander's was just generally poorly made all over
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 September 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
i
hate
korina
soooooo muuuuuuuch
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 September 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
I just came here to post about how much I hate Korina lol
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Saturday, 27 September 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
Also I think Emily was robbed, her dress was awesome
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Saturday, 27 September 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
If this was one of the early seasons, she would have been the clear winner, or Kini
i am starting to deeply resent what this show has become, and what the judges are holding up as good design now
zac seems the lone holdout for finishing & construction, and even he can be wishy washy week to week
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 September 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Karina is such a snotty brat!! But honestly not as bad as many villains of past
― rad het chilly poppers (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 September 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
it's just her attitude, she's sucky
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 28 September 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
So very, very OTM.
Those first couple of seasons were so fabulous. Santino! Jeffrey Sebelia! My pretend boyfriend Daniel Vosovic!
It's really pretty crappy now, I remember why I haven't watched it since they moved from Bravo. UGH that they think that they have to pander to the Lifetime demographic. I WANT TO SEE SPECTACULAR CREATIONS, not crappy outfits that I could make myself.
I do really like Emily and Kini, I thought Fade was pretty cool, and Sean has come up with a few good things. And Sandhya's stuff was at least interesting and thoughtful until she made that onesie.
After Season Three, Tim Gunn and Angela Keslar did a promo tour of Macy's and they displayed a bunch of the winning designs from that season. Remember that striped green dress with zippers that Jeffrey made? OMG, you should have seen that thing up close. It was a work of art. It was SO masterfully constructed. It's a shame what they're doing now.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Sunday, 28 September 2014 01:58 (nine years ago) link
I always think of Jay's knitwear collection from S1, there's no way we'd see anything like that now
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 28 September 2014 02:56 (nine years ago) link
LOL @ the designers who had trouble finding muses on the street. Stop asking people with blurry faces you idjits! (I wonder if they could've dragged Tim along, or promised the muses the chance to meet him, I'm sure loads of fangirls would've jumped at the opportunity.)
There were a couple of other lulzy moments that now completely escape me.
I appreciated Nina's disclaimer at the beginning of the judging -- I always feel so terrible when non-models are up there wearing things that are torn to shreds and/or having their taste levels ridiculed. Same thing with Tim's decision to give Char another 10 minutes to fix the zipper: when you bring in non-models, really, they're doing the show a favor and should be treated with respect.
Anyway, is it any surprise that the designer with the skinniest, prettiest model won it?
I've watched a zillion reality shows and they all seem to follow a similar trajectory: if they last long enough, their aims start drifting away from their representative industries and develop their own insular cultures, and the judging begins to cater to the show's values, not the industry's.
― cichleee suite (Leee), Sunday, 28 September 2014 04:26 (nine years ago) link
Korina's model said she was from Louisiana but I swear she has the German accent that Heidi's managed to lose.
― cichleee suite (Leee), Sunday, 28 September 2014 04:28 (nine years ago) link
idk, aside from Sanijay and Dmitry there's not really anyone who I'm like 'oh I can't wait to see what they make', and for the most part they're kind of trotting out the designs they're all expected to make
helen makes gownkate makes bridal fairy partyfabio makes some kind of tunic/pant deal that's meant to be worn without shoesetc
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
Oh hay Michelle and Chris March are back, maybe I'll give it a whirl after all.
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:51 (nine years ago) link
do it!
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:52 (nine years ago) link
God really Kate again?
Anyway apparently there's a former ANTMer on there too, so now I have an excuse to ignore everyone during TGiving.
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:53 (nine years ago) link
lol
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:54 (nine years ago) link
its v boring, tho i do still watch
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 03:19 (nine years ago) link
dmitri is the best designer and its not close
he's so awesome
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 04:33 (nine years ago) link
I only just watched the season 13 reunion and completely forgot that Sean won.
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Sunday, 30 November 2014 01:29 (nine years ago) link
um i totally forgot too
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 30 November 2014 01:48 (nine years ago) link
this show doesn't even deserve new threads anymore but this new season is just absurd garbage
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 15 October 2016 00:24 (seven years ago) link
hahaha im still watching it!
ps HI STEVIE
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Saturday, 15 October 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link
oh me too, but it's like... one-day challenges, stupid pressure, letting bad people stay, sending good people home, like who gives a shit
pps HI DUDER!!
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 15 October 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
i really liked the season from a few years back where sean won. also he was extremely cute and i used to see him at the grocery store all the time. the season where ashley won was pretty good too even if her win felt a little fake.
i caught one episode of this most recent season tho and i didn't like it at all. the episodes are so fuckin long now which is cool when the judges get closer looks at the garments but very bad when it means that there's 10 mins of unnecessary product placement.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 October 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
the product placement is def out of hand the last couple of years
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Saturday, 15 October 2016 03:02 (seven years ago) link
sean was the nzer right?? <3 <3
― just sayin, Saturday, 15 October 2016 06:01 (seven years ago) link
my friends were all 'oh this season is soooo much better than last year' and i bailed on last year halfway through so I figured ok i'll check it outbut it doesn't seem much better? it's so shitty now
i feel like i'm trapped in an endless neoprene nightmare with this fucking show now
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 October 2016 08:26 (seven years ago) link
maybe I'm just a crabby old grandma now but I think back to season 1 with Jay's incredible knitwear and i just think, every single contestant now would cry actual tears if they were asked to create something even remotely approaching what he did
everyone's so fucking neon and precious and irritating. I can't think of the last time I actually LIKED someone on this show
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 October 2016 08:28 (seven years ago) link
yeah the switch to bunim murray led to the cast being a lot more real world like in their "quirks"
― maura, Saturday, 15 October 2016 12:56 (seven years ago) link
Was Bunim Murray at the same time as lifetime or before or after?
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 16 October 2016 05:00 (seven years ago) link
simultaneous http://starcasm.net/archives/7693
― maura, Sunday, 16 October 2016 06:31 (seven years ago) link