Project Runway Season 6

[MarcyOne]

Althea Harper
Age: 24
Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
Profession: Recent graduate/fashion designer
Snap Judgment: Sweet; very girl-next-door

Ari Fish
Age: 26
Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
Profession: Clothing designer/cook
Snap Judgment: Bit of a pack rat and oddball

Carol Hannah Whitfield
Age: 24
Hometown: New York
Profession: Freelance designer
Snap Judgment: Lives like sorority girl, except out of her car

Christopher Straub
Age: 30
Hometown: Shakopee, Minn.
Profession: Visual merchandiser
Snap Judgment: He's got the "don'tcha know" accent down cold. Minnesota cold.

Rodney Epperson
Age: 50
Hometown: New York
Profession: Visuals (windows)
Snap Judgment: Big family man; love the dreds

Gordana Gehlhausen
Age: 45
Hometown: Charleston, S.C.
Profession: Fashion designer/shop owner
Snap Judgment: Very established; proud of her culture

Irina Shabeyeva
Age: 27
Hometown: New York
Profession: Fashion designer
Snap Judgment: Big city girl who would likely trade her poodle for more shoes

Johnny Sakalis
Age: 30
Hometown: Los Angeles
Profession: Fashion designer
Snap Judgment: Quirky, loves cologne

Logan Neitzel
Age: 26
Hometown: Seattle
Profession: Freelance fashion designer
Snap Judgment: Clothes freak with a double-decker closet

Louise Black
Age: 32
Hometown: Dallas
Profession: Fashion/accessory designer
Snap Judgment: Retro and slightly goth; bizarrely obsessed with dolls

Malvin Vien
Age: 24
Hometown: New York
Profession: Self-employed
Snap Judgment: Oh, the hair!

Mitchell Hall
Age: 26
Hometown: Savannah, Ga.
Profession: Creative director, retail
Snap Judgment: The 16 fox-fur rug: Not cool

Nicolas Putvinksi
Age: 27
Hometown: New York
Profession: Associate designer
Snap Judgment: Won't make it a day without his Chihuahua

Qristyl Frazier
Age: 42
Hometown: New York
Profession: Self-employed
Snap Judgment: Fun personality, but way she spells Crystal drives us up a wall

Ra'Mon Lawrence Coleman
Age: 31
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minn.
Profession: Designer for Target
Snap Judgment: Mama's boy

Shirin Askari
Age: 24
Hometown: Richardson, Texas
Profession: Freelance
Snap Judgment: Based on her room, girl's got style

[shantigal]

Premiere tonight on Lifetime, preceeded by the all star challenge.

There's a contestant from my hometown of St. Louis. I'll try to root for her, but may not be able to based soley on the spelling of her name.

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/debs-style-file//debs-style-file/2009/07/project-runways-season-6-features-cute-curvy-st-louis-native/

[giffordsaz]

There seems to be a 30 minute post show covering the models of PR.
Is Lifetime sucking every drop of juice out of this book or what?

[shantigal]

There seems to be a 30 minute post show covering the models of PR.
Is Lifetime sucking every drop of juice out of this book or what?

Yes, they are. I heard in one of the promos that it had a 3 hr. premiere?? Guess they're including the allstar and post show.

I'll watch just to see how they've f'ed it. Allstars should be good if only because of Chris March. Love him.

[here4beer]

Michael Knight and Uli are back, too! They were 2 of my all-time faves besides Chris, who is about 99 different kinds of kick-ass.

Hopefully the show won't be a total waste. As long as they stick to the format and don't try and throw in too many Lifetime sob stories, I'll be OK.

[Clair]

As long as they stick to the format and don't try and throw in too many Lifetime sob stories, I'll be OK.

Oh God, wouldn't that be a kill-joy?

[shantigal]

The right person went home. I won't say anymore until tomorrow in case you're all recording tonight.

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Just took a quick peek at the contestants on the website and the first one I looked at was Shirin Askari.
I can already tell you she's going to be my favourite. Not only is one of her favourite designers my favourite designer on earth (Elie Saab) but she likes Leanne (my #1 fave contestant) and Rami? Geeze.
It's going to be great to see what she creates with all that beautiful taste.

[shantigal]

Allstar Challenge - Daniel?? I did not like his collection at all.
I couldn't believe Uli was in the bottom group. I thought she really showed growth and her designs were beautiful and wearable. Kuto/kato? should have won imo.

[Clair]

The right person went home. I won't say anymore until tomorrow in case you're all recording tonight.

Agree. The garment was stupid, ugly and the model was wearing shorts!

I enjoyed the Models of the Runway show. Thank goodness it's only 30 minutes long.

[PottyMouth]

In typical fashion I fell asleep right before the runway show.

And I agree Shanti, I did not think Daniel should win either. I actually really liked Chris' stuff a lot.

[chooch850]

I think PR on Lifetime is just fine. Everything appears to be the same format-wise. I loved watching & agree that the "quilted diaper", as Tim Gunn put it, was awful. There were just too many to choose from tho. I did love the winning dress. It was edgy & cute too.

Lindsey Lohan??? Wow, that was a shocker. When was this show recorded?

As for the All-Stars show. I totally loved it! Seeing all those designers again was great. I'm a big Jeffrey fan & I do love Chris March, but Korto should have won that challenge. I think those collections sucked. Awful! Her's was the only one that looked wearable to me. Daniel's was just stupid! Michael was a huge disappointment.

Loved seeing Santino too. He has Tim Gunn down pat!

[lestermaddox]

Put me in the Korto should have won the All-Star challenge camp. I hated Daniel's collection. Who could wear those pants? And that bubble skirt with the athletic shirt? Ick. Korto's clothes were so much prettier and IMO so much more wearable.

As for the regular show. I am on the fence about which one of the final two should have gone home. On the one hand, the quilted diaper thing was hideous, but I could see it at the Video Music Awards, or at the MTV awards on someone like Lady GaGa. Wouldn't be my choice, but still, it was a complete garment and she finished the challenge. I actually was interested in how she put together the cloth to get the texture and design and thought it could be interesting to watch and see what else she comes up with.

The guy who came in second - his smocked garment was ugly and then it didn't fit and then he sent the model down the runway in a see-through mess of fabric that was in no way a finished garment. Total fail IMO. Just on the basis of not completing the challenge, I thought he should have been the one to go home.

So - how come Heidi was preggers in the All-Star episode and not in the Runway stuff? Was PR filmed that much before All-Star?

[shantigal]

I believe it was Lester. They had it on hold for so long while waiting for the Bravo/Lifetime/Weinstein thing to clear up. As Chooch said, Lindsay Lohan???? She's been un-newsworthy for some time now.

[here4beer]

Allstar Challenge - Daniel?? I did not like his collection at all.
I couldn't believe Uli was in the bottom group. I thought she really showed growth and her designs were beautiful and wearable. Kuto/kato? should have won imo.


I totally agree!! I thought Daniel's was the ugliest stuff up there, next to only Jeffrey and Sweet P. They suck, and Korto was robbed. I have to admit, though, that when she pulled that "poor me" shit at the end, I was really glad she lost. Take your sour grapes back to the sticks and STFU already. Also- Daniel was 2nd on his season, too, so why did she feel so entitled?

I loved that Chris March was so touched to make it to the top 4. I just love Chris March, period.

Glad to see not much has changed with PR, and now I'm really excited for the new season! YAY!

P.S. They filmed this over a year ago, because it was supposed to air last fall. It will be interesting to see which "celebrities" we get this year.

[ohralphie]

I love this show - and having a three hour Project Runway binge was heaven.

I liked Kurtos collection the best - it was the most wearable, the most cohesive of the bunch.
I disliked Daniels - yes, the one dress was cool but the rest! His restaurant dress looked like a suicide bombers vest...and an ugly one to boot.

And Chris March. How can a person not love Chris March? I am worried about all the sleeping. Either he has health problems he isn't talking about/aware of or he has some major drug issues. I hope he was just tired.

While I really liked Ulis collection, it was a little a dab of Karma to have her place below Sweet Pea after all the bitching she did about Sweat Pea 'copying' her.

Thank God for Thursday nights!

Oh - and I did feel badly that the poor model that was forced to walk the runway with bits of cloths taped to her bits had to leave. The designer that blamed her for his loss - ugh. First the measurements were an inch off, then five inches off then six to eight --- what a lying whore! Ah, he'll be gone soon I imagine.

[Pegster]

For the record, I would totally wear the pants Daniel designed. I loved that whole outfit with the vest, asymetrical shirt, and pants. It was cool.

And I liked Korto's collection, but you can already buy most of what she did (save the awesome restaurant dress) at the Macy's already. Nothing original.

I loved Chris's adventure in wool plaid. I even loved the wool evening gown. I especially loved that he napped half the time.

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

So I just finished watching last weeks episode of PR tonight and I have 2 comments to say.
One. Christopher's dress was GORGEOUS, and I want to wear it right now.
Two. Did anyone else notice how much Ari looked like Samantha Ronson? And kind of strange that Lohan was the guest judge when Sam-Ro got kicked off. Weeeirrrdd.
Looking forward to the next episode.

[lestermaddox]

Oh my goodness. How is Mitchell still on my tv screen? Honestly, two weeks in a row he sends outfits down that are unfinished, unflattering and just generally a hot mess.

When Malvin first started draping his dress form he had some really cool pleats going on the side of his garment - I don't know what happened to them when he started sewing but it all just came out slinglike, which was really too bad. Granted Malvin's egg concept was just strange, but Mitchell should have gone.

The girl who won - her dress and coat were gorgeous. I have never seen that braided smocking but it worked so well for a maternity dress to give it some shape without being too form-fitting. I really liked Althea's dress also, though she definitely needed more material in the boob area - apparently she does not know that pregnancy causes your boob to GROW.

[shantigal]

You're right Lester, Mitchell's outfit was unsightly. Could have been cute if only he could sew. Malvin reminds me of James Pole from The Fashion Show, the Bravo ripoff designer show. Both very out there and no concept of how clothes fit a woman's body. Just because you're artsy and have a vision doesn't me you should be designing clothes that people, even models, have to wear.

Thank goodness St. Tim Gunn :wub: talked Malvin out of making the jodhpurs.

[angiemarie]

I was surprised Malvin was out, I thought they would keep him around for the bizarre/artistic designs. And Mitchell's outfit was poorly executed for the second week in a row. Oh, well.

I love how the designers get in such a tizzy if they have to design for anyone who isn't six feet tall and a size 2. Welcome to real life, bitches!

[Clair]

Is anyone watching Models of the Runway? The model Mitchell picked for the next episode is a raving bitch.

[ohralphie]

Is anyone watching Models of the Runway? The model Mitchell picked for the next episode is a raving bitch.

I missed it last night but have to say -- if you were Mitchells model wouldn't you be a bitch too? He sent his first model down naked and his second model looked like she crawled out from the KMart blue light special rack after a drunken pregnant meth binge. I don't blame the girl - I'd be pissed, too :D

[Clair]

I missed it last night but have to say -- if you were Mitchells model wouldn't you be a bitch too? He sent his first model down naked and his second model looked like she crawled out from the KMart blue light special rack after a drunken pregnant meth binge. I don't blame the girl - I'd be pissed, too :D

I'd have to say no, I wouldn't be a bitch. Yea, I'd be annoyed, but it's not like she was booted off the show. She could easily go back to her original designer next week.

[here4beer]

Malvin reminds me of James Pole from The Fashion Show, the Bravo ripoff designer show.

Me too!! Too bad he tried out for the wrong show. On TFS, he would have been lauded as the second coming of Christ. :rolleyes2:

[lestermaddox]

Oh thank goodness - Mitchell is gone!!!

I couldn't believe when he interviewed that he picked Ra'mon so that Ra'mon could carry him for the challenge. He actually might have gotten away with it if he hadn't admitted on the runway that he didn't really do anything.

I didn't much care for the dress that won - I thought the skirt fit kind of funny, the way it pooched up across the crotch area.

Not a bad episode really, but nothing earth shattering either. I am betting Qrystal is the next to go.

Most shocking thing about the episode? Tim Gunn in FLIP FLOPS!!

[here4beer]

Most shocking thing about the episode? Tim Gunn in FLIP FLOPS!!

And sunglasses!! *faints*

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Tim's toes were pink. I couldn't get them out of my mind.

That winning dress was a joke - I do NOT get why they gushed over it. I actually liked the green and white dress that Peaches N Herb made. As for the top with the macrame'd back - I was so sad that they hid it with that ugly brown t-shirt. What a waste of good work.

I was glad Mitchell finally went - I am curious to see what he showed them at casting to get on this show - he has no evident talent.

[shantigal]

That winning dress was blarf stitched into fug. Maybe it looked different in person???

At least R'amon was rewarded for his hard work and Mitchell justifiably sent packing. Exactly Tink, makes you wonder what he showcased to get him a spot on the show.

The lacey-avant garde-hooker get up was frightening. I would put that in the Slutty Bride halloween costume category.

Carry on.

[animalcrackers]

so i finally got to watch this episode - ugh mitchell sucked big time! like everyone said, thank goodness he's gone! i didnt like ANY of the winning or losing designs! why would anyone want to wear that neoprene outfit?! i didnt get it... i thought it was ugly ugly ugly. the scuba suit would have been more interesting i think....

[angiemarie]

Am I the only watching this season? lol.

I loved the paper outfit challenge. I did think the guy who made the "feathered" dress deserved to win, his dress was just constructed so much better than the trench coat.


Nicolas said his dress was "punk", but he was just delusional, that dress was just ugly. He's lucky that Johnny just gave up and threw something together. And his Steamgate '09 story was so lame.

And I couldn't believe Tim Gunn said something unflattering about Johnny after he was eliminated, he's never done that before

[shantigal]

I'm watching Angie. I liked the feathered dress, but I really did love Irina's coat and am glad it won.

It was fun seeing Mr. Primm & Proper Tim's bitchy side. I guess he hasn't been appalled enough before to do something like that. Which is quite a feat after having had to work along side Kenley.

And where in the hell are Kors and Nina? Did they show up for episode one only to make sure we all watched after they moved networks?

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

The feathered dress was beautiful. It reminded me of Sunny Fong's (the winner of Project Runway Canada's most recent season) post it dress. Same kind of idea, and it ended up looking beautiful in the end.
Here's a link for a pic of Sunny's dress http://bid.auctionwire.com/detail.asp?id=1950&bigpic=0#img

[itchy]

The feathered dress was beautiful. It reminded me of Sunny Fong's (the winner of Project Runway Canada's most recent season) post it dress. Same kind of idea, and it ended up looking beautiful in the end.
Here's a link for a pic of Sunny's dress http://bid.auctionwire.com/detail.asp?id=1950&bigpic=0#img

Whoa. Who's the giant?

[lennonwhore]

I thought the feathered dress deserved to win, the only thing that made the coat uniqe was that it was a paper coat; wheras the feathered dress was a unique design aesthetic regardless of the fact that it was made of paper. The punk dress was horrific, and I hope that the critique took the annoying designer down a peg.

[itchy]

The punk dress was horrific, and I hope that the critique took the annoying designer down a peg.

Except, the way things usually work on this show, in his exit interview (next week, no doubt), he's bound to say something like : "This just confirms to me that I should stick to my vision" or something similar.

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Whoa. Who's the giant?

Hah. That's what I thought at first but Sunny is really short (like 5'2) and they were designing for women that had conquered breast cancer. So that isn't the regular model he used for other challenges.

[lestermaddox]

I liked the feather dress, but I loved the trench coat and was glad it won.

Personally, I think they should have sent the "punk" guy home for just being a turd. I really can't stand him, his attidude, his ugly clothes and his gross hair.

[here4beer]

And I couldn't believe Tim Gunn said something unflattering about Johnny after he was eliminated, he's never done that before

I found that really shocking, too. If he could deal with Kenley's shitty 'tude and not say anything snippy, I figured he could handle anything.

Although you never know- this may be just because of the new production company. He may have said things before that just got edited out.

[angiemarie]

Epperson and Chris were robbed! No way that feathery white dress was better than their outfits.

I was shocked that Ra'mona was eliminated I thought one of the two ladies was a goner for sure.

[Clair]

Epperson and Chris were robbed! No way that feathery white dress was better than their outfits.

I was shocked that Ra'mona was eliminated I thought one of the two ladies was a goner for sure.

I totally agree.

Regarding Models of the Runway - Buh bye, Fat Ma. 'Bout time.

Ra'mone's model (Vanessa?) just didn't seem to understand that if all the designers have to pick a new model, she stays no matter what.

[Pegster]

Agreed, angie. Christopher's dress was awesome. When his model turned the corner I had a "wow" moment. Feather boy's white nightmare was a cheap, sequened mess. No way that should have won.

Sad to see Ra'mon go. He was really growing on me. I was hoping they'd give him another shot.

Oh, and WHERE ARE NINA AND MICHAEL??? Enough with the substitute judges already. I like my judges panel orange and bitchy.

[here4beer]

Oh, and WHERE ARE NINA AND MICHAEL??? Enough with the substitute judges already. I like my judges panel orange and bitchy.

I KNOW!!!! WTF? It's a good thing this show isn't live or else I'd be arranging a sit-in in front Kors' store.

[chooch850]

Oh, and WHERE ARE NINA AND MICHAEL??? Enough with the substitute judges already. I like my judges panel orange and bitchy.

I was wondering the same thing.

Oh & I liked the "ice princess".

[TV Cart]

This is from the ew.com recap on project runway:

Speaking of Garcia and Kors, here's the deal: It appears that Nina has been absent because she was in France covering the Paris shows when the last few episodes were taped. And Michael Kors, I've just learned, was in Europe as well, doing fittings, visiting his factories, and looking for inspiration. Michael is back next week, and Nina returns later in October. Still… harrumph, right?

[lestermaddox]

The make-up and hair for the ice princess look is what won the night for Mr. Limp Hair, not that ugly, already been done dress.

I thought it was strange the way Heidi called the designers on the runway - usually they call second, then first, then third, fourth and bottom two - but she called the German woman (sorry, can't think of her name) first, which would normally be the second place position and no way did they like that flapper dress enough to place it second; then poor Christopher was called 3rd from the bottom and no way did they put that dress in the bottom three.

For me it was a toss up between Christopher and Epperson, though I liked the vampire bride dress better than the western woman one, then the ice princess. The bottom 3 were really a toss up, they were all ugly, though the flapper was well put together. I kind of like Louise and was glad she didn't get sent home her first time in the bottom, but her dress was not well done this week.

[shantigal]

This is from the ew.com recap on project runway:

Speaking of Garcia and Kors, here's the deal: It appears that Nina has been absent because she was in France covering the Paris shows when the last few episodes were taped. And Michael Kors, I've just learned, was in Europe as well, doing fittings, visiting his factories, and looking for inspiration. Michael is back next week, and Nina returns later in October. Still… harrumph, right?

Thanks for the scoop TVC. I thought maybe Kors was off having some "work" done.

Agreed, the ice princess dress was cheap looking. The judges even said that, but that it would photograph expensive. I suppose that was part of the challenge? To be able to come up with something that would film well and also stay on budget.

Will miss Ra'mone. I think he is a talented designer.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I am not altogether sad that Ra'mon is gone - I am still resentful of his wet-suit dress catastrophe that NEVER should have won.

I wasn't crazy about Uli v 2.0's flapper dress. She could have done ANY period - why do something so blah?

Do you think they did the model shake up to ensure that Vanessa stays? I felt like that it was interesting that one of the girls they feature most was at risk of going and just in time for a switcheroo. Not that I'll miss Fadma - she was a bit much for me. Guess I never acquired the taste.

[Themiki]

I think they just had the switch-up ready for whenever designers got to the point where they stuck with their models. How else are they gonna keep the model show interesting? Oh no, wait... It's not interesting now...

[shantigal]

I did not like one thing that came down the runway last night. To be fair, I am not familiar with the INC brand and am probably not their demographic. I guess the winning dress was cute, if you're 6'2", 19 yrs old and weigh 98 lbs. No one with boobs could wear that dress.

The dresses Louise(?) sent out were pretty fug, and greasy hair was of absolutely no help to her. Lucky indeed, he had immunity. Heidi would not let him forget that.

At least Michael Kors was back last night and bitchy as ever. Missed ya boo.

[chooch850]

I agree Shanti. Of all the outfits made, the winning two were the best, but there was no real designing going on. I'm not caring for anyone yet as far as clothes go. No one's really wow'd me yet.

[here4beer]

At least Michael Kors was back last night and bitchy as ever. Missed ya boo.

Me, too. YAY! I was so happy when he told Louise that it looked like a poorly deconstructed loofa on her dress that I almost hugged my TV. I love Snarky Kors.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I feel like I've seen that winning dress before. Nothing seemed interesting or new. And I agree that shirt dress fabric DID look like a table cloth.

I was glad to see Koji (sp?) get picked. She's my fave model. I was also kinda happy with the model who didn't get picked - that girl's ego was getting out of control and she kinda looks like a preying mantiss.

[lestermaddox]

Oh my goodness, there was some fugly crap that went down the runway this week. I know the challenge was to design something in blue, but how come there were no prints, or stripes or other colors added to give the outfits some jazz? There was not a single thing that went down the runway that I liked or would wear. The winning dress was probably the best thing, but I hated that the stripes came to a point and that the front hem was shorter than the back hem, and no one with actual breasts could have ever worn it with that top.

What is up with everyone talking about how hot Logan is? Is there something I am missing here? Since when is greasy, stringy hair, covered by a hideous knit hat, and a too skinny, no muscled guy hot? Though he might be attractive if he bathed and ate something - and burned that hat.

[angiemarie]

What is up with everyone talking about how hot Logan is? Is there something I am missing here? Since when is greasy, stringy hair, covered by a hideous knit hat, and a too skinny, no muscled guy hot? Though he might be attractive if he bathed and ate something - and burned that hat.

Maybe he's better looking in person? And he's a straight guy in a gay male and female dominiated industry, so he's got that going for him.

[chooch850]

The dread-lock dude is gone. I thought he sucked ass to begin with.

Octoberfest was on Heidi's brain. Did she just get back from the homeland? Once again, everything was awful. I didn't think Gordana's dress was the best at all, but what do I know. I liked Shirin's little dress with the stitch pattern.

....and if I was this woman, I'd sue Lifetime for putting their "new" magnifying glass feature on their web page!

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t158/chooch850/pr1.jpg

Who's next?

[angiemarie]

I really like Gordana's dress. And I thought Epperson's dress was OK, I didn't think he deserved to be out for that.

I really, really hated Irina's dress and the judges loved it. It looked like a bad mother of the bride dress to me.

[chooch850]

Holy crap! They kept that wimp-ass Christopher AGAIN! What is up with these judges. I can design better clothes than he can. Is he this season's comic relief? I just don't get it.

As for the challenge, I really thought we'd see some outrageously crazy designs with Bob Mackie as a judge, but we got more bland & awful clothes. Don't any of these designers believe in COLOR.

It was a perfect challenge for Chris March.... lord I miss people like that on this show.

Glad to see Nina back.

[angiemarie]

I agree, chooch. Nobody's outfit was outrageous enough. The only person who even came close was Althea, her outfit was gorgeous!

[TV Cart]

Totally agree with you Chooch. I was going to mention the color issue. And it wasn't only this episode, even though there was NO color in this one. But even the past ones. That one guy kept doing beige, blech. We need a Santino or someone. None of them do anything out of the box. Seems to me we've seen it all before. I never go WOW. I do think some of the things are definitely pretty and wearable, but there's never anything that's amazing.

[Let'sGetSomeShoes]

I agree with everyone that there is a lack of pizazz this season. Also, I hope Irina trips and falls and breaks her jaw so she can't saw horribly rude things about everyone else. Is this just me?

[lestermaddox]

Christina Aguilara and Bob Mackey and that is what we got? Haven't any of these "fashion designers" ever seen a Bob Mackey design? Or seen a picture of Christina? Honestly, talk about boring and unimaginative.

I didn't mind the longer dresses so much, but since they were talking about a piece that Christina could perform in, the long dresses didn't make sense to me - that girl moves. A lot.

I was sorry to see Shirin go, because I think she has shown some promise this season, but that dress of hers was awful. Those inserts looked like vagina's. Ick. Though the top part of the dress was kind of interesting.

I agree with Chooch - please designers, find the area at Mood that has colored material. I am sure it is there - they show you walk right by it each week as you head for the black and beige section of the store.

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Me too Let'sGetSomeShoes!
That girl needs to be pushed off her damn pedestal! She is so mean! I can't believe it. Hopefully we'll see some of her bad karma bite her in the ass soon :D

[shantigal]

At least a few colors were used last night, but what won? Brown, all brown. Irina's outfit was nice though and met the inspiration challenge. Carol Hannah's dress gave me flashbacks of Uhli (Uli?). I loved Uli and her dresses always reflected her inspiration of Miami.

I don't remember what location Christopher's inspiration was and his dress did not invoke anywhere specific, other than my 9th grade Home Ec classroom. The belt was cool though and the color combination was pretty. Really surprised he is not gone yet, but Nicholas was the more clueless one this week.

[TV Cart]

Still not enough color for me! When I think of Palm Beach and St. Tropez and Greece, I think of fun tropical colors. And Carol Hannah's dress was definitely a Uli dress. Still haven't seen anything that's different or exciting with these designers.

[TV Cart]

Oh, Christopher's inspiration was Arizona or the southwest or something.

[lestermaddox]

I was kind of surprised that Nicholas left over Christopher, but not sorry to see him go. His stringy, greasy hair, nasaly, whiny voice and "better than you" attitude were driving me nuts. Plus he only knew how to make one ugly design. Since when is a white bandage shirt and high-waisted ugly gray pants Greece? Flowy dresses in tropical colors anyone?

I didn't get Logan's Hollywood look either. Even for "young Hollywood" wouldn't you go all out glam for the Runway? Just ugly.

Christopher's dress was not well done, but I actually liked his color choices together. Definitely Santa Fe with the blues and browns, though he could have gone for richer colors rather than the pastel shades he used.

Carol Hannah's dress was absolutely a Uli design - both the pattern and the braiding, plus she has done that knotting in the back stuff on several challenges already this season. These designers really need to step it up, use some color and step out of their comfort zones. They are boring as all get out.

[Clair]

I was laughing when Nicholas was "doing" his hair early in the episode. It's so straight and blah, I thought for sure all he did was brush it.

[here4beer]

Carol Hannah's dress gave me flashbacks of Uhli (Uli?). I loved Uli and her dresses always reflected her inspiration of Miami.

I thought the same thing, shanti!!! I loved Uli to pieces.

Looks like I'm not the only one who's just not invested in this season. I could care less who wins, loses, goes home, etc. These people are just boring, I think... I can't even muster the energy to hate anyone. I sort of like Gordanna (sp?), but that's about the only one whose name I can bother to remember. I miss Chris March and Christian and Kayne and Laura and Austin Scarlet and other people with actual personalities (and actual talent, too!!). I would even be happy with someone to hate, like Suede or Crying Ricky or Wendy Pepper. sigh.

[shantigal]

I would even be happy with someone to hate, like Suede or Crying Ricky or Wendy Pepper. sigh.

Crying Ricky, aaaaggghhhh.:scared: I loved hating him.

[ScotyUtah]

Go Irina!!! I like someone who can back up their shit talking and is easy on the eyes. It just seems like a lot of these "designers" have no idea how to accept the advice of Mr. Gunn. He's sincerely trying to help these mooks out and they continue to power through with their crap. WTF?

[angiemarie]

This season there have not been many outfits with the "WOW" factor. I don't know if the designers are just playing it safe, or if they just don't have the inspiration and talent to think outside the box.

Last night winning outfit was an excellent example, it was well made and looked luxurious but it was like 8 shades of brown. Imho it would have really popped if she had used a color for the sweater and pants and then put the fur vest on top of those.

[itchy]

Last night winning outfit was an excellent example, it was well made and looked luxurious but it was like 8 shades of brown.

Didn't she use the same colors that Kors had in his store (minus the cheesy leopard prints I suppose)?

Of course I'm colorblind, but it's another reason why it makes sense for her to win a competition where they're supposed to be inspired by Kors. (Didn't Raccoon Eyes use a similar color palette?)

Also, I was wondering something about the Models of the Runway 'competition.' Since the finalist designers will each present 10 garments (and didn't they have some of the others create decoy collections to keep the final three secret?) then won't they each need several models? In which case, doesn't it make sense for them to use all of the models from the show?

Which I'm suspecting to happen anyway.

Ah questions, so many questions

[lestermaddox]

I don't get the appeal of Althea's outfit. I hated the suit with the too short, bunchy skirt and the floppy-breasted top and this with the "hammertime" pants, the even floppier-breasted top and the sloppy sweater was just ugly. I didn't get it at all.

I wasn't sorry to see Logan go, he has been pretty bad all season. It was telling, I think, that all the other designers had winning outfits to be inspired by and Logan's was just some random dress that he had previously sent down the runway.

Hard to tell who is going to win this thing - other than Irina I don't think any of these people have much in the way of design skills.

[chooch850]

Christopher is the "Michael Irvin" of Project Runway. I can't believe he's still there, but he really doesn't have much competition when you look at what comes down the runway every week!

...and still no color?

[angiemarie]

This season is officially BO-RING, that includes the outfits and the designers.

Can you imagine if Santino, Christian, Laura, or even Sweetpea was on this season? They would wipe the floor with these people. And would someone please put that bitch Irina in her place? You're the best of the worst, honey, that doesn't mean you are good.

[shantigal]

This season is officially BO-RING, that includes the outfits and the designers.

Can you imagine if Santino, Christian, Laura, or even Sweetpea was on this season? They would wipe the floor with these people. And would someone please put that bitch Irina in her place? You're the best of the worst, honey, that doesn't mean you are good.

Well said Ms. Angie. Blah, just freakin', BLAH. I think Tim and Heidi are feeling it too. Tim is such a gentleman and so refined, but it looks as if it's getting difficult even for him to feign excitement about anyone's outfits.

I'll still watch though, hopefully to see Crying Christopher get the boot next week.

[itchy]

I keep falling asleep halfway through each episode. I literally have to watch the show in two installments (and only because it makes Flipit's recaps more fun to read), because I just keep nodding off. Even Models of the Runway is more interesting than this show.

Maybe it's just because every episode is pretty much exactly the same as every other -- they always open the same way (i.e., with people saying they can't believe so and so left or that they're still around), and the competitions are just ....boring. At least the newspaper challenge was a bit out of the ordinary.

I think they've just hammered the format into the ground after all these seasons and if they're not willing to change up the format (moving the show to LA doesn't count, since the show could be in Toronto or Galena for all they use the city), then they should just hang it up.

In retrospect, even The Fashion Show was more entertaining than this. Yep. That's right.

At least with Survivor (which also sucks this season) and Big Brother (which sucked this season) there's the social element that changes the dynamic each season.

But on a show like this, the social part has nothing to do with anything. So it ends up being yet another uninspiring competition based on yet another tired theme with yet another ridiculously limited budget and yet another shot of them scrambling around the store with a ridiculous shopping time limit (why? what does that achieve?) only to segue into yet more scenes of the designers whining/scrambling/panicking against another ridiculously arbitrary time limit.

Maybe it's the time limits that bother me. If they really wanted to develop quality "fashions" on the show, they'd give the people a bit more time to get things done. In fact, it seems to me on earlier seasons I watched (just the last three or so), they DID give the designers more time.

All in all, it's been a really boring fall reality tv season. I've even [gasp] resorted to watching fictional tv. [shudder]

[lestermaddox]

Ugh. I just don't get it. Why is Althea going to Bryant Park? Her outfit last night was such a hot mess - and unfinished at that. The skirt was too long, so puckered and ill-fitting and the top just looked like she threw some material on the model so that her chest would be covered.

Itchy is right - this season has just been a big bore. Nothing fun or fashion forward, just blah. This does not bode well for the showing at Bryant Park. And who wants to take bets that all three collections are black, white and gray?

[TV Cart]

Don't forget tan and brown!

[chooch850]

I wish Christopher would have been one of the three. At least he was entertaining with all his drama!

[here4beer]

The only redeeming thing about this season is that we have an all-female finale.

Does Althea think her hair actually looks good?

Also- I don't remember Carol Hannah ever saying that she was self-taught before. I'm officially rooting for her now!

[here4beer]

I haven't watched the full episode yet (I fell asleep), but Tim telling Carol Hannah "I love you" was weird!! Between that and his wardrobe this season- sunglasses, flip flops, jeans (JEANS!!), etc- and his comment about whoever lied on the runway, I'm thinking all that California sun has fried his brain.

[chooch850]

I was so excited when I saw that Carol actually had a red dress in her collection. Finally some color!... but when they got to NYC, I didn't see it hanging there.

[angiemarie]

Irina did an all back collection? sheesh So far the collections look like the rest of this season, BORING.

I felt sorry for Carol Hannah getting sick when she really needs to be working so hard.

[lestermaddox]

I can't believe that in a 12 piece collecton, not one of these women use a single pattern or color. Boring.

Can we just shut up about the big sweaters? First of all they were not an original idea of Irina's - big sweaters like that have been around for awhile. Yes, Irina was the first to use them in this season, but that doesn't make the idea hers. So she can quit being so superior. Second, Althea did copy the idea from Irina's use. How she thinks she can deny that is just stupid. Does she think the rest of us didn't see Irina use the sweaters first? Either way the sweaters are ugly and sloppy and overused. Stop it - both of you!

How can they be so shocked and surprised that Heidi came in and gave them another piece to do? It happens every single season - have they not been watching? Quite frankly, one would think they would plan ahead with sketches or a semi completed item or something.

This runway show promises to be a big snoozefest. No new ideas, no fantastic use of colors or patterns. Just blah.

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

How can they be so shocked and surprised that Heidi came in and gave them another piece to do? It happens every single season - have they not been watching? Quite frankly, one would think they would plan ahead with sketches or a semi completed item or something.
I was thinking exactly the same thing!! How could they not have a sketch made up of what they were going to be designing already? Or at least a though about it.
I suppose they couldn't have had one partially done because they had to go to MOOD to get the fabric.

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

So I just saw pictures from the upcoming runway show at Bryant Park from all three ladies. If you want to spoil yourself click here (http://www.elle.com/Runway/Ready-to-Wear/Fall-2009-RTW/PROJECT-RUNWAY/PROJECT-RUNWAY).


If you want to read my opinion about the clothes I saw keep reading. I've put the text in white so you can't see it very clearly without highlighting it, but you can still read it from the page.

Note: SPOILERS BELOW





















Althea's collection is first. It's a lot better than I thought it would be. She incorporates a few colour pieces and has a good mix of styles. One spoiler... Jaslene (winner of ANTM Season 8) walks in her show!

Carol Hannah's is next. Being one who adores dresses my opinion might be a little biased when I say CH's is my favourite collection! I especially love the long purple dress (the straps on the back are great) and the long blue one (the 13th). One thing I didn't like was there wasn't enough cohesion between the pants and the dresses. The pants felt too casual to me mixed in with all the beautiful dresses.

Last was Irina. I don't know if it's because I didn't like her at all on the show but I was not feeling the femme fetal look her collection had. I almost assumed they'd come out with swords and nunchucks ... kinda weird. Another weird thing I noticed was that Kalyn walked in the middle of her show. She was wearing a dress, but she wasn't wearing the final gown (the one Irina had sprawled across the floor in the last episode), which I thought looked really beautiful. One more thing on that, despite how much the show was edited to seem like Althea's and Irina's collections were exactly the same, I didn't notice a whole lot of similarities. They were both working with different ideas, so the feel of their shows was completely different.

Okay... off my opinion box. Anyone have any thoughts to add to all of this? Be careful not to spoil for those who don't want to know :)

[chooch850]

Does anyone care that Irina won?


....and what about that guest judge's bangs... WTF?

[shantigal]

Nope, don't care about Irina winning. I did spend most of the time trying to figure out what in the hell was on that woman's head. She must have went to the Treseme hair & make up salon.

[Pegster]

meh.

I turned it off right after the announcement.

[here4beer]

yawn/ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Even the judges seemed "whatever" with this group. I think a lot of the excitement may have been lost because halfway through the season they realized they were in the middle of a shitstorm and they may never have been able to air the show. I almost wish they hadn't.

[angiemarie]

I actually really like Carol Hannah's collection, so of course she didn't win. :rolleyes:

Irina's collection was boring. All black and t-shirts with birds, how exciting.

[lestermaddox]

I found it interesting that Nina called out Irina on her all black collection and said "we talked about this" - yeah, they did. Three days before the collection was to walk, how/when was she supposed to change anything about the collection at that point? I thought Irina's collection probably had some interesting things going on - but you couldn't see them because of the color.

I didn't like Althea's collection, but then I haven't liked much that she did all season. Those brown pants that Kors kept raving about were awful. If you make a pair of pants that make a model look like she has a wide butt and saggy knees, no normal woman would look at them twice. They were not attractive.

I liked Carol Hannah's collection too - and really thought she should have scored higher than Althea, if for no other reason than that her 13th look dress was gorgeous.

It was a very boring season, with not much going for it, but in the end the most talented designer of the lot won.

[lestermaddox]

Oh I forgot - what was up with that judges bangs?

It looked like she stuck a curler in there and then forgot to take it out. I spent most of my time trying to figure out if that was a bow or her hair and if she really did that on purpose.

[angiemarie]

And how cute is Althea's boyfriend? At least she has a nice shoulder to cry on after not winning.

[el.eh.you.are.eh]

Well I haven't watched it yet, and I honestly don't want to. I personally don't believe in rewarding bad behaviour and the way Irina talked about others was just nasty. On another note, she was very talented. Good luck to her.
Hopefully Carol Hannah will have some luck, she is just so adorable, and she can design the heck out of a dress!

Anyone know when the next season starts? Haha.

[TV Cart]

I believe the next season starts in January!

[angiemarie]

Did anyone else see Jaslene (ANTM winner) was a model during one of the runway shows?

[TV Cart]

Yes, el.eh mentioned it a page back in their spoiler. Also, there was a link somewhere where you could see pictures of the whole collections and you could see her good there.