(S05E09) My last review began oh-so bluntly with "I am so full of anger", which was a pretty good summation of the grumpiness that would follow. This episode triggered some very familiar feelings and, while some of you thought I was being a little too hard on the designers, especially Kenley, I can't see how anyone could wonder why after this episode. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a Project Runway fan. If I only half-cared for it, the drop in quality of this show would not affect me quite as badly. But when a show I love so much and have constantly praised and confidently recommended takes such a sharp drop within one year, it's disappointing, to say the least.As horrible as it sounds, I'm actually looking forward to the Lifetime move now, despite my earlier worries, because at least PR will be on a network that wants them around. The same can not be said for Bravo, which is currently treating PR like it's the ex that still has to live in the apartment because they're legally obligated to finish paying half this year's rent.
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NPR asked a few designers from various seasons of Project Runway to complete one more challenge and sketch some ideas for cool Halloween costumes. Diana Eng, Daniel Vosovic, Nick Verreros, Wendy Pepper, Nora Caliguri, Katherine Gerdes, and Starr Ilzhoefer pitched some sketches and, well, I thought they were okay (yes, I'm going to pretend it was an actual episode and critique a few things because, now that the season's over, I. Am. In. Withdrawal). I liked Diana's lightning bug idea, and Katherine's iPod costume would be fantastic for a parent and child... but what was up with Nick's Pirates of the Caribbean costumes? Generic pirate and princess. Not Captain Jack and Elizabeth. Tsk tsk, Nick.
(S03E01) What a crazy start to a new season. Already, I've been outraged (I'll explain later). This challenge started almost right after the designers met Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for a little champagne to celebrate their first day. They were told to create an outfit defining their personality with absolutely anything from their brand new apartments. Armed with scissors and their greedy hands, the designers totally ripped their beautiful apartments into pieces. Shower curtains came down, couches were skinned, lamps were attacked, and cushions were destroyed. Sigh. It looked like so much fun. I was green with envy.
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You see what I did? I took the
"you're out" catchphrase from Project Runway and made it about homosexuality! Applaud me for my
cleverness! ... Okay, don't. On to my point: The fashion industry has plenty of gay designers (shock, surprise) so it's
not that startling to see more than a few on a reality show about fashion design. This season, there were a few brief
discussions about sexual orientation, including some stories that let us better understand and appreciate the designers
(like Daniel Vosovic's background and how accepting his parents were when he finally came out). Well, I was reading this
On the first season of Project Runway, just one
episode was enough to convince me that Daniel Franco was a little loopy. A little too much craziness and dancing but
not enough talent to back it up. When he returned for another season, he definitely toned it down a little (good for
you, Daniel!) but the folks at Project Runway still managed to portray him as the token weirdo. For example,
when the designers had to show Heidi their sketches and ideas for the lingerie competition, Daniel whispered to her,
"I want to show you something beautiful" and gave her this really weird smile. Whoa, buddy. Awkward. Well,
giving him the "auf wiedersehen" didn't end the creepiness because on the latest episode (the reunion one),
he said, seemingly out of nowhere, "I love you, Heidi".
Project Runway has been winding down, leaving only four
designers to go (Chloe Dao, Kara Janx, Santino Rice, and Daniel Vosovic), but the big finale of Project Runway
is the actual runway show at Olympus Fashion Week, which took place between the 3rd and the 10th. What they did at
Fashion Week was have all four contenders present collections so that none of the spectators could give away who had
been booted (they did the same thing last season when poor Austin Scarlett was Auf Wiedersehen-ed)... The actual top
three finalists of Runway will not be announced until next week's episode, and only those three collections
will be televised.
If you've been watching Project
Runway lately (and if you haven't been watching, why the hell not?), you've been lucky enough to see Santino's Tim
Gunn impressions. They're pretty spot-on, I must say, because if I'm not watching the screen, sometiems I'll wonder if
it is Tim talking. During this week's episode, Santino revealed that he had created a fake Tim/Andrae relationship to
go along with his impression. In Santino's mind, Tim and Andrae are currently going through some couple-trouble and
have the occasional relationship squabble at Red Lobster... It's absolutely priceless. 
Heidi Klum announced that the designers would be getting a
package instead of telling them what their challenge was going to be. After the designers waited a while in their
rooms, season one's Rob (the one that busted his head open when he was trying to show off his mad hanging-upside-down
skills to the ladies) showed up in an USPS uniform with a bunch of boxes. Everyone seemed excited to see him (except
Emmett, who, embarrassingly enough, didn't recognize him) and eagerly opened their boxes. Inside was a short a message
telling them to put on the enclosed outfits and go to the lobby. The ladies don itty-bitty, form-fitting dresses and
the guys wear tight-fitting pants and puffy shirts (again, except Emmett... he wore an atrociously bright pink top. He
tried to class it up with a fedora, but to no avail). It looks like someone threw up the Ice Capades and a box of
Crayons at the same time.
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