Project Runway

this picture is awesome.

Who did that? Crazy.

i think being a two-faced bitch ranks pretty high in my book. for a while, i was into her but after all her "this is my last chance" speeches and stuff, i dont think she has what it takes to win.

Maybe I'm indulging my contrarian impulses here; I was reading the Television Without Pity board on Project Runway and there are all these smug women ripping "the Pepper" up one side and down the other for being bitchy, frumpy, and overweight - all while these same people are being incredibly bitchy themselves and complaining that Banana Republic doesn't make plus sizes (ie larger than a 16!).

I'm just catching up on this show after watching a marathon of reruns the other night, but now it's my favorite show ever.

I'm wondering how much influence the producers have in who gets the boot. There's a blurb about that in the credits. Do the Weinsteins really make the choices? I'm guessing they'll keep the 2 flamboyant guys to the end for their TV appeal.

That one who compared women to sports cars is not a very good designer and not all that TVgenic. I'm surprised he hasn't gone yet.

i dont care if she's frumpy or overweight [hey, i am too]. i just have issues with the two-faced behavior of hers. i would not be surprised if she started in with kara. ive dealt with this type of person numerous times through art school and beyond. somewhere down the line, they screw themselves over.

ive found wendy's work to be fairly uninteresting throughout the series. her only win was uncaptivating [yet its inherent boringness was perfect for the banana republic line] and with each challenge, she does something wrong.

i am very surprised she was not eliminated last night -- a missing part on a swimsuit is a huge error. in my experience as a freelance graphic designer / photographer, omitting something clearly integral to the project would cost me my job.

also, for someone who's incoming portfolio appeared to be nothing but formalwear, i was totally non-plussed by her wedding gown. tim was 100% correct in his assessment of her inability to work with asymmetry.

btw, note the loosened tie:
http://www.bravotv.com/images/Project_Runway/Scrapbook/pic_scrapbook_ep6_11.jpg

puke.

Austin is gross, his Yves Saint Laurent impression was off-putting from the start. I'm surprised noone called him out on that, I mean the glasses and the hair....c'mon, it's so obvious who he's imitating!
And his clothes are a bit too costumey.....love his makeup though.

Can't wait for next week. POST OFFICE UNIFORMS!!!! Who are the powers that be behind this show and what are they smoking? I love them!!! I love them even more for making the designers dress up in post office uniforms! Genius!

so the final three are definitely kara, jay and austin, yah?

kara saun's outfit looked like it will be sold in the charlotte rousse's (sp?) of the future...
or a costume for blade 6 or something. euch.

Vanessa Riley interview! http://www.popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=529

And yeah, OK, Austin is talented, but the clothes make me want to barf. For me, Austin Scarlett is kind of like the Amélie movie - all these people are like "oohlala! I just love love love my happy fairy tale with the pretty foofy princess!" and I'm like "OMG THIS IS TEH SUCK" and then people hate me.

The producers are keeping the evil Pepper around, it's too obvious. Her outfit was the worst by far. arrrgh.

I bet ya 100 bucks that Kevin is the one who drew on Wendy's photo.

Tim on Austin: Little Lord Fauntleroy 2005

Hahaha. I wish they hadn't ditched Rob. He makes me laugh, dammit! Oh well. "Reality" TV. Wendy's outfit was teh suck. Don't get me wrong, Austin's and Robert's were plenty lame too, but not as lame.

What I noticed in the not knowing how to act.. when Karasaun set up a meeting so they'd all be able to explain themselves well on the runway, Wendy disrupted things continually laughing at the 'pseudo-intellectual crap' everyone was saying. But it's part of the game. I think, at the end of the day, she hates the fashion world and all the pretty people who live there, and yet is fascinated by it and seeks some kind of validation.

Austin Scarlett revealed

jay is totally cool and has been my fave personality-wise for many episodes, but karasaun wins hands down design-wise tho. austin's a hoot in a cariacature sort of way. rob seems vacant on skills, but manages to charm them with a pitch that seems pretty empty too... "penis envy"? "a woman is like a sport car?" ... let me see if i can try... "a designer is like a bad cologne commercial?"

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ugh...
robert may have skirted by week after week on finite talent, but his reaction to being eliminated was totally classic (and classy). he actually did enjoy himself, i think, and realized his own inadequacies.
i imagine wendy will just be ungrateful and ugly when she loses next week, and she will have wasted this entire time with her negativity and poison.

I realized in the last episode that Rob reminds me of an old friend who I haven't seen in a while and miss quite a lot - a bright, good-looking, utterly charming guy who nevertheless provoked plenty of OMGWTFLOL reactions & wondering what planet he lived on. I still think he's not untalented, just scatterbrained and too willing to coast as far as possible on charm. Also, yeah, I think it has been clear for a while who the top 3 designers really are - and it was better to be positive and enjoy the opportunity instead of (a la Wendy) taking it as a signal to manipulate and backstab your way to the finals in order to compensate for a lesser talent. It's really nice to see somebody who isn't all complexé about not being the best.

The goofy camraderie among four of the last five, the whole dynamic is a lot like this house where I lived a couple years ago. Awww. We threw some great parties.

otm on wendy you two. maybe i was giving her the benefit of the doubt, but i think you guys prove a good point. you'd think she would salvage her image a little and go out gracefully. hello reruns! who wants to be known for even 15 minutes as a freak?
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ten years and they are all married with kids and buying houses in the suburbs, right?

i also like that even though there were bad decisions made along the way - some of the eliminations made little sense - i feel like the final three are the proper final three. i thought alexandra's elimination was dumb, because really, duh, art is imitative, and it's really okay to draw inspiration from prior art (whereas it's not okay to make a bathing suit with no bottom!). and wendy only passed this week for the drama of it, right? but the final three are the right finalists, i believe it in my heart of hearts.

god... yeah... and trying to convince themselves that somehow they aren't doing that the bad way!

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