Project Runway: Season Five

[TinkerbellAPixie]

While watching Shear Genius last night they had commercials for the new season of Project Runway - it starts July 16th.

Is anyone else worried about them running these seasons too close together? How do they manage to get them to show during New York Fashion Week when they are filming mid-year?

[tvkitty]

I was curious about this too. Also if the new Project Runway is on Wednesday nights like usual when are they going to move Shear Genius to?

[FNLLover]

There are tow NY fashion weeks, one the the spring" (Christian's show) and one in the fall (season 5 show). Since they end taping 3-4 months before the show to allow the designers time to prepare their collection, they finale's usually air 2-3 weeks after fahsion week ends. Hope that helps.

[angiemarie]

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/project_runway_6/2008_Jun_30_bunim_murray

Well, this is frightening. Since Magical Elves the original Project Runway production company is leaving, they may be replaced with Bunim-Murray. You know, the people who produce such stellar reality tv as The Real World, Bad Girls Club, and Fear Factor. I really hope this doesn't happen.

Here's the link to reality blurred.

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/project_runway_6/2008_Jun_30_bunim_murray

[TinkerbellAPixie]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[chooch850]

Don't they own TVgasm?

[jampony]

Yeah, I was going to say don't piss off TPTB around here, they might shut us down! :eek:

[chooch850]

Maybe they'll replace Nina and Michael with Flipit and Nads!

[angiemarie]

Yeah, I was going to say don't piss off TPTB around here, they might shut us down! :eek:

Project Runway is too good for Bunim/Murray imo. If they want to take away my moderator title for saying that, they can have it.:tonguewag:

[TinkerbellAPixie]

No worries, they don't even look in the forums.

[smolls]

We just have to hope for the best - Project Runway is an excellent show and is very successful AS IS! Please don't change a thing....I think I'm mostly worried about the fact that they're moving to L.A. from NY (what about the real fashion week?!).

[tvkitty]

They are moving to L.A.? Wow How did I miss all this?

[giffordsaz]

http://video.bravotv.com/player/?id=275577

A sneek peek at Wednesday's season starter!
The remarks during judging and the contestants faces are priceless!

[RachWho?]

And here are the designer's bios. It's almost here!!!!

http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/5/bios/bios.php?stylist=blayne

[BBFanatic]

First episode was fabulous!!! Very weird assortment of people. I loved who won this week too!

[Pegster]

I thought garbage bag lady was going home. If it's something I could make, then you know it was waaaaaay too simplistic. I needed help in 7th grade home ec!!

Don't have any favorites yet. I need to find out who flipit hates so that I know to whom my allegiance belongs!

[BBFanatic]

Hee

Yeah, garbage lady certainly should have gone! There were a few that were very questionable. I don't like that a majority of them already have their own stores or their own line. I think it should be up and coming or those who can't afford those things but that's just me. :tongue_smilie:

[lestermaddox]

Yeah! It's here!! And goodness, we have some strange contestants to watch this season!

I agree - trash bag lady's was bad, but not as bad as skin cancer guy's diaper ensemble. That poor woman looked hideous!

The blue cup dress was cool - not in a "I would wear that" kind of way - but in a "he totally nailed the challege" kind of way. I liked the dress that won, but I loved the yellow kimono and kale collared dress too.

This is gonna be a fun season!

[lennonwhore]

I loved last night.s episode so so so much. I made the team stay up to watch it with me, and it was so worth being tired this morning.

I don.t have a favorite right now, but the season looks exciting.

[roadtripper8]

I loved Tim laying the smack down on the contestants for all using tablecloths. Slackers!

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I finally watched this last night. I immediately liked the look of the girl with the pin up style (Kallen? I do not have names yet). I was hoping she'd be as good at designing as she was at styling herself and she WAS! Yay!

I liked the winning dress - wow who knew coffee and bleach could make such a pretty pattern? She really deserved to win with all the ingenuity she put into every single aspect of that dress. Spiral bind fasteners on the back - wow!

I agree the rocker chick should have gone home. Her dress did not demonstrate any design skills at all. At least Jerry's outfit would work for a serial killer trying to keep his clothes clean. His had SOME design - really bad, atrocious, ugly design, but still it was better than wrapping up in trash bags.

Mystic Glo Boy needs to go. He's not talented and he's kinda scary.

[RachWho?]

Dexter Morgan would have worn Jerry's outfit.

Rocker lady looks like Cher. BLEH! I thought she was out for sure.

Blayne wants time to tan...I have a feeling he'll have a chance in a few weeks when he is no longer EEN. He put his model in an effing diaper.

Can't wait till whatever week results in Tim Gunn saying someone looks like a pterodactyl at a gay Jurassic Park. LOVE TIM GUNN!

[lestermaddox]

I think her name is Kenley, Tink - I hope she does well too!

[giffordsaz]

Loved IT!!

I wonder, staying away from tableclothes, ironing board covers, and pot holders what would you use to make an outfit.

I would get cheap meat and make a bathing suit out of the foam trays they come in. LOOK MA-- it floats too!!!!!

[Katrina Patina]

I don't recall Heidi saying that this is also a contest for the models. Did I miss something?

[lestermaddox]

Loved IT!!

I would get cheap meat and make a bathing suit out of the foam trays they come in. LOOK MA-- it floats too!!!!!

I thought you were going to say that you would make outfits out of the meat the way they did on America's Next Top Model!

You could probably make a dress out of empty chip bags - pleated and folded correctly - the "material" could look pretty cool.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I don't recall Heidi saying that this is also a contest for the models. Did I miss something?

Maybe that doesn't come up until episode two when one of the models has to be eliminated?

I thought you were going to say that you would make outfits out of the meat the way they did on America's Next Top Model!

You could probably make a dress out of empty chip bags - pleated and folded correctly - the "material" could look pretty cool.

I thought the same thing about the meat. And I think your chip bag idea is actually very good. They could also do something with baby diapers - they'd absorb new colors beautifully.

[giffordsaz]

eeewwwwww!

How do you all like it coming on an hour earlier?
I wonder why they have Shear ad PR on at the same time?

[gasmilicous]

From Reality Blurred:

Bravo orders Top Chef Masters spin-off, artist competition, Project Runway-like Fashion House

Bravo has announced the return of some of its reality series in addition to new shows, including a competition between artists from Sarah Jessica Parker and Magical Elves, and a spin-off of Top Chef. Project Runway isn’t mentioned in the press release, but its influence is clear on two of the series.
First, Bravo is producing a U.S. version of the U.K. series Fashion House, a competition that the network says follows “teams of designers [who] will live together and work to create not just a single item of clothing but an entire, cohesive line.” The show’s similarity to Runway is so clear that the description actively works to distance itself from its predecessor, but also ends up criticizing and devaluing the format (“not just a single item of clothing”) of the show that essentially defined the network.

American Artist, executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, is the working title for the a competition “between contemporary artists who will “create in a range of disciplines including sculpture, painting, photography and industrial design,” Bravo says. In other words, it’s like every other runway clone, just focusing on a new industry. More importantly, it’s produced by Magical Elves, who bailed on their baby and now need a new one—besides, of course, Top Chef.

Speaking of, Bravo has ordered a fifth season of the cooking competition and a spin-off, Top Chef: Masters. The network’s super-vague description says the show “unites some of the brightest stars in the world of food, award-winning, widely-renowned chefs who will compete against each other in a series of weekly challenges.”

Bravo has also renewed Make Me a Supermodel for a second season, which will debut in 2009 and ordered Miami Social, a docudrama that follows “a successful group of friends who are some of the most connected and interesting young professionals in South Beach.”

[giffordsaz]

WOW.
I want to be on American Artist..
but could they keep Jessica home?

[chooch850]

Here's some dirt on Project Runway and Bravo's alleged sabatoge attempts...... WARNING: "Spoilers":

http://www.celebitchy.com/13071/project_runway_sabotage_and_eliminations_leak_spoi lers/

[giffordsaz]

Thanks Chooch. i thought it was ho hum for an opening episode too. I didn't read qho is geting kicked off because i want to judge the stuff for myself as if comes down the runway,..... but.... I did read the celebrity spoilers in the weeks to come and they could actually have good shows with some of them.
But why so many celebs< [insert diagram asvabquest_loadbarr_image.gif] They didnt have so many before!

[JulieM]

I watched last night and I agree with giff that it was pretty ho hum.

Trash bag lady should have gone home. Even I could have done that bad. Scary raincoat man showed promise.

Blaine...omg he looks like George Hamilton's lost son. That thing he created was just freaky compared to his collection.

[Clair]

I also agree that trashbag lady should have gone home. Hopefully she'll be next. Or maybe Suede should be next. Clair still hates it when people talk about themselves in the third person.

[giffordsaz]

OMG Clair !!!!!! Giffordsaz was wondering how long it would take someone to point that out. Giffordsaz caught that nugget real quick and it made her smile.

[dredge]

"American Artist, executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, is the working title for the a competition “between contemporary artists who will “create in a range of disciplines including sculpture, painting, photography and industrial design,” Bravo says. In other words, it’s like every other runway clone, just focusing on a new industry. More importantly, it’s produced by Magical Elves, who bailed on their baby and now need a new one—besides, of course, Top Chef."

–really? That sea hag Sarah-Jessica just won't disappear will she. Gosh she's so tasteful and cultured. contemporary "artists".

[giffordsaz]

Suede is so happy the Suede will be sold on BlueFly. Suede sewed those crappy strips of fabric because Suede had no idea what else to so. Suede can't wait for the 'animal hide' week so he can use suede as a fabric and sway the judges is Suede's favor.

[JulieM]

Suede is nuts!

[lestermaddox]

Lester agrees that Suede is nuts and that his dress was fugly. So fugly.

But really - the models all chose horrid fabrics. Granted, they are paid to wear the dresses, not to pick them or design them - but shiny brown? or that horrid grey and orange together? Surely they could have chosen better - and gotten more! Some of those stupid girls only got 2 yards of fabric or so. You could have just looked at two yards and known it wasn't enough to cover your cooter.

[chooch850]

I thought Suede's dress was cute!

[giffordsaz]

I feel bad for the guys who had the brown fabric and believe the girl who sewed the inside out dress should have gone home before them. Even though the brown dresses were ugly the inside out dress was a very bad idea.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

He probably would have stayed if he had more personality. I guess if they have two bad designers they auf the more bland one. He was definitely very blah.

[lestermaddox]

You could be right Tink - but the chick that stayed isn't any less blah....

[Pegster]

I think it was pretty crappy that part of what they were judged on wasn't within their control. That brown fabric was caca(licious!). And I hated Suede's dress as well. I thoought Kenley should have won (I think. I still don't know all of their names yet)

[roadtripper8]

I kinda liked Suede's dress....against my better judgment because Roadtripper hates anyone who refers to themselves in the third person. Go ahead and throw tomatoes at Roadtripper.... Roadtripper doesn't care!

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Don't feel so bad - it was a pretty neat dress considering what he had to work with.

I still think Kenley, Kinley, Killian's dress was the best. And I love love love how she styled herself for the runway. She is so Bette Pagilicious.

[here4beer]

You could be right Tink - but the chick that stayed isn't any less blah....

I agree, but she does cry a lot.... which is always good for the dramz. Also, I'm harboring a secret suspicion that Bravo is trying to make this year suck big monkey balls so no one will watch next year.


I still think Kenley, Kinley, Killian's dress was the best. And I love love love how she styled herself for the runway. She is so Bette Pagilicious.
I totally agree, Tink. I love that chick's personal style!! If she designs clothes that she would wear herself, she'll be in business.

[lestermaddox]

This was a seriously bad episode. I didn't really like any of the stuff that they sent down the runway and I really don't like any of these people - but that hag Stella is the worst!! Her voice is gonna cause me to tear off my ears before she gets booted.

Leeeaaatuurrr, I liiiiiikkkkkeee leeeeeaaaathhuuuur. She has made the same fug outfit each and every week!

[roadtripper8]

Blayne's weird stare down of Kenley and saying that he wanted to eat her has been the epicenter of many a' nightmares since Wednesday night. Damn... that was creepy!

[brunettechic]

So, i actually did have a nightmare last night starring Stella. Only she wasn't on PR, she was on Shear Genius. And somehow I was the one whose hair she was cutting. IT WAS TERRIFYING. She put braids all over my head (wtf?) and wove LEATHER into them. Shoot me.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

That sounds terrifying BC.

I still love Kenley even though she showed a bitchy side this week. I really liked the skirt that girl with the mouse-face made. And the little top was cute too.

I also loved the long backless dress with the pants.

Wasn't really keen on Kenley's dress - but glad that the judges liked it enough to give her immunity. Half of the fun for me this season is seeing how she's going to dress.

Sandra Bernhard as a judge? Is she really considered fashionable?

LOVED me some Tim Gunn in a rain coat. The man can make ANYTHING stylish - and how cute was he trying to say "Holler, at your boys" heheh.

[Pekmboyd]

Tim was hilarious - and so was the idea of relying on Sandra Bernhardt for fashion knowledge! AND two of the top three dresses! What were they thinking? Those two print dresses were HIDEOUS. I get it when my opinion differs a bit from the judges, as I'm not exactly fashion forward but MY GOD.

[here4beer]

Kenley's dress was a friggin nightmare. How the hell did she win??? It looked like my grandma's couch imploded all over that poor model.

[lestermaddox]

I went to high school in the 80's and even we would never have worn that fug thing that Kenley made. And we were the generation that wore parachute pants! (Well, I didn't - but people I know did!)

[here4beer]

I had a pair of parachute pants!! And I LOVED them-- the only thing that kept me from wearing them every day of the week was my stupid mom who for some reason wanted to wash them before I could wear them again. (I was 8 at the time, and I thought I was oh so fashionable)

So I stumbled across this petition to vote Tim Gunn as sexiest man alive. Feel free to add your name to the list of petitioners: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timgunn.

I'm not 100% sure I find him sexy, but I would still love to see him win. :)

[JulieM]

I am so underimpressed this year with the designers/designs.

[giffordsaz]

So I stumbled across this petition to vote Tim Gunn as sexiest man alive. Feel free to add your name to the list of petitioners: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timgunn.
I'm not 100% sure I find him sexy, but I would still love to see him win. :)

Holla to my BOY!!!!!!

That whole segment was so sureal for me.

[abaumga2]

I'm just not into this season of Project Runway. I don't really care for any of the contestants. However, Project Runway Australia is currently running its first season and is fantastic. It can me seen on kimmikimmileon's youtube channel if anyone wants to watch some.

[jampony]

I'm just not into this season of Project Runway. I don't really care for any of the contestants. However, Project Runway Australia is currently running its first season and is fantastic. It can me seen on kimmikimmileon's youtube channel if anyone wants to watch some.

Thanks for the reminder that there are other versions of the same show out there. I'm downloading it right now!

[here4beer]

Well, since you are at it: The UK version (called Project Catwalk) is on youtube somewhere, and season 1 was very good. I LURVED the winner.

[lestermaddox]

Good grief! Have these designers lived in a hole all their lives? How have you never seen the Olympics? How??? Some of the crap they made for the athletes to walk in in the opening ceremony were just horrid.

The top three were really the only ones that were even remotely athletic looking. Though of the top three - I would have placed Terry's first and Keith's second - I really didn't like the vest and white pant combo. The rest of those were so off base on what the athletes would wear in the opening ceremony. Honestly - Stella made the same outfit again - she just added some red and white stripes! I will be glad when we get down far enough that she can't hang out in the middle with that crap anymore.

[chooch850]

I agree Lester.... what a mess. I just wish we could have had the judges critique all the designers nightmares instead of just six.

The best part of the show "I'm tanerexic!" LOL!

[giffordsaz]

I wish they would let it rip on those middle of the packers too. They survived ONLY because the bottom three designed clothes for the Dick Van Dyke Show. Who are they trying to impress their design voice on?? HEY____The reason the biker gang is sitting at home watching the Olympics is becasue they suck running on a track or swimming in a pool..........so why do we design an athletic outfit for the beer drinking slackers at home and not honor the one in the opening ceremony? I so hate everything about her..... voice......hair.....dried up skin......oh, her design style too.
I will design an outfit and you will like my opinion and F*** you if you don't... because I stand by my purple and red satin cocktail dress. And the poor thing that went home... her colors represented Greece maybe...... but nothing about that said America... and where did she put ANYTHING surreal in her clothing?
The 40's are gone designers... CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

And And I think we need to get Tanerexic into an xray machine at least.... call 911.

[Pegster]

I would love to see our Olympians walk into the stadium in shiny cocktail dresses. That was so awesomely wrong. And Jerrell's nightmare just made me giggle. Can you imagine ever wanting to wear anything he makes?

[giffordsaz]

well, peg, the hat??? not even the hat?????

and hey.. Flipit is looking for you over at his house..
your whole profile over there is jacked..
as in jacked up and not existing..
you are now a guest.... ???
how did that happen??????

[giffordsaz]

Here are a few of Tim's views of the outfits.
Jerell, oh Jerell! Did he listen to the content of the challenge? I'm still reeling over the look that he created: a high-waisted skirt in vertical stripes with a horizontally striped waistband; a pink top with ruffled cap sleeves; and red, white and blue polka-dot bib kerchief, black leggings(!), and this all topped off with a wide-brimmed hat. In another context, this look could be fun and sexy, but for the Olympics? Preposterous!

Stella, oh Stella. How is it that you continue to persist? Black stretch satin Capri pants and vest? Dark red, silver, and blue leather chevrons and waistband? An exposed midriff? Biker Olympics? Enough said.
Terri designed the most classic American look of the group. It was successful, it was stunning, it was appropriate, and it was ambitious. She created a menswear tailored jacket with a wide lapel over a horizontal striped strapless top, accessorized with an ascot-like scarf. Below, she had a beautifully fitting white pant with a tuxedo stripe on the right leg, only. I swooned. So as happy as I am for Korto, why didn't Terry win?
Kenley entered into this challenge with immunity, so she could have napped through it and still been safe. She created a cocktail dress with a white satin cap-sleeved top with a modified bateau neckline (irreparably stained by model's makeup during the fitting) and a high-waisted large-scale purple and white plaid skirt on the bias with a non-bias waistband. In the paraphrased words of Lucy Ricardo, "Kenley, if that's the look you want, then you sure have a good one!"
Daniel finds it difficult to step away from his comfort zone. Yes, he possesses a sophisticated, high-end point of view, but does than exclude everything other than cocktail dresses. His blue dress with red satin piping (although whether the dress was blue or purple is debatable), was lovely, but hardly innovative and head-scratchingly odd for the Olympics. If her were designing uniforms for Olympic Air, then I'd be a believer.
Jennifer is OUT. Oh, I reflect upon our museum visit and Jennifer's demise all makes sense to me: She saw the historical images (some of them being adorable dresses that looked like they were going to a garden party) and she saw the "Nike" refrain (the flying foot of the Greek goddess who personifies victory) and became entranced. Jennifer designed a gold and white striped high-waisted skirt (with an odd "purse" on the back, I'll add) and paired it with a navy shrunken jacket with the museum's Nike symbol appliquéd in sequins on each lapel. Yes, it was a touch of Schiaparelli, but the whole look was too girly and too child-like. Jennifer, we'll miss your intellect and your good humor, really!

[dredge]

Oh how I wanted Jarell kicked off last night. Alas, Jennifer's time was up last week and sinister Nina was ready to cut her throat. My only consolation is the judges cut him to ribbons. So one more week of this Fucking Fool, i hope.

I liked Leanne's design and..Stella's. At least it looked like a track suit compared to the other middle contestants. Who's the one who looks like Daisy Duke? C'mon!! But I can't help but love the fact that they are so eager to be couture.

Don't Leanne and Jennifer look like twins?

[jampony]

I've watched two episodes of Project Runway Australia and I like it! I don't know if it's the new faces or the Australian accent, but I'm already addicted. It's fun!

[roadtripper8]

Don't Leanne and Jennifer look like twins?

YES!!!! Jennifer seemed nice but I actually cheered when they booted her just so I wouldn't have to keep trying to distinguish between the two.

[lestermaddox]

Not that it matters anymore - but Leanne is the one who wears the ugly glasses.

[dredge]

perhaps they are really the same person. Were they ever in the same frame together? The bad, boring, surrealist Sybil finally got the boot, and we are left with the talented Sybil.

[giffordsaz]

What did you all do last night?

I watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. I could not wait to see what the United States was wearing. Very predictable and I think the wrong chick won the runway Wednesday night. Linen and lightweight leather may rule the runway but Blazers always rule the track. but while I watched the opening ceremonies and my mouth dropped open when Poland entered the arena with their female athletes dressed in pink, trimmed in red, cocktail dresses. I could just picture Daniel sitting on his couch dejected up until that point and then seeing him jump up pumping his fist in the air.

[Pekmboyd]

What did you all do last night?

I watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. I could not wait to see what the United States was wearing. Very predictable and I think the wrong chick won the runway Wednesday night. Linen and lightweight leather may rule the runway but Blazers always rule the track. but while I watched the opening ceremonies and my mouth dropped open when Poland entered the arena with their female athletes dressed in pink, trimmed in red, cocktail dresses. I could just picture Daniel sitting on his couch dejected up until that point and then seeing him jump up pumping his fist in the air.

I did too! I saw most of the outfits and thought you know, they weren't as far off track as I thought they were - a lot of nations were in outfits like Terri's, and Daniel's dress would not have looked out of place next to Poland's dresses.

I didn't care for our outfits - I thought the hat and the ascot-looking-thing were too European. I really loved whatever country it was that wore polo shirts and jeans. That's my kinda country.

The Opening Ceremonies were awesome - if you skipped it, find a rerun - it is WORTH it. And the thing I was most impressed with was not the massive LED screen on the ground, or the synchronized drums, or even the block thing (I had figured out before the reveal that it was people doing it, but it was still absolutely amazing). Nope, the thing that MOST amazed me was the absolute precision of the tai chi performers' circles. Breathtaking.

[JulieM]

Yes seeing the Polish cocktail dresses was a jump up, stand on the end of the bed pointing kind of moment.

[roadtripper8]

Jarell was robbed at the Brooke Shields' challenge. So was Terri or even Korto, for that matter. I thought Keith's dress was so fug!

I was totally waiting for Terri to knock the hell out of Suede... or for Korto to smack Joe. Team challenges always bring out the true colors. Surprising that Jarell and Stella were such a dream team but that dress did rock!

Best line of the night was Terri regarding Suede: "I don't know if he's packing balls or a vajayjay but no one's suckin on my titties so he better man the f*ck up!" LOL, Terri. That was twenty different types of awesome.

I can't wait for next week: Drag queens and Chris March!!!!!!! :thumbup:

[dredge]

"I don't know if he's packing balls or a vajayjay but no one's suckin on my titties so he better man the f*ck up!"
That was the best ever. But Terri managed Suede very well and their product rocked I think.

I liked Jarrels dress. He shopuld be proud of it. And good on Stella with the grommet pounding! Brooke didn't like the belt for Jarrel's design..and she's gotta wear the thing. So if she didn't choose it, sorry. Just because she cheered for the dress doesn't mean Jarrel was right in assuming he "won"or is entitled to win. That's what bothered me about him. This kid never ceases to amaze me with his 5 year old poutiness. He was "BETRAYED BY BROOKE!!!!".

Nina has led the pack of meanness this season. perhaps because she no longer is editor of Elle or something. She really has the carving knives out.

[roadtripper8]

Although he did have an overwrought sense of self-importance on the runway, Jarell really endeared himself to me when he "chose" Stella. She had to feel like the last kid picked for kickball but Jarell was really sweet and told her he needed her "leathah" skills.

Nina has been pretty vicious this season but (as mentioned in the recaps) her hair looks much better. The better the hair, the bitchier the woman? Someone should do a study.

[BBFanatic]

"I don't know if he's packing balls or a vajayjay but no one's suckin on my titties so he better man the f*ck up!"
That was the best ever. But Terri managed Suede very well and their product rocked I think.

I liked Jarrels dress. He shopuld be proud of it. And good on Stella with the grommet pounding! Brooke didn't like the belt for Jarrel's design..and she's gotta wear the thing. So if she didn't choose it, sorry. Just because she cheered for the dress doesn't mean Jarrel was right in assuming he "won"or is entitled to win. That's what bothered me about him. This kid never ceases to amaze me with his 5 year old poutiness. He was "BETRAYED BY BROOKE!!!!".

Nina has led the pack of meanness this season. perhaps because she no longer is editor of Elle or something. She really has the carving knives out.

That line was truly classic!!!

Stella...what will we do with Stella?? or Lethagirl as I call her.

Yeah, I love Brooke but some of those outfits...never would make it to Lipstick Jungle. I mean have any of the contestants even seen the show? There are a few babies on that show. Tanorexic boy is so weird!

[Clair]

I don't get why Brooke chose Blayne's design then bagged on him when he produced it. If the shorts were too sporty, then tell him, "Make long pants instead."

[ScotyUtah]

Keith - SLC represent!! Not the best of the night though. My wife was pissed Jarrell and Stella didn't win and I can't blame her. I'd buy that joint for her to wear....

[Pegster]

HOLY CRAP A SCOTYUTAH SIGHTING!!! Wowsers. I agree with Mrs. Utah: Jerell and Leatherface were robbed. Oh, and when did Kenley turn into such a bitch? Had I just not noticed before?

[here4beer]

I can't even believe I'm typing this, but I agree with all who said Hobosexual (Jerrell) was robbed. BTW- props to Flipit, becuz that is the best nickname ever created. LOL.

Up until this ep, I sort of hated everyone except Kenley, cuz she's kind of pretty in a cool/ unusual way. Except now I hate her because OMFG what a bitch!! I couldn't believe she was standing on the runway laughing at her "friend." I just wanted to slap her!! Terri is now my hero for her hilarious commentary, as is Korto for telling Straight Guy that she would cut him into tiny little pieces and feed him to her dogs if he tried to stab her in the back. LOVED those 2 last night!

Also-- I cannot wait to see Chris March!! Next week should be very interesting. :)

[ScotyUtah]

Next week they turn it up to eleven.

[RachWho?]

Kenley is pure bitch. When she started laughing on the runway when Daniel said his stuff was classy I was surprised Neeeeenah didn't throw a stiletto in her face. That would have kicked ass.

[dredge]

I am too hard on Jarrel. Good point about him choosing Stella the Leatha Queen. I like her. Jarrel does wear his heart on his sleeve and kudos for that.

Why Brooke chose Blayne's design for the final? The moment I saw this I could tell the producers had their hand in shaping the show. It's always been there but this season it feels like the emperor has no clothes. All the gears are visible. Thrown in for "potential train wreck drama"

And Kenley...has been annointed as the season beeotch. Picking on Daniel during a critique, I was surprised no one said anything to her. I'd prefer seeing her do burlesque.

Brooke clearly liked Jarrel's design..but, maybe the other 3 judges like Kenley's for "couture" value. who knows.

[lestermaddox]

I liked the top two designs well enough - but they didn't really blow my socks off. They were just okay. I thought Brooke liked Jarrell's design -except the belt, so I wasn't all that surprised when he wasn't the winner. Besides hammering on that green leather, did Stells do anything else for the design?

I really hated that they sent Kelli home. I think between her and Blaine that she really was the better designer, even with the outfit she sent down the runway. But really - Daniel needs to go away.

[giffordsaz]

Did you all notice during judging and discussion with the models present the belt on hobsexual's dress changed>?

When it walked the runway ze zebra print belt that ran through the green leather wainscotting was wound back on itself, looped, and dropped vertically to the ground. Later as they proceded in talking with others it was wound tight and tucked up where it was only a thin horizontal line on the outfit. It looked much better this way and I wonder that there wasn't much more discussion about it than we all saw.... and how much more does that happen?

[Cherie]

That Blayne dude freaks me out. That boy ain't right.

[dredge]

Regarding Blayne..chin implant?

[jampony]

Regarding Blayne..chin implant?

Definitely! And maybe some work around the eyes, too. And probably the lips.

[lestermaddox]

You could be right dredge - a chin-licious implant for Blayne!


I enjoyed tonight's episode. The drag queens were fun! My 14 yo son was creeped out by them - which made them that much funnier.

I really like Korto's outfit for her lady. The sparkly material, the flames, the puffy, removable skirt! It was fabulous. Course the winning costume - the pink navy one was fun too. I think that the queen sold that outfit and that is why he pulled out the win.

For once, I really think the judges got things right. The top two were great and the bottom two were really, really bad. And yeah - Daniel is gone. I have been wanting him gone since the beginning. But now who is Kenley gonna laugh at?

[dredge]

And I really liked Stella's costume.
Maybe I'm rootin' for my home town.

I liked Korto's dress too. What an inredible red!..but..she was really scared about it, which made the win exciting..I think she coulda put that flame stuff ALL around the collar and not a feminine corsage thing.

The judges are really showing their claws and sharp fangs. Poor Jarrel, they just pounced on him like vultures on a dying corpse. (but were right that it lacked focus).

And Daniel. My friend was right. He is a mess. Clueless. Completely defensive. But in some weird way I'll miss the mess.

As for RuPaul, if I was up there being judged and i got sasses I'd be like Fuck You. You WISH you were Donna Summer..then I'd run behind Kenley and shove her into Ru..

[here4beer]

This was the best episode of PR ever made. I vote that every week should be drag queen week!! And bring back Chris March!! If they did it once, they can certainly do it twice, right?

[Pekmboyd]

A) yes, no doubt the best episode of PR ever. Drag Queens plus Chris March = tv gold.

B) HOW THE FREAKING HELL DO GIGANTIC PINK BAT WINGS NOT GET YOU INTO THE BOTTOM THREE LET ALONE KICKED OUT?????

[jampony]

Okay, I have to agree... this was a pretty awesome episode. But after catching the first six episodes of Project Runway Australia, I'm feeling a little bored with our series.

This was the last episode I saw of the Australian show: (This happened mid season when six designers were left and six designers had been axed.) The designers had to design a tailored look for winter using only white fabrics. The designers' models were the six eliminated designers and were allowed to help the designers with their outfits. Here's the twist. The "model" on the winning team was brought back into the competition. Of course, they didn't know about the twist until after they were paired up with their "models". So much fighting and arguing! It was awesome. I really wish you guys could watch it. :( Gay Aussie's are a hoot.

[Pekmboyd]

Okay, I have to agree... this was a pretty awesome episode. But after catching the first six episodes of Project Runway Australia, I'm feeling a little bored with our series.

This was the last episode I saw of the Australian show: (This happened mid season when six designers were left and six designers had been axed.) The designers had to design a tailored look for winter using only white fabrics. The designers' models were the six eliminated designers and were allowed to help the designers with their outfits. Here's the twist. The "model" on the winning team was brought back into the competition. Of course, they didn't know about the twist until after they were paired up with their "models". So much fighting and arguing! It was awesome. I really wish you guys could watch it. :( Gay Aussie's are a hoot.

That is a VERY cool twist! Twists are usually stupid, but that one is impressive.

[ugasouthernguy]

ok, I haven't been able to watch the drag queen episode in totality yet because I have two straight guys (REALLY straight guys) sharing my place right now, and they're making me watch women's beach volleyball on the Olympics and drink beer...there has never been so much testosterone in my apartment EVER...we even drank beer...

But as they got up to do whatever it is straight guys do, I would switch to Bravo to see PR...as someone who used to choreograph for portly drag queens (quit laughing), I gotta say that those ladies do NOT look so great out of drag...

How in the world do I miss the gayest episode of Project Runway EVER???

[roadtripper8]

That episode was so much fun (not to rub salt in a fresh wound, uga!) I had forgotten how much I loved Chris. His expressions alone when he was doing his walk-through with Tim made the episode for me.

Can Keith please go next? I can handle a designer that does a similar design each week (hello "That's fierce" Christian) as long as it isn't hideous. But that black and grey wet dog look he sent down the runway... chile, PLEASE!!!

[here4beer]

I'm with you, roadtripper. I can't sew worth shit, but I could make that crap Keith sends down the runway no problem.

[roadtripper8]

I'm with you, roadtripper. I can't sew worth shit, but I could make that crap Keith sends down the runway no problem.

Yay! Ask and you shall receive, h4b! Keith is gone!

I can't believe how bitchy he was to the judges. Loved when Laura Bennett was all "Excuse me?" Ha! Smackdown!

And didn't he realize that models have to sit in chairs to get their hair and make-up done? Maybe she could have stood the whole time... but she wasn't going to do him any favors after the way he was talking to her.

Koto's outfit rocked! I'm with Rachel Zoe... I would have wanted to take it home with me too.

[lestermaddox]

I kind of liked the look of Stella's skirt - too bad it wasn't sewn worth crap, and didn't go with the vest thingy.

As for Keith - did he really think the model could get her hair and make up done while standing? Is the man a moron? Even if his skirt hadn't torn, the whole outfit was crap, ugly crap at that. I was glad to see him leave.

I loved, loved, loved Korto's coat dress. It was gorgeous - but it did look a great deal like the yellow dress she sent down the runway in the first challenge.

[chooch850]

I hated the coat dress... that's all she makes is coats. Does she work at Burlington's?

I loved Suede's dress... it was flashy and fun.... but 'dowdy girl' had a great dress with hips like mine. I could relate!

Do you think Laura replaced Nina because Nina was fired from "ELLE"?

[jampony]

That was a fun challenge. I didn't like the winning design, though. You'd have to be a stick figure to wear it. I liked Blayne's design even though he had trouble fitting the top part correctly. Actually, I was surprised that I liked most of the designs. I think they all did a really good job. I just really wish Kenley would get laryngitis or something. Her voice is more annoying to me than Suede's habit of talking about himself in the third person.

PS: BTW, Project Runway Australia did this same challenge three or four episodes ago but they got to use a Fiat 500. Our designs were prettier but theirs were more innovative.

[lennonwhore]

I liked the episode last night for a variety of reasons:
1. It was a unique challenge
2. The designers actually were innovative in their use of materials
3. It truly highlighted what an ass Keith is.

I agree with the dress coat thing, it was ugly looking and would be way to bulky to wear anywhere.

[TV Cart]

I really thought that when Heidi started naming the first few, those were the top ones. I need to go and look at those again. I thought that for the most part the designs were pretty good this time. Jerrell's though looked like it would hurt in the boobage area, especially with those of us who have bigger ones.

I'm glad Keith is gone, he was beginning to really bother me. Kenley is another one who really bothers me since the last episode when she laughed.

[here4beer]

Yay! Ask and you shall receive, h4b! Keith is gone!



And the church says AMEN!

Ok 4 things:
1. I agree with len. About everything!
2. Am I the last to notice Jerrell is only 28 freaking years old? I thought he was at least 40!!!
3. I vote for Laura to be a full time judge. Maybe she will be next year as part of the big move to Lifetime??
4. PR is such a product placement whore. As soon as I saw the parking garage I yelled "SHUT UP SATURN!!" at my TV. They should rename the show to Project MoodyLorealSaturnBlueflyTresemme.com. Ugh.

[Clair]

Am I the only one who HATED that coat dress made out of seatbelts? Fugly!!

[giffordsaz]

Am I the only one pissed the tore those cars up?
Poor children in India don't have cars and here are greedy stupid Americans tearing at them like greedy stupid Americans.

[JulieM]

Keith said he deserved it more than anybody. I guess he got what he deserved.

[giffordsaz]

I did feel real bad for Kieth when he cried about going back to Utah. i think I might cry about that too, but he seriously made Utah sound like a prison.... I wonder if they are going to make him marry his sister or his own mother back there!

[here4beer]

Pfft, Salt Lake City is not as bad as all that. Even though Utah is by and large an extremely conservative and sort of weird state, SLC is a fairly cosmopolitan city. I think Keith likes to wallow in self-pity and any excuse is a good excuse.

[lestermaddox]

If Keith hates Utah that much - he is a grown up, he can move! Quit whining about it. I hate whining.

I really didn't like Jamal's outfit (or whatever his name is) it made the model's boobs all squishy and weird looking, plus that skirt was way too short.

I don't know who is dressing Heidi this year - but talk about short skirts! If hers get any shorter, we are gonna be on a first name basis with her whoo-haw and I don't think Seal would approve.

[RachWho?]

Am I the only one who HATED that coat dress made out of seatbelts? Fugly!!

I absolutely hated it. Not innovative, not attractive, too bulky. AWFUL!!! But she is still better than most of them.

[roadtripper8]

I totally thought Kenley was going to get the boot because she was so teary-eyed in every interview. Damn, I love Diane von Furstenberg too and might even commit a small crime to get my hands on one of her dresses... but I wouldn't sob about having the honor of meeting her for days on end.

Stella! Nooooo! I am going to miss her but at least she gets to go home to her boyfriend, Rat Bones.

[lestermaddox]

I really thought Korto was gonna get this win - I liked her dress better than Leanne's. Plus that little jacket was great! Leanne's was nice, but I didn't like her jacket as much. Kenley's was well tailored, but looked pretty blah next to the rest of the outfits.

Joe should have gone home - not Stella! At least her outfit matched! That orange, pink, black, hooded thing that Joe made was so fugly, and the seams were crooked, the tailoring was bad and did anyone else think that the top looked like it was sideway's on the model because of the way it fastened up the front? So strange. I don't think Stella was top 3, but she definately shouldn't have been the one to go home.

[chooch850]

Suede made it another week! Stella just didn't conform to the masses and that's a good thing. She was unique. I think her problems were more with time management than design. Leanne is kicking ass this season. She's definitely the front-runner and everybody is gonna HATE her next week!

I loved when they went to commercial and there was Diane von Whats-her-Name hocking American Express and behind her was the exact fabric that Korto used to make her dress! Joe sucks ass and needs to go......

...... and Terri made another coat, but I really liked this one.

[dredge]

The way Michael Kors reacted to Leatha's pants, he was imagining HIS crotch in them. Sad to see her go. I really thought Joe's was a wretched pile of scrap material.

[here4beer]

Let's see... this week's thoughts:

1. I still hate Suede
2. My hatred for Kenley grows and grows like a well-tended plant
3. BTW, I also hated Kenley's dress and thought she was getting the boot for sure
4. Why do all the designers hate Terry? I like her and even though her designs may not be life-changing, at least they are always finished and look polished (cough*Joe*cough)
5. Tanorexic always talks about how way-out his shit is, but Leanimal is really the one who is way out; and her shit is actually cool.
6. I was not even a little sad to see Stella go. Her constant whining was grating and she sucked at the challenges. I think the best contribution she made the whole time was telling us her boyfriend's name, which is awesome. Ratbones for Prez.

[Clair]

Stella seemed quite taken aback for a split second when Heidi told her she was aut.

I'm going through recap withdrawals!

[dredge]

I cannot understand why Kenley was praised for something that you could find in any store in Chinatown. It's a standard mandarin collar dress... so her choice of pattern was...interesting. That's all. Clearly, the producers want Kenley, with her permanent sneer and Redneck-living-in-NYC shrill whine, to stay and represent the Williamsburg crowd. All i was doing while watching this show was SHUT UP KENLEY.
I agree about Blayne. This guy is making up his own Private Idaho. Oh, and i think he doesn't have a chin implant after all..i just think he's so damn skinny his chin is so pronounced.

[jampony]

Kenley's voice truly hurts my brain. I wish she had gotten the boot for her lame one-piece dress. Not that Stella's voice is much better, I guess.

I'm looking forward to next week's episode because the preview were so funny. Michael saying "she's pooping fabric" and Heidi saying "oooooh, that's baaad" with her little accent and crazy eye made me laugh out loud. (Have we all agreed she's developing a lazy eye or that she's had it all along but was really good at hiding it?)

Update on the Aussie version... four contestants left -- the challenge that narrowed it down to the final three? Wedding dress!!! And the surprise twist with three hours left? Design a coordinating bride's maid dress! Awesome show. I'm gonna start burning copies and mailing them to you all.

[chooch850]

I'm the first to comment on last night's show! That model really was "pooping fabric"! What an awful piece of trash that was. I think it was the worst thing I've ever seen come down the runway! I was surprised tho that Terri went home. I thought Kenley's design was just absolutely hidious. She should have gone right behind Blaine.

I loved the fact that Michael Kors finally said something about Suede and his "Suede" references.

Awful Awful Awful!!

[roadtripper8]

Terri got sent home...over Suede?...or even Kenley? What were the judges thinking?

[giffordsaz]

did you agree with #1. I am not sure I would have given jerell the win. I much preferred the dress for fire.
It was time fo tanarexic boy to go. He was losing skin color so fast he was son to be translucent.
His model not only pooped fabric but she must have shit a brick to have to wear the load of crap down the runway. I bet she had already called a taxi because EVERYONE know she was done!

[roadtripper8]

did you agree with #1. I am not sure I would have given jerell the win. I much preferred the dress for fire.


I thought I was the only one who liked Joe and Daniel's dress, gif! But, yes, it was much better than Jerell's.

Totally underwhelmed with the past contestants. Carmen? huh? I barely remembered who she was. Christian tried to flounce around like normal but the little troll's act is getting kind of old now.

Heidi cracked me up grabbing Kenley's model's boobs.

By the way, can Kenley please leave next? (it worked when I typed that the week before Keith got the boot. Hoping it works again!) What a brat!

[giffordsaz]

I do think it was great the brat who gave Kieth crap left.

and past Projuect Runway peeps are going to be on Top Design next week... it looked good!

[lestermaddox]

I didn't particularly like anything that went down the runway last night - but I did prefer the fire dress to the one that won. They gave Daniel (?) such crap about adding things to the models hips when they did the "green challenge" and then rewarded the dress last night that added things to the hips.

Terri was really bad through the whole episode, but her overall body of work is much better than Suede's, so IMO he should have gone home before she did.

[Pegster]

I thought Jerrell's construction was phenomenal on that skirt. I was pleased with his win.

I'm glad Terri auf'd. She made me feel empathy for Keith, and for that, she must die a slow, painful death.

Kenley's dress was the funniest thing I've ever seen walk down the runway. It was like her model was a giant pillow. I actually giggled. Out loud. To the TV. That was so awesomely bad. And the fact that she stood up there DEFENDING it like she is Yves Saint Laurent reincarnated was also awesomely ridiculous. Hey Kenley - Kmart's calling!

Christian is still FIERCE.
Carmen is still a man.
I miss Jay McCarroll.

I putting my money on Leanimal for the win. Love her. She's wackadoodlisicious.

[here4beer]

She's wackadoodlisicious.

ROFLSNORT!

[lennonwhore]

I really want them to have a challenge where they have to make an outfit out of flowers. That was always one of the best challenges.

I really want Suede to win, because then he can use the money to get the therapy he obviously needs.

[dredge]

watching the rerun i felt like i needed to write something.

1. Project Runway morphed onto Office Space last night.Tim's "'mkay"-Lumberg...and Kieth?!..Milton. Someone stole my stapler.

2. The overall result of this challenge was really crap. Embarrassing. I think these guys were thinking "couture" instead of Avant Garde. That said, jarrels and Joe's probably fit closer to the right idea. Jerrel's i really liked and Joe's. The dress looked like molten lava..so i thought that was really successful.

3.What Kenley achieved was a giant voodoo doll perfect for all the huge needles she'll poke in it to off her competitors.

[dredge]

Nina being the first victim of Kenley's Voodoo spells. She looked really run down, but doggedly determined. She's back!

oh..and i loved how Michael Kors commented on Suede talking in the third person like he's a Grande Couturier. "and Suede would want.."

[giffordsaz]

I wondered where Kenley even found the forms for those idiodic sleeves. Were they milk jugs? Lamp shades?? Dog crates? Small children???

And to jump to another "did he just say that??" moment,
Last night in the seasin opener of Kitchen Nightmares Gordon Ramsay looked at the staff and said "MAKE IT WORK"
OMGoodness

[chooch850]

Well, it's official. The rumors that J-Lo was going to be the guest judge for the final runway show have been nixed. She backed out at the last minute, claiming she hurt her foot and was unable to wear spiked heels. They found a worthy replacement and it's about time they found someone who's actually worthy of the spot!

Tim Gunn should have been a judge long ago! Now when do the leaks start about which 3 designers made it?

[here4beer]

who the eff is that chooch? it looks like Heidi to me...

[chooch850]

Yes, it's Tim, Heidi, Michael & Nina.... the final judges. Tim is replacing J-Lo.

[here4beer]

*smacks head*

DUH! lol.

Tim didn't even register on my radar. YAY TIM!

[trixiebell]

Do I have to be the first to say it? J-Lo participated in a triathalon yesterday. Her excuse for not appearing on PR was lame! (sorry)

[gasmilicous]

Yup. Lame.

According to Reality Blurred..

Jennifer Lopez, who was supposed to judge the finale of Project Runway 5 but was replaced by Tim Gunn at the last minute because of a foot injury, swam half a mile, biked 18 miles, and ran four miles in 2:23:38.8 just two days later.
That she competed in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon Sunday (The Daily Mail hias pictures) with an ankle injury that prevented her from sitting in a chair and discussing dresses on Friday is a bit odd and suspicious. So why didn’t she show up?
Citing an anonymous “source close to Heidi Klum,” msnbc.com’s Courtney Hazlett reports that “that Klum was furious that Lopez pulled out.” Since the foot injury excuse is extremely weak, the source suggests that “Jennifer was hoping for a part in an upcoming Weinstein film, and she was told the day before (the ‘Project Runway’ show) that she wasn’t getting it. She was angry, so she pulled out.”
But Jennifer Lopez’s representative, Leslie Sloane, insisted that the injury was the only reason. “(Lopez) pulled out (of “Runway”) because she had an injury and had to have it rehabbed so she could compete (in the triathlon).” She went on to say “(Lopez) has no issues with Harvey (Weinstein),” she told Hazlett.

[J-Mo]

Instead of looking for another crap movie to star in with her current lover/BF/husband, the girl SHOULD concentrate on putting out an album that isn't total crap... or better still, get back into dancing, cuz the girl can't sing to save her life! She's making me ashamed that I patterned my nick after her!

ugh,

love, J-Mo :)