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A little about how I'll be doing these
recaps. I'm going to talk about the important and/or crazy quirky
moments from each episode. These will be my initial thoughts on the
episode too, as well as my personal opinions. It's not always going
to be sweetness and light, people! Some of these designers make some
ugly items, or they are excessively weepy about absolutely
everything. The main weepy person is gone already though, so we may
not have any tears at all the rest of the season.
Another warning: I don't know a ton
about fashion. I'm coming at this as a lover of creativity. The
creative process these people go through is fascinating to me. I like
to see how their personalities impact their clothing too.
When I watch Project Runway, I don't
always know their names until they hit the top 7 or 8 unless they are
extra dramatic, or the clothes blow me away. I think that's enough
warning and explanation.
On to the episode...!
A Suitable Twist
The person who wins this season gets a
ton of prizes. I swear Heidi spends the first twenty minutes of each
episode listing all the prizes including the chance to design a part
of the Red Robin uniform. It's a strangely bizarre prize. The others
make sense; money, makeup for runway shows, accessories for their
shows. Things that will benefit their careers. I'm not sure how Red
Robin fits except they must have ponied up some of that cash prize.
That's where they end up going this
week; Red Robin. The shameless Red Robin plug has nothing to do with
the challenge except they get to eat in the restaurant while
designing. "We have burgers with a twist. Now here's your
challenge. Fresh take on a hamburger! You're about to become a chef
instead! Welcome to Hell's Kitchen!" Okay, he didn't say that
but it was close. Men in suits come out holding trays of burgers.
Hideous suits by the way. Every ugly suit your dad ever wore in the
60s and 70s. Pink prom tux, purple velour suit, tan corduroy, blue
leisure suit.
As a viewer, it made me laugh a little.
These were terrible, and I couldn't blame the designers for their
initial nausea. Sandhya as the winner of the last challenge gets to
pick her suit first, but as an extra stab in the back to the others,
she gets to choose theirs, too. Surprise Hernan. Shouldn't have been
so mean to Sandhya two weeks ago!
She claims to have given everyone suits
that she thought they could work with, that fit their aesthetic. I'm
not sure. I can't get a read on Sandhya. Two weeks before, she went
weeping to Tim about how the other designers were mean and were
picking on her, but I like her out-of-the-norm design choices. They
aren't always things I love or would want to wear, but they are
original.
It's interesting to watch the designers
and their reactions to the suit choices. In my opinion, the ones with
the most talent took the challenge, absorbed it and moved on. They
focused on how to work with the fabric they were given. The least
talented whined and fussed about how they couldn't create with the
ugly fabrics. They did get to go to Mood and choose other fabrics,
too, so they had some choices.
Unless Red Robin is responsible for
every horrible prom suit in the last 50 years, I'm not sure what the
point was. But they go inside, eat fries and design. They did have
cool-looking drinks and glasses!
Mitchell and Hernan did the most
complaining about how Sandhya hates them. Hernan made the worst
decisions or didn't understand the challenge. He tried to match the
brown and beige suit with more brown and beige so he chooses a brown
vinyl at Mood. At this point, I'm thinking "wow, you didn't find
it challenging enough even though you've whined for 30 minutes about
it so far?" Brown vinyl. That's all I have to say about that.
Moving on.
Everyone else is thinking about their
design, solving the problem of the ugly suit with fuzzy design
decisions and a slightly vague directions, but they've mostly moved
on from the initial shock. Except Mitchell and Hernan.
Two of the designers are making a
motorcycle jacket. Neither one of the designers would give up their
design, but one of them was slightly bitchy about it, but not bitchy
enough for me to remember her name. She's been vaguely bitchy before,
too. I wish she'd own it. Around Project Runway, that could keep her
in the competition long after she's messed things up.
More Hernan whining. They had a bit of
a confrontation in the sewing room. She basically said I gave you
what I thought you could handle, but maybe you should have realized
I'm not easy prey. Ha! He was a bit of a bully on the challenge they
had together.
Tim's critiques are entertaining. One
of my favorite parts of each week's challenge. I can't always see
what they envision. I see sketches and flaps of fabric on dummies.
They almost always look horrible. Amanda's description sounds like a
flapper dress. Kini's dress is almost done. It looks fantastic. The
two designers and their motorcycle jackets. An off the shoulder piece
from some designer that was on the bottom last week. They destroyed
him. Nina called his dress a planet of the apes dress. Ouch. The
designer with the corduroy suit took strips of it and strips of other
things and sewed them together. I thought it had the potential to be
amazing. Mitchell put clear plastic over his dress.
Tim snuck up on Hernan who was trying
to mold his vinyl. Tim's face was thoroughly confused. He didn't
understand why Hernan was using the vinyl like fabric when it's not.
It's crumply and messy. At this point, Tim can inspire a designer who
is heading in the wrong direction. They scrap old garments and start
fresh, or take the current one in a different direction. Hernan has
the chance to fix things. I would if Tim ever gave me that face.
They skimmed over the blue haired woman
and the young girl with the lip piercing as well as Fade and another
(which usually means they are safe) before stopping at Sandhya who
said I was blown away by the moustache on the wall of Red Robin. Tim
just seemed confused, but he's been confused by her before, and she's
won challenges. All the interview segments show designers confused by
Sandhya.
Model fittings are model fittings. They
only showed bits and pieces so it was tough to see what was happening
with the finishes!
With so much focus on Hernan, it wasn't
looking good for him unless he pulled something out of his nether
regions at the last minute. Tim announced things the designers knew
already like send your models to the makeup room, and use the
accessory wall thoughtfully.
Boring, boring then runway time!
I'm not going to give a rundown on each
look until it hits the top six designers or so. There are just too
many of them right now. At the beginning of the season, I was happy
about the new accessory wall. The one last season was super ugly,
especially the shoes. I was so happy to see the wall this year except
everyone seemed to pick short boots with their dresses this week.
During the runway, Hernan laughingly
called Sandhya a bitch. She gave him the finger and told him not to
ever talk to her like that again. It made me question her tears of
two weeks ago to Tim. Clearly, she can stick up for herself, which
makes her move seem calculated. Or perhaps I'm being too harsh, and
she has just realized that she needs to be strong to win!
The judges didn't love one of the
motorcycle jackets, the shredded dress and Hernan's super V girl
costume. He had a V directly over the model's crotch.
They loved Amanda's hippy girl outfit,
Kini's dress, and the guy who was on the bottom last week. Amanda
won.
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I wasn't unhappy about the win, but out
of the three they liked, I'd have chosen Kini's.
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Hernan tried to defend his dress by
saying the material disintegrated, which the judges saw was a lie
because they get to see the material and the dress up close.
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He lost.
My favorite was this dress by the girl with the lip ring. I am drawn to sporty-chic-sexy clothes.
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