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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Project Runway Recap

Posted by on July 13 at 11:50 AM

For the very first challenge, the 15 designers had to create a dress using materials found only in their new New York apartments. This meant everything from blankets to chandeliers to food from the refrigerator. They were given 15 minutes to rip the place apart, cutting up floor mats, mattresses, chairs, couches, shower curtains… everything in sight. Then they had eight hours to create their masterpieces.

Most of the designs weren’t as crazy as you’d expect. Laura made a great coat, Robert made an adorable party dress (you have to see the bright red bows in the back to fully appreciate it), and Michael, who seems to love the booty shorts and busty tops, surprised everyone with a really delicate and feminine piece made out of coffee filters .

Vincent, though… well… Vincent glued chain to a basket and made his model wear it like a hat.

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Vincent is crazy.

It was Keith’s pretty blue dress that won in the end. Not bad for a menswear designer who claims to have never made a dress in his life. The red buttons in the back (plucked from a duvet cover) were a great touch.

Then it was time for someone to go home. The three with the lowest scores were Stacy and her sloppy see-through skirt , Jeffrey McNeck Tattoo and his feather-flinging mess , and of course Basket Hat. Crazy, crazy Basket Hat.

After the judges got really catty, Stacey, who didn’t know how to work a sewing machine and did her dress by hand, was sent home. Not a shocker at all. Of course they’re gonna keep Jeffrey around for drama (he’s dying to be the next, even cockier Santino), and Vincent is the train wreck everyone will love to watch.

Bradley still holds my heart, though. He’s goofy and I love goofy. And his dress wasn’t bad either, though I can see why the simple design didn’t make it to the top three. “It was awesome,” he said about watching his dress go down the runway. “I almost cried.” Awwwe!

But that Malan… Whoa. He’s creepy. He’s gonna be a problem.


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yeah, what's up with keith being just an asshole. he is really cute, so i'm very disappointed. Laura's was killer, as was Michael's. i thought that angela and allison had the best dresses though. i think the two of them seem really cool.

Sending the designers back to sleep in their self-ransacked apartments was cruel and unusual, ie great TV.

I think I have a crush on Michael. That coffee-filter dress was really pretty, creative, unusual, and a great use of available materials. Plus he didn't fuck up his own bedding to get it.

Sweet sweet cruelty. Did they just think that the interior design elves were just going to fix everything? It would be WAY funnier if it stayed like that all season.

Also, that Malan guy is a freaky freak. His whole persona seems wildly fake, and his garment has already slipped my mind. I kind of hope Heidi gives him the boot sooner rather than later.

I could not believe that Keith won! WTF!?! The dress was pretty and well-made, but the base material was totally unimaginative. Oooh, a dress made from a bed-sheet! Clever boy.

Michael's coffee filter dress was lovely and more complicated.

After the frenzied destruction, I was shocked and thrilled that they had to sleep in the remnant chaos. For once, immediate consequences on a reality show!

Did they mention that Robert Best is (was?) a Barbie doll/clothing designer for Mattel? He actually did nice stuff for their collectible line (not the tacky glitter pink dolls meant for little kids).

Thank you, thank you for posting a review of PR on the Slog. I am without cable for the summer and living vicariously through your words. Youre the best, keep it up.

I think Laura deserved to win. I love her style, and the fact that she refuses to dress down. I wish more people had style like her.
My second choice was Robert. When I saw the back I squealed. I want that dress. What's so funny is I thought Micheal and Nina would tear him down as being too cutsy. I'm glad they seemed to have mellowed.
Except for Vincent, who is a bit nutty, I though every single design was great. Jeffery's coat and dress were nice independently, but not together. And he's mean so I kind of want him gone. I'm glad he was in the final 2.

What about Uli's? I liked it.

I thought Keith's was the antithesis of innovation.

And I love pageant guy, Kayne. Love him! Just not his pageant designs.

Can we please talk about the giant herpes sore taht Daniel V was rocking for the casting special?

It was all I could fucking look at.

Or that Michael Kors is even more of a bitter Oompa Loompa than he was last year?

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