Project Runway Season 10

Summer has arrived and today is a day to wear as little clothing as possible. I've already been to St. George and back this morning and I just want to sit in my air conditioned room.

The next season of Project Runway is upon us! It premieres next Thursday, isn't that nice? I was spoiled by All Stars and so am a little wary of the new season, esp after visiting the new designer's portfolios here. Looking at the designers I'm not too terribly intrigued. Some are styled horrendously, some are just tshirts and other are sewn by monkeys. I'm always surprised at how the challenges can stretch the contestants, so here's hoping.

Buffi looks awful and esp crafty.
Kooan looks intriguing as he's obviously works for queens.
I'm actually pretty excited for Elena, Christopher, Lantie, and Dmitry.

Project Runway Finale

Mondo won. MONDOWON!!!!! Now I'm less bitter that Gretchen won his season bc he's proved himself against all the other PR heavy weights. This season was genius. For a moment I've forgotten what the old seasons were like, then I remember that since its move to Lifetime PR has only had one good season: Mondo's.

I want to make this tomorrow!

The first season on Lifetime was the worst in PR history with the most terrible group of talent and the dumbest everything. I hardly remember anything from that season except they moved it to L.A. and the winner was a some woman whose family is from Jordan, everything else is underwhelmingly forgettable.

Then they moved back to NYC and we met Mondo! And there was Michael C and the other Michael that did all knits and that glorious hat challenge and evil evil Gretchen and crazy Ivy and the episode with the teams that could be a thesis paper on its parallels with WWII. Such a great season! No wonder Michael C, April, and Mondo all made it to All Stars.

Then there was Anya. BOO! There was a law past in the 50s preventing game shows from rigging their contestants and results and I think it should apply to reality shows bc Anya was terrible and the entire season was catered to keep her in the game, and then the finale was changed to give her a second chance bc she did nothing with the three months they gave her. Ug. I wasn't over the moon for Victor, but I really loved his stuff and felt like his original collection before they decided to give them more money and time for Anya's sake would have won.

Then there was All Stars. Lovely All Stars where we didn't have to worry about whether or not they could sew, or worry about getting to know the designers. We already knew them, we already loved them or we already hated them. I'm sad this season is over. It was like the much anticipated sequel to Mondo Part 1. I watched After the Runway following the finale and they showed Mondo's collections from his season and this one and the difference and growth was fabulous. It doesn't really make sense to have another All Stars for years, so here's hoping the next season goes back to the pre-Lifetime/Mondo type loveliness we expect. And Tim and Heidi will be back! New season this summer.

Project Runway All-Stars: Dressing Miss Piggy

I've loved the season of Project Runway All-Stars so far! The challenges have been rather subdued in subject, but awesome in result. All have been to make a dress, so I'm excited to get onto something else so the likes of Mondo can shine with separates, but all in all I've been ever so pleased with the challenges and results.

 Episode 3's challenge was to design a dress for Miss Piggy to wear to the The Muppets premiere. All the designers were losing their minds about getting to meet Miss Piggy and went on and on about what an inspiration she is. At first I thought this was all rather silly, but Miss Piggy might as well be a real person with how popular and influential the Muppets have been. I harkened back to the Esther Williams bit from The Great Muppet Caper and remembered how much I love Miss Piggy and was totally on board!

Gordana is out. She made a shapeless but pretty dress that she thought would set her apart, which it did, but not in a good way. Gordana has always been an amazing sewer, but a second rate and off the mark designer.

While I'm glad to see Gordana go, and am a fan of Mila's asthetic in general she's a little poop when it comes to designing outside of her realm of mod color blocking. Her rationale for this challenge was basically that she wanted Miss Piggy to wear her line, not for her design to reflect Miss Piggy. Miss Mila, miss.

To speak troth I wasn't overly wowed by any of the designs for my taste, but certainly some worked for Miss Piggy. Rami came in second with this little number that while I think is a good Miss Piggy ensemble, I don't think it is so much a red carpet look for her.

Having had said that none were really favorites I know for sure Michael C's (still use the C even though there aren't any other Michaels) wasn't my favorite. They suggested Piggy would style it in pink, but even then I'm not a huge fan. The palette is too "dusty Great Expectations drape" for me. He won of course. He's shown great sewing skill so far despite the accusations during his PR season.


















Photos from Second City Style.
Also, haven't been able to find any pictures of Miss Piggy in Michael's dress. She defs wore a white dress w/ red to the premiere!

Project Runway All Stars

A'ight here we go. I'm an avid PR fan. I haven't seen every season as it used to be on Bravo back when my parents only had network TV, but I've been a fan since I could catch marathon's at my sister's during babysitting. PR All Starts aired last night with the 13 most controversial past contestants. You've got--

Anthony
April
Austin
Elisa
Gordana
Jerell
Kara
Kenley
Michael C
Mila
Mondo
Rami
and
Sweet P

I recognize everyone but Kara and Elisa. In the first episode we learn that the host, mentor and judges will be entirely new. My sister and I texted about this before I'd seen the episode and I told her I'd post my opinion on here. While PR w/o Heidi and Tim Gunn does seem strange the rationale behind this is sound in my opinion. Having an entirely new panel is the only way to get a new and fresh look at the designers. Heidi, Michael, and Nina know the designers well. The new group- Isaac Mizrahi, Georgiana Chapman, Angela Lindvall and Joanna Coles will work just fine. Isaac's like Michael Kors but crazier. Georgiana is the straightforward Nina but Angela as the host is rather awkward and seems to be thinking too hard. Joanna is a girl version of Tim, subdued, deliberate and encouraging. I don't mind the new people.

The episode opened with a fashion show of one piece from each designer. Elisa's was a disaster. She's a disaster. The only other look I took major issue with was Kenley's which was a totally awful Joann's prom contest reject (photo left). Of course Mondo's was a favorite. I'm rooting for him to win it all. He's my favorite, probably from any season.

The challenge was fan favorite "make a look from unconventional materials from the dollar store" and the spin was that it had to coordinate with their first look (not spinny enough for me). Mondo was my favorite of course. Rami also had a great look (the winner). Sweet P's was a disaster but I'm glad Elisa got voted off with her "half a circle story telling piece of art". Of course Mila color blocked, snooze. Anthony's look he brought for the first fashion show was phenomenal. Of course in the runway at the end Gordana over designed, surprise surprise. As of right now the designer's are sticking to their normal guns but Mondo and Rami have definitely expressed their intention to stretch themselves. I'm predicting they'll be in the final two right now.

Rami's winning look, made from shopping bags.

Project Runway!

Project Runway is back! And on Lifetime too! which means I can watch it at school on my basic cable! I'm so gitty and excited. This is the first season since I've actually had pattern making and advanced construction instruction. The designers (characters really) all seem special and blah blah. I love Heidi Klum. I was astonished at some of the intelligent things guest judge Lindsey Lohan had to say.