Comments on: Project Runway 3, Week 11

By: lolaphilologist

lolaphilologist — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:26:31 +0000

ahhh, Manolo. You included “risible” in a sentence. One of my favorite words. I adore you linguistically as well as stylistically. I also think your choice of font is choice. kisses!

By: gidget bananas

gidget bananas — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:42:52 +0000

This was the season of the gimmicks on the Project Runway. The Gidget hopes the twistings and the turnings are not repeated next season, and that the designers return to the amusement levels of the Jay, the Nick and the Andrae. It is also the opinion of The Gidget that all four of the designers were allowed to compete because last year the decoy, the Kara Janx, sent out the collection most beloved by the fashion press.

Yes, it appears the losers of Project Runway enjoy the most of the success after the show. The Austin Scarlett has the best of the gigs as the designer of the upscale wedding gowns for the most successful line of the Amsale. Is that not a perfect job for the petit Mr. Glamour?

By: twistygirl

twistygirl — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:28:27 +0000

Ayyyy, NINOTCHKA! I will never be able to call her the simple Nina again. Twistygirl, she only wishes that the Santino would have known the real name of Ninotchka last season, methinks he would have had some fun with that.

Perhaps the Twistygirl is just too easy to please, but she was not disappointed that all four are moving on (or have moved on) to showing at OFW. Although after having seen the various collections (but of course I looked at them the day they were up on the Internets) this could be the first season in which they have four finalist but no winner. Perhaps that will be the twist.

By: Ninjarina

Ninjarina — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:14:41 +0000

Her name is NINOTCHKA!? That is adorable and weird at the same time.

By: kim

kim — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:09:53 +0000

The Manolo, how do you do it? The Ninotchka. You never fail to put a smile on my face. All the rest, yes, I agree entirely.

By: VJ

VJ — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:06:49 +0000

The Manolo is forgiven for revealing his opinions about the Fashion Week shows. I also took a peek.

Sad to say, The Michael, for whom I have been rooting all season long, fell flat on his 70’s t.v. derivative outfits. Ah, Michael, what happened? Your clothes, which have been so inspired thus far, looked even worse in close up shots.

Uli and Laura are both one note designers. But this is the difference (as I wrote to Capitol Hill Barbie):

Uli’s customers will wait for her halter dresses to hit the bargain rack. She’ll be most successful selling those gaudy gowns in cruiseline stores.

Laura’s upscale clientele will beg to pay full price for those elegant, figure-hugging gowns. Laura designs for WOMEN, that is, grown women with huge titties, tiny titties, or your every day average ordinary titties. It just won’t matter. Women who are not afraid to flaunt their curves and their oh-so-elegant gams will flock to buy Laura Bennett gowns. If only one is left, they will bid the price up.

As for Jeffrey, I’ll use an 80’s term to reflect his 80’s rocker designs: “Gag me with a spoon.”

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:27:58 +0000

So Nina Garcia went to BU? Why does that not surprise me…

By: joelgriffith

joelgriffith — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:52:43 +0000

One trick designers who fabricate wearable clothing are the backbone of
pret-a-porter… and sportswear…and evening wear. let’s face it, the product has to be consistently commercially viable, or the company folds… the money french designers spend on couture is off-set by sales of licenced products like sunglasses and handbags. They can take risks, only because they are funded by the likes of
LVMH…

By: eowyn_2

eowyn_2 — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:22:32 +0000

Hmm, we weren’t so concerned about rules when l’enfant terrible was sent home for breaking them.

But I do agree - lengthening the time between new installments was a terrible mistake. Imagine my shock 2 weeks ago when I sat down to watch who would make the final three to find only replays of last season. By the time this week’s episode arrived, I really didn’t care a large amount, but watched out of habit. Now that I know all four of them are going to fashion week, I don’t care anymore who wins. And I *certainly* don’t care about the b**** session to be aired next week. I’ll just go find pictures on the internet of Fashion Week now and be done with it.

Somebody tell my why Laura wasn’t auf’d? She did not do *anything* different from her usual. I like her and am glad she’s going, but I thought she was the last of the one-trick designers left who couldn’t get past it…

By: desertwind

desertwind — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:32:56 +0000

Dear Manolo, did you go to the show?

Ooooooh — if so — we can’t wait to read your dish.

Well, I guess we’ll have to wait until Oct 18th…