Second, the episode was called Rock the Runway, but I watch PR Australia, too, and they say frock instead of dress. It's fun to say. Go ahead. Try it. Awesome, right?
Vague drama at the beginning of Project
Runway. They open with this weird, awkward silence in the apartment
between Amanda, Korina and Char. It's clear something happened but we
didn't get to see what it was. That irked me a little. You mean the
19 cameras the designers have on them all day didn't pick up the
conversation that lead to the tense staring?
I like Amanda less this season than her
original season, but Korina is doing that vague, passive aggressive
bitchiness thing. It's clear in her facial expressions more than her
actions that she's surprised when other people win. I haven't seen
her make anything spectacular yet. Of course, Amanda's garments haven't
deserved the wins either.
In Amanda's interview, she reports to
the audience that Korina called her phoney. I don't think Korina is
completely wrong about that. But anyway, that's how they started the
show. It was bizarre, and I wondered if I missed the first 10 minutes
of the show!
Finally, the real runway show starts.
They arrive at Webster Music Hall. Everyone guesses what the challenge will be, but since they
have bride and groom cups, it's not going to take Nancy Drew to solve
this one. (Yeah, I went old school on you with Nancy!)
Tim walks in with Dita Von Teese on his
arm. Screams and exclamations greet their arrival. Full disclosure
here...I had to Google her. Okay, so Dita wore a big purple gown for
her wedding, and she's kicking off the non-traditional wedding
challenge. I love the sound of this. Throw out the traditions. I'm
all about that.
Dita Von Teese called the wedding dress a bride's
costume. That phrase is great. And so is her name!
Tim lays out all the details; create a
believable, non-traditional wedding dress as well as a second dress for a
reception; there are no limits; don't make it look like a costume.
Tim then drops a bomb; TEAMS! BOOM!
Another bomb: random assignments (BOOM) and
yet, Amanda and Korina working together. That button bag is strangely
psychic, isn't it, producers? BOOM!
The boom side effects are my own
addition. It was way less dramatic than that. Almost a yawn moment for all the build up.
Most of the other designers are happy
with their pairings except the last two; Amanda and Korina. Korina says
in her interview that she's not sure how she feels about Amanda since
she doesn't trust her. They worked together well a few challenges
ago. It makes me wonder what happened, but only for a half second. I
can't drum up the will to care about this non-fight. It's just weird.
They stay at the theater to sketch.
Some of the groups are working together and bouncing ideas off each
other. There's nothing more exciting than watching creative people in
that kind of whirlwind space where ideas are flowing.
Korina wants to make a tuxedo. I wanted
to like her at the beginning of the competition. I really did. She had cool tattoos
and her designs seemed funky and interesting, but she's been
designing the blandest outfits. Even her bitchiness is bland. She sees her design as non-traditional -
which it is - but she's doing nothing original with it. Amanda is
being really timid about pointing that out to her. I'm feeling a
little bit for Amanda. She doesn't want to clash with her partner and
go home on a team challenge. That's usually how it goes.
The only fabric that seems crazy is the
bright yellow from Char and Sandhya. Char's dress color is already
unfortunate. Yellow leather and bright yellow lace. Char is
frustrated. She let Sandhya take the lead on the color instead of
insisting on one that wouldn't sear everyone's retinas. I get the
feeling that the other designers don't understand Sandhya and can't
see why she wins, but since the judges love her, they feel like
they're missing something and should run with Sandhya's craziness.
The judges were stunned by original design but that's going to wear
off very soon. My advice is stay away from Sandhya's kind of crazy.
I'm slowly learning their names. Mostly when
they make an impact on me. I'm not sure why but blue-haired girl's
name won't stick with me. Her dress looks like it'll be one to watch.
After we see some of the designs coming
together, we have to have a quick bit of melodrama. They are dragging out this non-fight. Char and Korina
had decided that Amanda needs to be told to her face that they find
her fake. I'm not sure she is, but okay, even if she was over-the-top
or fake, why is it up to you to tell her what you're thinking? If I
find someone unattractive, I'm not going to walk up and say, "Wow, that's some nose you have there." I
might mutter "oh boy" or think it in my head. What was the
point exactly? It feels very Mean Girl to me.
Amanda runs into Fade in the kitchen.
He's such a nice man, and jokingly says he'll let his model go down
the runway naked so he can listen to her problems. Whenever she needs
him. He's there for her!
Sam and Alex
They're doing a burgundy lace with silver appliques. In their half-finished form, they look pretty good to me.
We'll see!
Sandhya and Char
Oh boy. The yellow leather of Char's
dress is puckered. It looks like she hacked up the leather into a
dozen pieces then sewed them together like a jigsaw puzzle. Sandhyas
isn't done yet, so I don't know about that one.
Emily and Fade
That's blue-haired girl's name: Emily.
I'm not sure about her sketch, but I like what she has on her dress
form so far. It's lace at the top and off one shoulder with a high
waist and a long skirt with cutout squares. Fade will be making his
own textiles with cut out pieces and lace that he'll paint.
Korina and Amanda
Korina explains that it's a meld of
their styles (which it clearly is not) and she's making a tuxedo. Tim
has the same concerns as Amanda did - it's plain. Tim thinks
Amanda's treatment so far is beautiful. Korina gets this wide eyed
look when she can't believe what she's hearing. Then Tim says
"Korina, your look needs more innovation. Where Amanda's look is
all about innovation." Ouch. Then Amanda beams this smug smile.
Meh. I gave her a point but then had to take it away for smugness.
Kini and Sean
Sean has immunity but Kini is a strong
designer. I don't think he really flinched about that. They are
creating a pair of pants and a dress for a lesbian at her wedding.
Kini is basically done with his garment when Tim shows up. Sean is
working on his pants and the shirt isn't even a glimmer yet.
Korina complains that this is what she
does. She's not going to make something...weird. And Amanda replies,
"Right, well. I'm not going to make something not weird."
Korina is very rigid about her boring outfit, and I'm pretty sure
Amanda hopes she'll hang herself with that boring jacket.
Model fittings do not help me see the
garments any better. Alex comments that he needs to make sure all his
model's bits are covered since last runway he had some "sneaky,
peeky cheekies going on". Yeah. The model's butt cheeks were
playing peek-a-boo. I'm going to save that to use at some point in my
daily life! (Sneaky, peeky cheekies. I'll find a way to slip that in to some random conversation.)
The garments are slowly showing their real
selves both good and bad. Char and Sandhya are still yellow-ugly, but
the rest are coming together.
Blah blah, product placement ads from
Tim which really equals "Get your models ready, people!"
Amanda offers to drape the pants.
Korina says "Since her dress is so easy. she decides to do the
pants." Almost like Amanda should be offering. That's your bad
outfit, Korina. It's almost as bad as your attitude. I'd have stuck
with my easy-to-make dress and let Korina flop around like a flounder at the last minute. Okay maybe not because I wouldn't want to
go home because Korina couldn't make her bland jacket in the time
allotted.
Kini the wonder tailor is frustrated
that it's taking Sean two days to make a pair of pants, so he offers
to do the shirt. He whips those up in like 55 seconds.
Alex says that the top of Sandhya's
dress looks like a corn cob after you've eaten the corn. He's totally
right. It does!
Korina complains that the pants are
bad. Too tight and ill fitting. She should maybe have sewn them
herself. Sandhya says in interview that Korina came in overconfident
and superior. Treating everyone badly. I can see that about Korina.
I'm not sure where her confidence comes from exactly.
I thought the recaps would get shorter
as the designers were eliminated but they are getting longer!
Here are the memorable looks from the
runway.
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| Via Fair Use Project Runway Fade's looks always make me wonder how he accomplished it. I hope he breaks out of the pack soon. |
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| Via Fair Use Project Runway Poor Kini. I really liked this, but he didn't win. |
Char's losing look
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| Via Fair Use Project Runway From a distance when you squint your eyes, this dress isn't as bad as it really actually is. Maybe everyone will squint when they see it. |
Sean's winning look
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| Via Fair Use Project Runway Sean didn't tell the judges that the shirt they loved and raved about was constructed by Kini. I don't blame Kini for feeling robbed of the win. |
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