This is the episode dedicated to all of the straight guys who are forced to watch the with their wives, girlfriends or girl they're trying to nail.


You got to keep your audience happy.

But before I get to my thoughts of the shows, I have some sad news. I must report that the word "fierce" is now dead due to overuse. It has been utter so many times during the season that the word has lost all meaning. Now with Tim Gunn is saying it, you know the word has to die.

You will be missed.

The Challenge:

Create an outfit for the WWE Divas to wear in the ring
The designers head to Spandex House for the materials needed for this challenge.


This makes me laugh for a couple of reasons:

1) just the notion of store with nothing but spandex.
2) the lack of creativity of the name.
3) that thought Mood being too classy to carry spandex in their inventory.

All the designers meet with clients and Sweet P had the hardest time with her WWE Diva, Candice Michelle. This is how Candice describes her style:

"It's the classy sexpot, you know. To the whore sexpot."
Great ... now the word classy has lost all meaning now. I mean, can she really use the word classy wearing that outfit? Or doing this:


Klassy, yes. Classy, no. I say this but Candice is not completely delusional. During her fitting with Sweet P she made this comment:


"...I could buy this at the stripper store, just the boy shorts and the top."
I wasn't sure if it's called The Stripper Store, or just a general term for a place to get trashy clothes. I Googled "the stripper store" and I found a website called the Stripper Zone (obviously NSFW). It's basically like Office Depot for strippers. Doesn't it look like Candice is trying to lead Sweet P to the Champagne Room for a "private dance". No sex in the champagne room, Candice.

The show managed to work in a promotional tie-in with Blockbuster for their online movie rentals.


And it is totally natural looking. Not staged at all. I was kind of disappointed with Jillian shilling products for Blockbuster, because the service is horrible. But all was forgiven when I saw this:


Awesome. It's graceful, yet deadly.

Results:

Winner: Chris, Auf'd: Ricky, My Fav: Christian
I don't know how Sweet P avoided elimination because her final garment was straight-up stripper wear. I mean, the girl was wearing clear stripper heels and look at that hair and makeup.


Instead of being on Project Runway, she should be on HBO's Cathouse and working at the Moonlite BunnyRanch.

While I am on the topic of strippers, when the girls were coming down the runway I had this thought: if the WWE Divas were strippers, what song would they strip to?

Kristal


Song: "P*ssy Control" or "319" by Prince

Michelle


Song: "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake

Layla


Song: "Hot in Herre" by Nelly

Maria (stripper Lara Croft?)


Song: "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles

Candice


Song: "Sex Shooter" by Apollonia 6 or "Nasty Girl" by Vanity 6

Torrie


Song: "Barbie Girl" by Aqua

What would you choose?

I never been to a (straight) strip club but this is the music I imagine they would play. But it's moot, because they are wrestlers:


...not, strippers?

Ricky was auf'd, but you knew he was going within the first three minutes of the show.


"Even though I won, it doesn't really feel like it's gained respect by most of the people. But help me to realize, who cares what people say. Just keep doing this."
And oddly enough, I didn't hate his garment and he shouldn't have gone home because of this challenge. Also, the one time it would have been perfectly acceptable for Ricky to open up the flood-gates and allow the tears to flow, he doesn't.

Ricky, if I had my way you would have gone episodes ago ... but, thanks for the tears.

I will leave with this. During the critique of Rami's design Heidi had this to say:

"She definitely stood out because of the color. It was so pink, her hair is so blonde, and boobs are SO BIG. She got was she wanted, but not in a good way."
If you partly overheard this conversation, starting with "her hair is so blonde...", what would you think they were talking about?


Easy there, Heidi. I am not trying to pick a fight. I just making an observation.

Episode 11 preview: Two designers are going home, but all five have shown at Fashion Week. I haven't looked at the designers because I don't want to be spoiled, but want to take a peek, click here or here.

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I am back after a long absence. I am still distraught of the loss of my Kevin, that the show began not to make sense to me. Okay ... I am lying, but the hurt over the loss of Kevin will linger. I mean, instead of hot images of Kevin shirtless, we get this instead:


Do you now feel my pain? I need to get back in the swing of things so this recap will be a bit short.

The Challenge:

Create an avant-garde look inspired by you model's hairstyle
The models, once again, get screwed over because they were not in the last challenge and now two have go home. It is hard to compete when, you know, not part of the challenges. No more challenges without the models, please.

The challenge would require the designers to work in pairs. Rami/Sweet P, Victorya/Jillian, Kit/Ricky and Christian/Chris were random selected to work together. This the third team challenge in eight episodes. Please Bravo, no more team challenges. You only have them for the drama aspect of the show and they serve no real purpose.

The show is really struggling with the lose of Kevin:


If they can bring back Chris after being eliminated, why not Kevin? We just got to give someone a MRSA and we are golden. Who's with me?

When the designers got comfortable, Tim Gunn decided to drop a bomb:


No one was happy about this:


Christian was ready to cut a bitch:



And Jillian has no coping skills what so ever:

Trying to wake from the bad dream that is Project Runway
The Results:

Winners: Christian/Chris, Auf'd: Kit, My Fav: Sweet P

Does anyone hate Rami a little bit more after this episode? He didn't listen to Sweet P suggestions regarding his design, and when he was called out by Tim Gunn he basically blamed her for his bad design. His design was not avant-garde at all. Remember when the trend of wearing a dress over a pair of jeans was popular? That is what his design reminded me of.

I had high hopes for the coat that Jillian and Victorya but seeing the finished product, I was a bit underwhelmed (trademark Michael Kors). If the garments underneath were in a darker color I think I would have like the design a bit more.

And it is now time to give out the award for Best Over-Dramatic Reaction to Malfunctioning Machinery. And the award goes to:


Jillian. This is her 12th nomination and 11th win in the category.

Seriously, Jillian -- learn to cope a bit better.

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First, let me start by saying ....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[deep breath]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Jillian and I caught the vapors after the devastating aftermath of PR4 episode 7.


I need to lead with this because it hurts me so. The way they eliminate people from the show doesn't make sense to me. Kevin was auf'd because she designed looked "cheap" and aged his 17 year-old client; but you keep Christian, who treated his client like crap and blamed the faults of his design on her. This reminds me of when Jeffery made Angela's mother cry during the "Everyday Women" episode in season 3. So in the long run, the clients don't matter, the judges will decide if they like it or not. What is the point of having clients if they their opinions don't matter?

Kevin, you and your hairy chest will be missed. They may have pulled us apart, but at least I still have my screen captures:


See you at the reunion.

Challenge:
Create a prom dress
The challenge allowed the designers to get all nostalgic about their prom. Let's take a trip down memory lane while avoiding a head-on collision with sentimentality, shall we.

Kevin is Jersey boy, so he looked like this during his prom:


Very orange, but very handsome. Too bad he decided to get a nose job because he would be really smokin' hot today. He mentioned that during his prom he stole liquid from his parents and got drunk ... like most Jersey kids. Way to rat out a whole state, Kevin.

Kit must be from the same area as Gwen Stefani in Orange County:

How else would you explain her dramatic transformation? There is something in the water.

We have to travel back 30 years to see what Sweet P looked like:


It must have been some prom because she got all flustered thinking about it.

"I had a really great time at prom ... that's all I'll say."
Whore! LOL, just kidding.

Victorya intrigues me, mostly due to the fact that she rarely smiles.


For this episode she is about 8:1 on the "pensive to smile" ratio. But really I think this is all a game plan for her. When she saw that Christian was freaking out because he thought his design was tacky, she had this devilish grin:


If she had a long mustache, she totally would be twirling it around finger. But she gave one of the best quotes regarding her initial design:

not this quote"It really looked like something an Italian, older, divorcee would wear."
Really? Doesn't realized that market is booming because of The Sopranos, especially in New Jersey? She is screwed herself out of that market and MILLIONS of dollars. And besides, the high school girls would never wear something like that because they are pure class:

From the prom, to the pole.
Jillian is continuing her ode to fashions of 70's sitcoms. The last episode it was "Mork & Mindy":


this episode I am feeling "Rhoda" as her muse:


I hope the next episode she is inspired by "Good Times" and rock a JJ Evans style hat.


It would be DYN-O-MITE!

Results:

Winner: Victorya, Auf'd: Kevin (sniff), My Favs: Victorya and Sweet P
I couldn't decided on which was my favorite so I decided to pick both Victorya and Sweet P. I like how Victorya is a more modern prom dress, and Sweet P is more traditional but both are done well. Just imagine if they were designing for a ghetto prom:


Now that would be a challenge I would love to see.

When I saw Rami's design, I immediately thought of the first challenge because the designs look so similar.


During the entire season Rami has done 2 shirt dresses and 2 drape-y gowns. Is the his only aesthetic? The dress was nice, but it was totally wrong for a girl who is only 17 year-old, and to defend yourself by saying that you only make "sophisticated" garments makes you look like douche. When you client started the challenge she looked like a fetus (in a good way) with glass:


now she looks like woman in her 30s trapped in a loveless marriage with a rich man:


If this is your clientele, why aren't you famous yet? Do you know how many woman fit this demographic?

I really don't know how Ricky is still in the competition because I was sure he was going after hearing his back story about him being poor. Considering that his designs are consistently off in some way he will be going soon, but he brings the tears and has a good back story,


so as long as he keeps the tears flowing I am happy (+2 in the cry tally). I have a funny feeling he might make it to the end.

I think I figured out the editing foreshadowing:

sob story but little face time = safe
sob story and a constant presences in the episode = auf'd

I wish I could ban certain words/phrases from use by the judges. I would like to ban the following: boring, cheap, matronly, chic, mother of the bride, lady at lunch. They use them so often that these words/phrases don't have much value.

Tim Gunn should be on the judging panel. All the critiques he brings up during the design phrase ends up being used at judging. He can judge the methods used during construction of the garments. If the new season of Project Catwalk (link contains possible spoilers) put their mentor faux Tim Gunn, Ben de Lisi, on the judging panel then it's time Project Runway does the same thing. But he is probably too busy making a show that no one watches (Tim Gunn's Guide To Style), and working at Liz Claibourne. One can hope, though.


This episode made me love Nina Garcia. I love how she gives cocky designers a stern talking too; in season 2 she did the same thing to Santino.

I [heart] Nina


The client [heart] Nina, too. At this moment, Christian does not.
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Ricky Cry Tally = 11

Read my PR4 episode 6 recap

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The show is finally back after taking two weeks off for the holidays -- but it was pretty boring and predictable.

Let get started with a little bit of Kevin:


We should start a petition that Kevin must be shirtless on average 1.7 times during this season. Who is with me?

Tim wakes up the designers at 6AM to head to a surprise destination. Kit looks like hell when she greets him at the door:


She could have at least tried to tame that serious case of bed head. When she is made up , she kind of looks like Christina Aguilera:


and from the back she looks like Britney Spears:


Kevin greets Tim shirtless (the petition is working!)


much to the surprise and excitement of Tim. People make themselves presentable and it is off to the mystery location. And the mystery location is:


The Hershey store in Time Square. Great. Christian expresses what I feel at this moment:

"I was like "great," we get to make sh*t out of candy."
Victorya is so not the jazzed about the challenge, but Elisa is so upbeat. Elisa could totally be a Care Bear, or at least a Care Bear Cousin ... I mean she has the t-shirt for it.


She could do her Care Bear stare and Victorya would become cheery.

We are introduced to Michelle Gloeckler from Hershey's, and she it totally made from chocolate. Okay, not really, but you tell from the manner which she speaks that she's not human in origin.

"Thank you. And welcome. To Hershey's. Time Square. The sweetest place. In New York."
And Victorya's all:


"Really, bitch?!?" Elisa should try a bit harder to cheer up this sourpuss.

An aside, but are your thoughts on this:


To me, a bear marketing Bubble Yum bubble gum is the worst idea ever. Think about it. If a bear blows a bubble and it burst, it will get all in its fur and the only want to get rid of it is to cut it out. Or is the bear suppose to be made from Bubble Yum? I don't know. Sure it will appeal to kids, but it's a slippery slope on many levels.

Challenge:

Create a look using items from the hershey's store
Results:

Winner: Rami, Auf'd: Elisa, My Fav: Kevin
I really liked Kevin's design because it was actually wearable. Sure, Rami was more inventive, but you couldn't actually wear that anywhere unless you were working a corner. Also, the black shoes don't really go with that oufit, Rami. Kevin thought his design was beautiful:


Watch the hubris there, Kevin.


You know Elisa was going home when a) she based her design on what her daughter would wear and b) talked about the severe injuries sustained from being hit by a car in London. If you look pass all of her wacky antics, she was just a person just lucky to be alive and living her life to its fullest. I think I will miss Elisa.

There was some faux drama regarding Jillian's use of Twizzler for her design. They hyped it up so much that you know that she would have an outfit completed for the runway. It was a bold move to use food, but the design was just so-so. This would be a tacky outfit if it was made from real fabric.

The guest judge was Zac Posen:


I think that Zac would be a great replacement for Michael Kors. He is young and he actually gave critiques instead of a host of one-liners. I love how he was giving Michael some attitude. Someone else must have mentioned that he should be replaced


... but Michael Kors will have none of that kind of talk.

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Is Kit making fun of Heidi during the opening credits? Probably not since Heidi was clearly added later in post-production. She too busy having "naked time" with Seal and her pups.

The episode starts out with "Sweet P" mourning the loss of Chris. If someone casually overheard this conversation, you would think he was dead and not voted out of a reality TV show. There are more serious things to think about "Sweet P", like the bangs:


You look younger with the hair away from your face.

The Challenge:

Create a new look for everyday women using their old clothes
The models for this challenge were women who lost a significant amount of weight, as explained by Heidi:

"The clothes they are wearing were their favorite outfits before their transformation."
Bullcrap. There is a woman in a wedding dress, and you are saying that is her favorite outfit? Is this what she wears when she runs to the market to pickup some milk or to have lunch with a friend? I sense the producers had a hand in this. All the other woman at a least 2 pieces of casual clothing, and this woman has a wedding dress? I smell a fix.

Heidi pulls from the "magic bag o' buttons" and Steven got paired up with thewoman wearing the wedding dress. He is so screwed, and he knew it.

I wonder how many expletives are going through his mind at this moment?
While Steve was crapping his pants, Kevin, for a straight man, showed his very gayest hand wave:


But he was quickly outdone by Ricky:


He claimed it was done for design research for his model since they are about the same size. Make it work, Ms. Ricky. He ended the tear drought,


so I will cut him some slack.


As you may know by know, Jack had to leave the competition because of a medical condition. He began to develop a MRSA, which he has had before, which could become very serious if left untreated. His leaving was quite dramatic with tear from everyone (except Kevin) but I didn't feel much. Maybe because I knew he was going that I didn't allow myself to attach to him. He stated that this illness is not HIV/AIDS related at all and that anyone to could get. At least we have this to remember him by:


Adios, Jack. But like a flamboyant Pheonix rising from the gay ashes of fashion,


Chris is reborn, and the redemption can begin.

The results:

Winner: Christian, Auf'd: Steven, My Fav: Christian
Steven was in a futile attempt to save himself from elimination. During judging he was told that his garment looked like a French maid uniform, but I think that was the look he was after. He told the hairstylist to make his model look "French". And for all we know his model could be a French maid.

When Steven was being auf'd, I saw this:


He looks pretty good in this picture. The light and shadows makes him look a bit David Beckham-esque. Your dry wit will be missed.

Did anyone see how Jillian totally cheated?


The dress she made was create from all new fabric and only a fraction of the model's old pant for the piping. Steven used more original material than she did. What was the point of the brief if you don't have to adhere to it? But his garment was a big mess and "slapped together with glue and a prayer." So ultimately, the judges' decision was justified.

I am very happy to report that my show is no longer broken. This episode was the best of the whole season thus far. The Tim Gunn I loved from previous seasons return and made me laugh:

"I have more bad decisions at 3 o'clock in the morning than I can list."
I will leave you with Michael Kors sharing one of his bad 3 o'clock in the morning decisions:

"I went to a bar last night and met this guy... "


" ... and he left after breakfast."

Fin.
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Ricky Cry Tally: 9

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This recap will be short and sweet because I wasn't feeling too inspired to write because this episode was such a bore.

With that said, let's start off on something positive:


Kevin should be required not to wear a shirt.

Something else positive:


Jack set the mood for the episode by stealing Ricky's model. You know he has been planning this coup since working with Ricky in episode 2. Ricky was not happy, but did not cry. Damn it!

The Challenge:


The designers were asked to pair up with one another and we have these four groups of three:


Christian has official become annoying. His overconfidence, his fixation on designing jackets, his camera-whoring .... looking at him try to steal camera time from Kit:


If you notice Project Runway is using him extensively to narrate this season. I am not sure whether no one else was outwardly bitchy during filmin, or they are foreshadowing that he is in the finals. In any case, I am growing tired of Christian.

Victorya, "...I didn't even know you were a bitch." (to quote Eva Pigford Marcille - ANTM Season 3).


The would have never guess Victorya was like this. She seemed like a sweet girl when she won in episode 2 with Kevin. Unless there were somethings intentionally cut out that episode in preparation for this one. Where did this shrew of a woman come from? During their sketching time she said she didn't want to be the leader, only to say the following Ricky:

"...I, in fact wanted to ask you, why did you want to be team leader?...I didn't take [team leader] because I like that fact that someone stepped up to the plate. But I excpeted that person to fulfill those responsibilities."

Which elicited a major eyeroll from Ricky:


And from me as well while I sat and watched on my couch.

Guest judge:


Donna Karen, who looks lovely, and actually gave useful critiques to the designers during judging.

Results:

Winner: Jillian, Auf'd: Chris, My Fav: Kit
I feel bad Chris. You knew he leaving after he said this:

"A lot of people have me in a pigeon-hole. There's Chris with a 10 foot wig, and a big, giant costume made out of like 200 yards of fabric. But as the group leader, I finally got a chance to show that I can design anything just as good as anyone else in the room."
He sealed his fate when he decided to be come the team leader. Have people ever this or any other reality show before, you never want to be the leader of team. The leader most always gets kicked off when losing a challenge. His choice of shoulder pads didn't help, either. Victoria Beckham rocked some shoulder pads this past June at the UK Glamour Awards where she accepted "Woman of the Year."


I think shoulder pads are coming back, if not,


Patricia Fields totally hates Kim Catrall. (sidenote: Have you seen the new Sex and the City movie trailer?)

Ricky did not increase his cry count and my surplus of tears is running low because of it. I need nourishment, Ricky.

Other than that, this episode was pretty boring. I hope things pick up next week, or else it will be a long season.


I know how you feel, Kevin. I am falling asleep as well.

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Episode 3: Fashion Giant

So how do I begin this recap? I know:


How about some shirtless Kevin. You're welcome!

This episode of Project Runway was kind of dull because the challenge was about menswear. Heidi lauded this challenge as a first for project runway, but I don't understand why. Yes, it is the first time they worked with male models, but this is not the first time the designers worked with menswear or had males walk down the runway. Let me refresh your memories:


The Challenge:

Design a menswear outfit for Tiki Barber
The build up was kind of a let down, but I was nice to see the designers work out of their comfort zone. The special guest was Tiki Barber, which explains the menwear angle of this episode. So we go from "pop culture and fashion icon" Sarah Jessica Parker to a football player who is now a correspondent for the Today Show? Since Bravo and NBC are both NBC Universal companies that this is just corporate synergy at work. It may not be a bad idea to cross-promote consider when Tim announced Tiki Barber the only person who recognized who he was was Kevin.


Probably because he is a NY Giants fan ... and straight. From the look on Victorya's face, she got an eyeful of Tiki and liked what she saw:


But she may want to watch her back:


Ginny Barber may destroy her. I am just sayin'. According to Christian:

"... I love Asians. Asians are fierce!"
I think he meant "fierce" in the Tyra Banks American's Next Top Model sense, and not that in the menacingly wild or savage way. But whatever he says is always subject to interpretation.

Okay, let's talk about Jack. I didn't want to lead with this I thought it would off-putting but needs to be mentioned. But the shirtless picture may make the transition a bit smoother:


In the beginning of the episode, it has finally been revealed on the show that Jack is HIV positive. It hard to tell if everyone on the show knows, but it probably safe to assume that his roommates know because he seems pretty open with his pill taking. This is the first HIV positive designer on Project Runway, but not it's not a first for a Bravo reality show. John from Top Desgin was the first HIV positive contestant that I am aware of (correct me if I am wrong), and if you've know the spoilers, then you know then end up with similar fates.

In a weird juxtaposition, Jack is shown carrying Christian in a handbag.


Maybe the producers and/or Jack want to show the audience that he is still a strong, virile guy, despite his HIV. Or maybe Christian just lazy.


I think it probably a little of both.

There was a bit of drama while at Parsons. Jack asked Tim whether he could take his shorts off ... and before he could finish Tim instinctively said he could. Okay, that didn't happen, but with the right editing it could. Jack want to take off his shorts to use them as a pattern. He did,


and several people then wanted to borrow his pattern to design their pants. I don't see a problem with this considering that Vincent did the same thing during season 2:

still from season 3 coming soon
Rami was not pleased, and in an act of defiance, he flaunted the pants he made with the use of draping.

"And they aren't trace from a pattern, like some other pants. I am not accusing anyone ... I am just saying some did."

That side-eye is vicious, y'all.

Now it's time for a melange of male models:



The models are pretty obedient. They are told to take of their clothes and they offer no resistance.

Even while being fisted
The designers where were assigned male models, but for some reason they were not given their measurements. I think the producers of the show were just being sadistic by withholding this information. The stress of it caused Jillian to get all verklempt:


Back at their apartments, they are all trying to find ways to deal with the stress:


I guess the guys don't deal with stress as well as the women:

PMA = Positive Mental Attitude
This reaks of the new age-y-ness that is Elisa.

The results:

Winner: Jack, Auf'd: Carmen, My fav: Kevin
I really don't understand how Jack won this challenge. This shirt with the front and pocket stripes on the bias, just looks strange to me. I liked Kevin's pieces but the look is too young for a TV anchor, so I understand why he didn't win. Tiki mentioned that the look was "avant-garde", which is I guess something you can't have when hosting hour 12 of the Today Show.

The most shocking moment:


Ricky only cried once! In a hat that he stole from Colonial Williamsburg:


He only cried out of relief after avoiding being auf'd by Heidi for a mess of an outfit. Now, Ricky -- don't go all dry eyes on me because I use your tears as sustenance. I wouldn't have the energy to do these recaps if weren't for the tears that copiously flow from your eyes. Luckily, I have built up a surplus. But Ricky, you must promise me two things:

1) Cry at least twice per episode.
2) Never wear those manpris again:


They cause me physical pain, and Nina Garcia does not approve.


You know you messed up when Nina is giving you the "head shake of disapproval" and "the middle finger" combo.

And for no reason at all, I give you this:


Kevin channeling his inner Wolverine. Why are all the good men straight or Republican senators?
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Ricky Cry tally: 7

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Let's start this recap off on a total shallow note:


Kevin is totally doing it for me. And now lets follow it up on a happy note:


Well, it not exactly a happy moment, but it somehow brings a smile to face. It is only five minutes into the second episode and Ricky has already started the waterworks. My buddy Marius thinks that he is over emotional because he is way to in touch to his limbic system. I say that the girl just can't control himself. When you are 1 of 13 kids, crying is probably an effective tool to get attention. It's either that, or you end up marrying someone 30 years older like Celine Dion.

Anyway ... onto the very special guest who is a fashion and pop icon. I had several ideas on whom it may be: Cher, Cate Blanchett, ....


... Sarah Jessica Parker. I always thought that the SJP would be the mostly likely choice because she lives in NYC, has her own fashion line and she has a lot of time on her hands considering that she is not really in demand in the movie industry. She was recently just name the "Unsexiest Woman" by Maxim magazine. Ouch ... but at least she is getting some publicity out of it.

When the designers find out who the special guest is, the gays had a fit:


It is hard to determined which person has the gayest expression, but I will have to vote for Jack. He had the gay gasp routine down cold.

I decided to leave out Ricky's crying fit because the girl cries at the drop of a hat.


Crying isn't inherently gay... but Chris, on the other hand:


Totally gay. Chris stated that he was motivated to moved to NYC because of watching Sex and the City. I loved the show as well ...

Yes I own the entire series on DVD. Don't judge me!
... really loved the show, but I never entertained the idea of moving to NYC for numerous reasons. But I digress.

FYI: Jack is an extra in the upcoming Sex and the City movie. I wonder if SJP liked Jack so much during their brief encounter on Project Runway that she offered him a cameo in the film. It would be a good way to extend his 15 minutes of fame. Another good way ...

source: queerty.com
... naked pictures of yourself on the Internet. If the PR spoilers are true, he may need a sex tape out by the end of the year to prolong his fame window.

The Challenge:

Create a two-piece look for Bitten
Pretty sketches:

Collage of sketches
Ricky so wanted to be chosen for the chosen for the challenge that he did what he does best:


Cry. He is crying more than Sally Field on Brothers and Sisters. But the difference is that I actually like to see Sally Field cry -- Ricky, not so much. His tears were not in vain as he was one of the seven designers chosen, along with: Elisa, Rami, Victorya, Marion, Christian, and Kit.

The twist is that is team challenged anyone had to pick a partner. This is were Carmen started to showed that she can be too eager. Rami was trying to decide between Carmen and Jillian, and guess he saw this:

Jillian = seductive, Carmen = manic
The choice became obvious -- and he chose Jillian [editor's note: if you are using Firefox the animated image may move too fast. Try IE or Safari. I trying to resolve the issue.]. From the look that Jillian is giving Rami, I can tell that she has used that looked before on other men. It's so effective that I mailed my wallet to her.

It seems that Carmen didn't learn the art of subtlety after being past over by Rami when she tried to beat her name in SJP's head.


Unsurprisingly, she was not chosen. Also, why "Webber like the baller"? Why not "Webber like Andrew Lloyd"? I am pretty sure the SJP would remember someone who works on Broadway over a basketball player Chris Webber, who is famously known for his timeout debacle during the 1993 NCAA Finals. Is that reference too butch for this recap? Mae culpa.

My second favorite moment is when "Sweet P" was saddled with Elisa and her crazy ways when she was picked last for the challenge. In order to work harmoniously with Elisa, "Sweet P" offered this advice:


I am not sure if Elisa took this as a subtle come on, but how else would you explain this:


Her excuse is that she was spit marking the fabric, because, like, everyone does that. Oh ... she really was spit marking the fabric?!?


Would it be easier to use chalk instead of going down on fellow designer?

Ricky freakin' cries again because it is "awesome" that SJP picked his design.


When does he ever not cry? He strikes me as the type of guy who would remain completely stone-face in a tragic situation when tears are usually the appropriate response.

Results:

Winner: Victorya, Auf'd: Marion, My fav: Ricky
I know that I have and will continue to give Ricky grief about his crying, but I really liked his dress. I think the neckline and bust line of the dress made it too complicated for SJP's clothing line. It was too intricate for the under $20 price point. Cut and cry, Ricky. Cut and cry.

SJP has a great knowledge of fashion and is able to tell Christian that his outfit was crap, but in a way that is constructive. This is what SJP told Christian after the other judges told him they hated his 80's inspired look:

"It has a stronger color, and it is little bit short. It is more severe in person than it was on paper."
I will give Christian some slack since he was born in 1986. SJP also gave the boy a bit of hope when she thought that Christian's piece would fit her Bitten fall line, if it were longer and not as snug. And I have to agree. When your skinny model looks fat in your creation, then you should head back to the drawing board.

Astute Observation by Heidi Klum:

"I have to say, I don't get it at all. It's like out of the basement. It looks dirty -- it looks like a rag to me. (referring to Marion's auf'd design)"
Does she know any real fashion-y words? Just fake it, Heidi. Just throw random things into your critiques like: on the bias, cross stitch, tailoring ... etc. You are so adorable that you can turn bullshit into mash potatoes (line stolen from Rich). And besides, nothing is ever dirty in fashion. The proper word is: vintage.

Next on project runway ... Ricky will most likely cry.

I will end this post on a high note:


Using Kevin as bookends for this post ... I will be devastated when he leaves the show. He is perfectly imperfect, with the beard. I am sensing that underneath the beard may not be as pretty. You've been warned, Kevin.

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Ricky cry tally: 6

Labels: project runway, project runway 4, television

Hello lovers of a show called Project Runway. The show has returned for its fourth season with a new crop of designers looking to be the "next big thing". I am not sure whether they want to be clothing designers or "stars" of a reality show, but lets sit back, and enjoy the ride to the finale that is Olympic Fashion Week.

I was a bit torn on about recapping Project Runway again, mostly due to all of the competing blogs. Rich of FourFour has decided not to do his genius recaps the current season, and my buddy Marius is trying to out shine me with his recaps (step off, bitch!) -- so I decided to give it a go once again. I am trying mix things up a but by adding more of a multimedia element with pictures, audio and video. I hard to explain this show with only words and it will allow me to hone my Adobe Photoshop skills. So hopefully things won't become too cumbersome or else I ditching it.

So ..

"Are we ready? I am." (Do you what song has this line? - see below)*

Episode 1 - Sew Us What You Can Do!

The Challenge:

Make an outfit that expresses who you are as a designer
The beginning of the challenge is really arbitrary. Why make the designers run across the field for fabrics?


While everyone else is have first grab a the fabrics,


Chris is still about 4 hours away.



Ricky is the new Andrae (PR2). When does he find time to make clothes with all the crying he does?


It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes of Project Runway uttered by Zulema (PR2):

"I don't care if you cry and cut. But got to cry and cut. You got to cut at the rate. Do whatever you need to do, but you need to work. Don't stop and cry."
It is harsh, but it is true. But in all honesty, I would cry too if I were wearing a hat similar to Paula Abdul circa "Cold Hearted Snake".


I am going to keep a cry count of Ricky a la Rich's ANTM recaps.

Ricky was a whore (his words),


but I think he meant he hoarder by taking more than he needed, and the crazy beginnings of Elisa started to show when she rubbed fine silk chiffon on the grass.


But oddly, this is relatively sane compared to things she has and will do in the progression of the show.

I think there should have been a penalty of some sort for taking more than you needed. Like you have to use each piece of fabric in your design, or you have to used all the fabric you took for the next 3 projects. You know, something.


I find Christian to be the young eccentric who apparent worked with Alexander McQueen and Vivian Westwood while at design school in London. Interestingly enough he never mentions in what capacity he worked with these legendary designers, or if he actually finished school. He was accepted, so I guess that qualifies him to be a freelance designer. I am just sayin'.

The Tresemmé Hair Salon and L'Oreal Paris Make-up Room has made a new friend:


The Bluefly.com Accessories Wall.


So the show finally got the hint that no winner wants to do a mentor-ship with Macy's and Banana Republic that they decided to have to winner sell their collections on Bluefly.com. Which is a better deal in the long run considering that there will be no start-up cost with the $100,000 prize by Tresemmé.

Can I order Kevin through Bluefly.com? I know he is straight, but he needs to get used to being fondled by men if he wants to make in the fashion industry.

Results:

Winner: Rami, Auf'd: Simone, My Fav: Christian


Jeez, I wonder why Rami won? This show is the gayest thing on Bravo since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, so they have to keep the beefcake on the show ... and the dress isn't bad at all.

To quote Christian:

"...I do think that he did a piece that SO many designers do."

Jealousy or a keen observation?

While I am on the subject of Rami, why in the hell is even on this show? He has his on boutique, designed a dress for Jessica Alba, and even appeared on the Tyra Banks Show to show his collection.


Has Project Runway decided to looked for a designer who could actually make some money. The only successfully winner was Chloe Dao. I really liked PR1 winner Jay McCarroll's collection, but he hasn't done much lately.

So the season has gotten off to an okay start, but I am absolutely loving Iman as host of Project Runway Canada. I'm kind of torn between the original and the superior re-incarnation. Luckily I don't have to make a choice between the two ... yet.

Astute Observation by Heidi Klum:

"Her model look like she was pooing fabric. (refering to Elisa)"


LOLZ for everyone, except for Monique Lhuillier. You know she was not a pleased with low-class assessment of fashion, hence her missing reaction shot.

Episode 2 recap tomorrow ... hopefully.

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Ricky cry count tally: 2

* - "Control" by Janet Jackson

Labels: project runway, project runway 4