Project Runway 3, Week 2
Manolo says, of the course the Malan could not design the pageant gown! What true classic villian could design the pageant gown?
Such bubbly happy things are like the Kryptonite to the villians, guaranteed to bring them to their knees.
Yes, we were as the viewers supposed to feel the pity for the Malan, all because the Mother of the Malan had such cruel words for his designs.
The Manolo asks you, though, what villian has ever had the pleasant childhood? Such are the nasty experiences that make the villians. 
No, the Manolo blames the producers of the Project Runway for allowing the the Malan to be eliminated early. Better to have taken his schlumping, whining, talentless partner, the Katherine as the mostly innocent sacrifice, so as to allow the Malan to survive to trouble us later with his Igor-like laugh, his strange, Englishy accent, his pasty white skin and the slick dark hair. (In the movie versions, the Malan is certain to be played by the Alan Rickman.)
Of the course, it goes almost without the saying that his dress it was bad, so very, very bad. But did not the Santino survive the worse disasters in the last season? For the example, the ridiculous wickety-wack Spring Time for Hitler underwear, which was accompanied by the lengthy runway argument with the Nina.
The problem for the Malan it is that this season has the surfeit of potential villians.
Case in the point, Angela, the crunchy hippy crafter who turns out to be the complete snake-in-the-macramé, unable to sketch, unable to do anything to help the so very annoying, panic-prone, and shouty Vicent avoid putting the silly sleeves on his gown.
Or consider the handsome and serpentine Keith who attempted to charm the big-haired young Delta Burke out of her gown and into his. Ayyyyy! Too much sultry and manipulative eye contact for the comfort of the Manolo!
Then there is the Jeffrey, he of the aggressive neck tattoo and the overblown/insecure ego, you know him, the one who is certain to go postal at some point in the season.
And so sadly for the Malan, the herd of the villians had grown too large and needed the culling.
As for the winners, the Kayne and the Robert, it was like watching the dinner theater remake of the movie Miss Congeniality III, in which the designer of Barbie clothes combines with the beauty pageant consultant from Oklahoma to produce the Bob Mackie-esque mermaid gown for the attractive but personality-challenged beauty queen. Zzzzzz. Wake the Manolo when the Hasselhoff makes his cameo as the celebrity judge.
Speaking of the celebrity judges and the boredom, where was the Michael Kors? In the stead, we were given the very nice, very un-bitchy, mostly boring Vera Wang, wearing her customary black uniform.
Finally, once again, the Manolo considered the design of the Laura and the Michael Knight to be the stand out. The gown had the beautiful clean lines and the bling-bling sparkle that the Manolo thought made it most arresting. Perhaps the judges considered the white color as not being appropriate to the occasion.
Ayyyyyyyy! Come back Malan, all is forgiven!
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Cesar 16 years ago
I don’t think Malan deserved the auf. At least he had an idea and worked with his partner to execute it. Angela appeared to not have much of a design idea at all, nor did she appear to attempt to cooperate with her partner.
Eric3000 16 years ago
Once again We agree with the Manolo that the Laura had the best design. And, although there is argument about this, I’m pretty sure it was a pale flesh color and not white, though it did appear white on television, which is a problem. As one would expect from Laura and Michael, it was stunning and perfectly executed. While some people complain that it was too simple, it still stood out from all the more complicated messes that went down the catwalk.
Dora Long 16 years ago
The Manolo is of course spot on, as usual. I also found the dress of the Laura/Michael team to be lovely and perfectly finished. And most important it “walked” the best of the lot, in my opinion. And I think the Eric3000 is correct in his color assessment- much speculation regarding that in the BPR blog today.
Alas, the Malan.. I’ll miss the bastard child of Austin Powers and PeeWee Herman more than I thought possible. Give him credit- he is at least unique. Frankly I think there is some real talent in there and I’m sorry we won’t get to see more of it.
As for Miss Tara USA- my advice is as follows. Dear child, if a man like Keith ever has the audacity to touch you in such a fashion again SLAP HIM!! Ladies do have rights.
Angela and VIncent- don’t make the rest of us suffer anymore seek help. There are drugs that can do wonders to make you both tolerable to the rest of society, really! Your family, cows, whatever will thank you.
As for Pagent Boy and Barbie Boy, well they did listen to the client . One has to give them that. And reality is that it’s a very strange universe out there in pagent land, and they gave the girl what she wanted.
twistygirl 16 years ago
Ayyyy, what a difference a week makes! Once again, I do agree that the gorgeous sophistication of the Manic-Panic-haired Laura and hippity-hop Michael should have won. And the Twistygirl’s love/hate list has been changed since episode 1:
Twistygirl loves the aforementioned Laura and Michael, and still loves Barbie Doll Robert and Pageant Queen Kanye. She also now is liking the wienerschnitzel Ulli.
And poor, tragic Malan. His waxiness began to melt as he spoke of the horrors of the cold and unfeeling mother. Malan just needs a big hug and some mommy love!
Cross the sour Angela off my list of Contestants I Like, although I do think that working with Vincent would make anybody go loopy. I have gone from being peculiarly amused by the Vincent’s anxiety disorder to despising him.
Still hating the Jeffrey (Santino without the sense of humour) and the Keith, especially now that we have seen that the Keith is more than capable of lechery and borderline sexual inappropriateness in order to get ahead.
Bonnie, Katherine, Alison, and the Spin Doctor Singer Bradley fall into that void of “it’s too early to tell if I like them, I hate them, or they just don’t have any personality to speak of.”
Daisy 16 years ago
Does it make me a terrible, terrible person that I didn’t totally buy Malan’s story about his mother? It’s not that I don’t believe that his parents didn’t support his dream, but that whole bit about throwing the sketchbook down seemed so… theatrical. Much like his accent, come to think of it.
And that dress really was appalling.
Miss Janey 16 years ago
Admittedly, Malan’s dress for Miss Tara was a mess, but at least he owned his failure. Angela, on the other hand, blamed everyone but herself for her dismal performance. Don’t be fooled by her granola exterior- she’s the next Wendy Pepper. Such a conniver! Miss Janey was as annoyed as Kayne was by the way she tried to weasel her way onto his team. Even worse was her taking a meeting with Miss Tara and not having a sketch to show. What in the name of Yves St. Laurent was she thinking??? Lorda mercy.
And while Vincent is a PILL, Miss Janey wonders what karmic crimes he committed in his past to be saddled with the super-negative Angela. Oh, right- that hat…
Look for Malan soon on his own reality show “Me Mum Turned Me into a Serial Dress Ruiner!”
Ronikins 16 years ago
I watched last night’s episode with my mother-in-law (whom I have just turned onto PR). We both thought Vincent was waaaaaaaaaaay out of line in dealing with Angela. From the git-go, (calling her as Allison when he chose her), he was bringing on the blood of badness. She offered to help many times, and he kept rejecting her. I would have left the workroom, as well. Keith tried to stir her up while they were snacking, and she didn’t buy into his scheme. But speaking of scheme, she did try to have a trick up her sleeve with the pre-teaming up soliciting of Kayne, to no avail. Bottom line, Poor Malan’s dress was unfinished…not a hem in sight! At least Vincent’s atrocity was complete, albeit with a particular out of this worldliness. Vincent is short-lived, folks….without a doubt. Surely the non-sketching Angela is out the door right behind him. Laura and Michael are the leaders, at least in this girl’s mind.
Julianna 16 years ago
But Miss USA SAID that she did not want to wear white, and she was the one who selected the winner. That is why it is obvious that the white gown of Laura did not win.
Christie 16 years ago
I totally agree. I would have liked to see what Malan came up with as the season progressed. Oh well, I’m sure he’ll be dressing his fair share of celebs.
And speaking of Vera Wang, what’s up with those bangs? Um…not a good choice for a lady of her age.
Susanna 16 years ago
The hamsters got out one night and chewed off Vera Wang’s bangs while she was sleeping.
I will miss Malan. I want all good things for him. He really endeared himself to me, and I don’t much care if he was a phony. There was a real sweetness there.
clever pseudonym 16 years ago
Hmm, what does it say about me that I enjoyed the dinner-theatre version of Miss Congeniality III? (Will it be hard to keep up with the plot if I haven’t seen II yet?) That was perfect, Manolo. And for the record, although Angela is a whiner and a conniver, I was still on her side against Basket-hat McFreakshow.
UhLisa 16 years ago
I too shall miss Malan. And Alan Rickman? Perhaps. But wouldn’t another Alan be so much better at protraying Monsieur Breton? Alan Cumming circa Circle of Friends! Hello!?!?!?
mrschip 16 years ago
I was really surprised that Angela did not get the boot. I thought the look on Miss USA’s face when she showed up without a sketch was priceless. And here’s the thing, she did not participate in the design portion of the challenge, nor did she participate in the collaborative portion of the challenge. Angela did not deliver and she should have been AUFED.
That said, Malan’s dress did look like a body snatching pod ejecting it’s latest clone.
sara 16 years ago
“Alas, the Malan.. I’ll miss the bastard child of Austin Powers and PeeWee Herman more than I thought possible. ”
See, I was thinking he was the love child of Alan Cummings and Mr. Bean.
love the manolo 16 years ago
The Laura and the Michael”s dress was definitely pale pink. The color was washed out by the runway lights. Lesson learned.
PaperPusher 16 years ago
Manolo, I’m surprised you didn’t say more about Vera Wang’s outfit and that hideous hair. The outfit made her look very frumpy and large and the hair…not sure why she was going for the mistress of feudal warlord of Japan look. The bangs were awful and where were her eyebrows?!
jj 16 years ago
Despite The Malan’s atrocious dress, Angela should have got the boot. What a useless waste of DNA.
And I agree heartilly with The Manolo about Laura and Michael’s gown. Those two are both ones to watch… they both seem to have an aesthetic that understands “the real woman” in the way that Chloe did last year. I’m surprised they’re not getting more time on film.
zinny 16 years ago
MALAN WAS NOT A FREAKING VILLAIN! >:o
16 years ago
I didn’t care one way or t’other about Malan, but yet again, the Manolo and most of his Internet friends posting above share my opinion that Laura should have won again. The dress was simply gorgeous; clean, simple, elegant, and the model was stunning in it.
Gorgeous Things 16 years ago
Hey wait a minute – This isn’t Kayne/Robert’s dressThis isn’t Kayne/Robert’s dress! Those sneaky producers from both shows – they are saving the super-fantastic winning PR dress only for the finals!
Gorgeous Things 16 years ago
Oops. Sorry for the typo. The Gorgeous Things may be super-fantastic at many things, but apparently html is not one of them!
farmgirl 16 years ago
Did anyone rally expect someone with hair like Tara’s to choose the beautiful classic look provided by Michael and Laura? No, no and no! She needed a Barbie doll outfit to go with her Barbie doll hair and Barbie doll mind. Kayne and Robert did a fine job of giving her exactly what she wanted.
I too will miss Malan. If I were god, both Angela and Vincent would have been thrown out on their whiny asses. They deserved each other.
Catt 16 years ago
well yeh Laura, a big-hair pageant gal will always choose the poofy pageant dress.
LOVED Laura and Micheal’s as well; awesome dress, fabulous construction, fit, and flow., And flawless and seamless on the runway too – but too plain for a pageant. also think Laura puts too much emphasis on “restrained’ – that’s not ‘pageant’ either, and therefore didn’t address the client’s interest. Uli looks like a one-note, everything so far is similar to both her audition skectches as well as what she herself wears – long, flowy, unconstructed. kinda blah – but pretty yes. but again – not pageant. Plus the top of her design was exactly NOT what Tara wanted – too sloppy & loose, and much too much boobage and cleavage showing; i thought it looked terrible.
Matilda 16 years ago
Poor Malan, I assume he will slink back to Grey Gardens and live out his life with Mother and the raccoons.
Jean 16 years ago
I’m sorry Malan was told to go. There has been a lot of nasty speculation about him as well as nasty comments, however, I think he may have some real talent and it’s a shame we aren’t going to get a chance to see him do more.
Also in agreement with those who think that Michael really has something going for him. So far his work has been so interesting and elegant. Too bad we haven’t gotten to see much of him or his work in the episodes to date.