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Posted Nov 13th 2009 2:05AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
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S06E13)
Project Runway's part one of their finale episodes are always boring. This episode was no exception. We learn more about the hopefuls' backgrounds, peek at their final collection, Tim critiques them, they come to New York, and get some bombshell in one form or another.
This year's bomb is recycled from season two: a last minute thirteenth piece with the help of an eliminated contestant. This time, the muse model picks their final model.
The first half of the show was all about watching Tim in awkward situations: struggling to use a freight elevator, baking biscuits, and interacting with dogs.
Continue reading Review: Project Runway - Finale, Part I
Posted Nov 6th 2009 1:40AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
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S06E12) It's the trend for most contestants on
Project Runway to cave during the final challenge; this season was no exception. This season's final challenge was to be inspired by the Getty museum. The contestants had two days and $300 to design the dress.
Inspiration:
Althea - Overall Architecture
Christopher - Rock Fountain
Irina - Mischief and Repose by Godward.
Gordana - Rouen Cathedral by Monet
Carol Hannah - Bed - French, Paris (circa 1775 - 1780)
There was so much to be inspired by in the Getty Center, and I feel like the show rushed its way through.
Continue reading Review: Project Runway - The Art of Design
Posted Oct 30th 2009 1:36AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
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S06E11)
Project Runway finally explained why different people won challenges this season instead of just Irina and Althea winning all of them. This week's challenge was to make a companion piece to the contestants' winning looks. Unfortunately, Logan has never won a challenge. With one day and $100, they had to make it work.
On paper, the challenge sounds like an interesting way of thinking of cohesive collections. Most of these designers have an aesthetic (Carol Hannah doesn't like pants, Christopher likes full skirts). For Gordana, Christopher, and Logan, the companion pieces that they made neither complimented, nor improved on their original outfits.
Continue reading Review: Project Runway - Best of the Best
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 2:30AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
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S06E10) This week on
Project Runway, the challenge was to become inspired by several locations that Michael Kors loves. They were given $150 and the day to make a pretty outfit. Why does it seem like there's always one contestant that gets a topic they know nothing about and makes something not even close?
There are only a few challenges left, and I have to admit that other than Irina, the rest of the competitors' outfits have become more and more boring. Production really needs to give these contestants one or two days off between challenges to recharge their batteries.
Continue reading Review: Project Runway - Around the World in Two Days
Posted Oct 16th 2009 12:51AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Project Runway, Episode Reviews
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S06E09) This week on
Project Runway the contestants are given a very interesting challenge: design an extravagant stage look. Their inspiration has to come from world renowned Bob Mackie and pop superstar Christina Aguilera in mind. They had two days and $300 to make a sequin/feather extravaganza.
Unfortunately for us, Gordana had the last immunity of the season and couldn't be eliminated. I guess what she made was better than a sequin sweater. If I had immunity, I would have made a sequin one piece bathing suit with feather accents. It probably would have been better than Gordana's dress.
Continue reading Project Runway: Sequins, Feathers, and Fur. Oh, My!
Posted Oct 9th 2009 1:29PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
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Posted Oct 9th 2009 5:00AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S06E08) We finally get a challenge this season of
Project Runway that doesn't involve models. I blame
Models of the Runway for making so many model-centric challenges this season.
The designers had to make divorcee dresses out of wedding gowns. They had only one day, and the winner got the last immunity of the season. To make it worse, the contestants were only given $25 and a two yard maximum at Mood.
The designers should have remembered Steven Rosengard from season four and used the wedding gown as trim. Luckily, no one ended up making a funeral dress.
Continue reading Project Runway: A Fashionable New Beginning
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 2:08AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S06E07) Project Runway finally got down to ten contestants, a number where I could finally tell the difference between Shirin and Irina. This week we welcome the return of Michael Kors. He quickly used the term "bridesmaid," and his sharp opinions were missed. Let's hope the eliminations will be less erratic.
This week's challenge revolved around the color blue. The outfits had to be two Macy's-inspired, commercial-friendly outfits. The reward is an ability to design a dress for Macy's collection. The teams had one day, a $100 budget, and no immunity for the next challenge.
Continue reading Project Runway: The Sky's the Limit
Posted Sep 25th 2009 12:28AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S06E06) For the first season of
Project Runway in Los Angeles, production has been trying their best to use their surroundings for themes. This week
Project Runway finally gave the opportunity to make a Hollywood based costume challenge. Unfortunately, the designers didn't realize that the challenge was just a façade for L'oreal Paris to play with the model's hair.
The designers were given a genre, $150, and a day to design a visual masterpiece representing their genres. Somewhere in that day, they lost time to consult with Collier Strong to make sure that L'oreal (and not Garnier even though they are in the same family) was represented.
Continue reading Project Runway: Lights, Camera, Sew!
Posted Sep 18th 2009 2:20AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S06E05) I have a problem with this season of
Project Runway. The contestants seem to focus on how much they hate other designs instead of being friendly and helping or saying that the outfit looks like a hot mess to their face. They hope that the clothes will sink the competitors, so they stay silent.
The drama continued this week when Tim Gunn revealed that the challenge was using newspaper as fabric. The unconventional material challenges lead to a lot of failures (fat paper Minnie Mouse from Season Three's Garbage challenge comes to mind), but overall, the contestants stepped up their game.
Continue reading Project Runway: Fashion Headliners
Posted Sep 11th 2009 1:06AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S06E04) Project Runway loves messing with their designers. This week's challenge was that the models were their clients. It's not groundbreaking (season one's Wedding Dress Challenge comes to mind), but the real challenge is trying to tell these girls that they're delusional and not designers. Epperson's model Matar wanted an orange, punk, flowing, tiger dress. Thankfully, he took pieces and translated it correctly.
Tim announces that this is the first one-day challenge. This group has it easy; season five's first four challenges were all one-day. They probably wanted to make sure Johnny didn't have another mental breakdown and quit.
Continue reading Project Runway: What a Girl Wants
Posted Sep 5th 2009 12:02PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
What's old is new again. Marvel Comics is dusting off a group of characters created in the 1960's called
Models, Inc. and will be revamping them for a modern audience. The twist is that
Project Runway star Tim Gunn
will be featured in one of the comic book storylines called "Loaded Gunn."
It's a very clever way to reintroduce a group of characters that could be considered somewhat dated and make them relevant again. Since the storyline involves the theft of some superhero costumes, there may even be some crossover appeal between the genders. Hopefully, the comic will not be confused for that other
Models, Inc. from way back when.
Apparently the group will be pursuing supervillains who commit "crimes of fashion." In which case, they're going to have to go against half the superpeople in the Marvel Universe. So who should they go after? Which superheroes or villains have committed the greatest fashion crimes at Marvel?
Posted Sep 4th 2009 1:30AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews
(S06E03) Early episodes of
Project Runway throw me off. There are too many contestants, and a lot of them get lost in the shuffle. A lot of the designers have five seconds here and there, but the editing team chooses which ones we get to know.
This week was a team challenge where everyone was paired up in a school-yard pick. Who is Irina anyway? The designers had the chance to talk to locals, but the information they gave was useless. If someone didn't know beach wear was influenced by tropical colors, comfort, and functionality, they deserve to lose the challenge.
Continue reading Project Runway: Rumble on the Runway
Posted Aug 21st 2009 1:39PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, Celebrities, Episode Reviews
(S06E01) Project Runway is back! With few exceptions, the show seems remarkably unchanged by
the move to Lifetime, so those who were fearful that without the Bravo touch
Project Runway would cease to be...
Project Runway, your fears should be allayed. The one significant change, one I'm still not sure about, is the move from New York to Los Angeles. New York just screams fashion to me, the rag trade, and the buzz of Seventh Avenue. L.A. doesn't, but we shall see how it plays out.
Meanwhile, Heidi, Michael, Nina and Tim were there, the touchstones of the show, and as the new contestants were unveiled, PR was off and running.
In a smart programming move, Lifetime ran a
Project Runway: All Stars edition before the Season Six premiere. Seeing familiar faces from the Bravo years immediately sent a message to viewers that this was the same
Project Runway.
Continue reading Project Runway: Season premiere
Posted Aug 12th 2009 10:03AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
In preparation for its big August 20th season premiere on Lifetime (and, evidently, to interrupt me when I'm trying to watch a few episodes of
Frasier and
Will & Grace),
Project Runway has been running endless ads, loud and proud. I'm sorry, did I say "loud and proud"? I meant "weirdly sentimental and full of slow-mo."
The commercials featuring individual designers from the upcoming season were almost touching enough to confuse me. I mean, I'm used to the super-catty "I didn't come here to make friends, I came here to be the snarky queen bee" sort of ads. Are these just to reel in the average Lifetime viewer, or is this an early indication of
Project Runway's slightly new voice?
Continue reading Project Runway's new life or the beginning of the end?
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