Project Runway anyone?

Sorry, my interests are varied. Not all porn, all the time.

I have to agree...I am a little startled by the 'professions' of the designers this season....



(am guessing finding 'raw' talent it simply too hard? several seem to have had their own lines...)

Christian reminds me of the guy from last? season with all the tatoos...couldn't STAND the asshole but damn, he had a clear vision and some amazing talent... ditto Christian...smug little queen but he CAN sew and give some amazing looks...

I do like 'Sissy bear' only in the fact he adds some much needed humor, and a great laugh.... but sleeping during a challenge? and then showing us verbatim from 2 challenges ago? ugh... Unless he can really change his one note drag queen'isms he will loose to Rami....please Rami- no.more.draping.

I love Christian and I don't care who knows it.

The mix of range is unique this season. I find Project Runway entertaining.
My mother made extra money sewing for people my whole growing up, so I can related to what the designers go through.

Christian : Yes he is talented. The ego and the "fierce" comments are a bit tired. His clothes are unique and carry a very European sensibility. I think he may win, the bitch has mad skills but makes me gag.

Chris : He is definitely as they say "The audience favorite". Anytime there is someone on a show of this caliber that is self taught, my attention immediately goes to them. He is funny and charming. I have not seen nasty attitude from him at all this entire season. He creates art and from a personality stand point, he is my favorite designer. He got some nerve napping and snoring in the break room. LOL

Rami : Good lord, drape, drape and drape something. The Levi's challenge gave me some hope that he may do something else. Alas, he is draping fabric again and is in a tie with Chris.

Jillian : She is a good designer but she is so stodgy and pouts and is SLOW.
Not much substance there. She'll do well after being on the show.

Sweet Pea : I like her personality. There is a place in the market for her clothes, she just needs to step up her game a little. She did get to show at Bryant Park. All 5 of them did.

I was sooooo glad Ricky was thrown off the show. EVERY show he was crying and crying and carrying on. Good lord, get over it. Cut the damn mustard already and dry the hell up!! He works my nerves. It's a cut throat business fashion, perhaps he should invest is Kleenex as a possible future for himself?

^^^I am 1,000% co-signing with you on Ricky.

I thought I was the only one who was too through with the water works. I was hoping that one day someone was just gonna walk into his confessional time and go "Please stop crying you fruitcake!!!"

He was just a little too soft...softer than Christian, IMO.

re: ricky...

gotta ask- what was with the wierd mesh cabbie hat thing??

trying to hide a bald spot or some wierd fashionish trend?

Christian: Reminds me a lot of Austin only with an unfortunate excess of personality. He's got amazing talent and the same sort of flair for the dramatic that actually works as ready-to-wear creations.

Chris: He's a true wildcard. He's the sweetest guy and sleeping in the breakroom didn't matter at all. He really was finished and it was great. I'm not sure if he's consistent. It's difficult to tell what's going on in his head. Though it may not look like it, his sewing skills are better than Christian's though his ready-to-wear looks are less consistent.

Both these guys have the greatest promise but also the most to lose. They're couture freaks. The problem is there isn't much true couture around these days. Only eight fashion houses are true couturiers. It's a very narrow, very tiny market, and even then, what's shown on the runway is most unlikely to be on a socialite's back.

Chris needs a knock-out collection full of innovative looks that match his stunning couture dresses which were, frankly, the two most beautiful dresses I've ever seen on the show.

Christian needs to shut the fuck up, listen, and learn. He's loaded with original talent but completely lacks the sort of sophistication needed for couture. A couturier has to have a very keen understanding of society, politics, and culture. Couturiers are visionaries and right now Christian's just designing pretty Christmas tree ornaments to fulfill his own ego. Striking and beautiful clothes? Yes. Cutting edge? Not yet.

Jillian and Rami: They're the safe bets. They design nice upscale clothes. Nothing too shocking, nothing too dull. They're excellent sewers. Drapery is difficult. Rami's draping has a market as does Jillian's slightly conservative but fashionable (if not chic) looks. Both of them will have, at the least, very solid design careers working for larger fashion houses.

Sweet Pea: Ready to be hired for the Jacqueline Smith Collection for Wal Mart. Everything she cranks out I just think, "Oh that's nice." She has the technical talent and deep knowledge of what sells commercially, but she's not an artist. Even when given a blank check and time, her mind doesn't seem to explore beyond the conventional. I feel bad for her because I keep thinking she's just a nicer Wendy Pepper, but she just doesn't have the je ne sais quois of a true artist.

"(Christian) completely lacks the sort of sophistication needed for couture. A couturier has to have a very keen understanding of society, politics, and culture. Couturiers are visionaries and right now Christian's just designing pretty Christmas tree ornaments to fulfill his own ego. Striking and beautiful clothes? Yes. Cutting edge? Not yet."

Wow, Jason...that was serious.

I like that you know so much about the couture fashion world. That's very impressive.

Let's not forget Jack, although he left. i found these revealing pics of him.

Frank Louis | photography

Hoo boy...

I knew Chris was the underdog going into this yet I held out hope he'd somehow trounce Rami. No such luck.

The pieces were dramatic and Gothic; like I expected them in an Addams Family movie, but beautiful. The jacket with the hair trimmed shawl collar was simply lovely and the hairpin skirt was magnificent. The quality of his work was remarkable. I'm a bit pissed that the judges, who keep asking for vision and innovation, recoiled in horror at the human hair trim. Chris used it beautifully and, as a substitute for fur, he managed it perfectly. The hair draped exceptionally well on the jacket, framing the model's face in a novel yet beautiful manner.

Tim wrote in his blog that he acknowledges the theatricality of many top name designers like Westwood, Johnson, and Mackie yet then does a turn around saying that Chris's pieces weren't all that wearable. That disappointed me because this show was all about looks, not saleability. The previous week they nailed Sweet Pea for not being daring yet in this show they nail Chris for being too daring and I think that's unfair given how creatively and exquisitely he worked the materials and textures.

Speaking of Sweet Pea, I thought her collection was the weakest of the four. It was inconsistent, uninspired, and in some cases, unflattering. I kept thinking I had seen these sort of looks before from takes on the von Furstenberg wrap to the Lacroix pouf. It was derivative and directionless; different for the sake of different.

Rami impressed me a great deal. His collection was vastly better than I thought it would be. I loved nearly everything in his collection. The optical print dress was fantastic; truly special and very wearable.

I was very surprised by the final contest. Chris's three dresses were very strong, very definitive, and each was flawless in execution. Rami did nearly as well but the one gown with the pronounced lower section made the model look fat in the tummy and thighs. I didn't think it made her look beautiful so much as deformed and that's never good. If I had to base my decision simply on these six looks, I'd have to give the win to Chris even though I think Rami's collection was ever so slightly stronger as a whole because it was more diverse.

I was more pleased with Jillian's collection than I thought I would be but I still don't think she's visionary. She does make nice, wearable clothes of a modern sensibility in a Jones of New York kind of way, but she doesn't have pizazz.

Christian's entire collection looked like Christian. His silhouette was his silhouette. It was a bit creepy. On the whole though, I wasn't wowed by his collection. It looked good but a bit unfinished in that the looks weren't refined enough. He made the amateur mistake of thinking an unlimited budget and free license made him free to make more and equate that with better.

omg i LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE project runway!! i haven't been able to keep up this season but i'm you-tube-ing all of 'em to catch up as soon as midterms are over!

it's all about christian this season. i love both jillian and rami's (not to mention chris') designs as well, but christian has such an educated, modern, and creative take on fashion for someone so young. that kid is going places.

I am soooooooooo disappointed.........I thought Chirs's 3 looks were far stronger than Rami's..........plus he left the show with the grace he displayed all season long.........I cried along with him when he kissed heidi goodbye

I agree with you..however--Rami is just so hot! Well, except for those funky teeth.

Well, my complaint with Chris' pieces is that there were absolutely ZERO pieces that anyone would or could attempt to wear outside of a photoshoot...and for crap's sake DON'T TELL ANYONE THAT YOU USED HUMAN HAIR AS A TRIM.

The only place human hair on clothing is acceptable is in a hairshow in Atlanta, GA.

He could have lied about it and said it was goat hair or some sort of exotic trim, but human hair? That's just uncalled for.

As for Rami and everyone else's collections...they're uninspired. Goth. Edwardian menswear. Dark pallettes? This is all last season stuff. Galliano did Ronin inspired garb last season and as a whole, everyone's collections were predictable and without real direction. I'm wholly dissapointed.