Comments on: Project Runway 4, Episode Ten

By: oakling

oakling — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:33:05 +0000

I loved when Christian said his superherowrestler name would be Ferocia Coutura. His arrogance can be annoying but it is tempered by how utterly nonthreatening he is, which makes it kind of hilariously cute.

By: roz

roz — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:30:24 +0000

I SO want Chris to win, because it would be so great if, just this once, nice guys did not finish last.

By: VeddyVeddyBadAng

VeddyVeddyBadAng — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:36:52 +0000

Personally, I love Christian. I think he’s got “the eye” as far as design goes, and his personality cracks me up. He’s arrogant, sure, but I think it’s almost in a half-kidding way. Almost as if he’s simultaneously letting everyone know that he thinks he’s awesome, but at the same time, poking fun at the fact that he thinks he’s awesome. Also, the arrogance seems almost more of an act than his true personality. Reminds me of a certain husband I know.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:56:40 +0000

I think big nice Chris said it best when he kiddingly said, “Somebody needs to give that kid a bottle. And put him to bed,” about wee Christian. :)

However, his brattiness is contagiously fun and I hope the judges let him present in New York. His collection would be FEROSH.

Dawn

By: ms. place

ms. place — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:17:02 +0000

I defer to all the wise comments that my hero, The Manolo, makes, and venture to say his predictions are right. I too have come to the conclusion that Christian will take all.

Chris, Christian, and Jillian channeled their inner bad taste and came up winners. Their women looked as if they could have held their own besides a young Arnold as Conan the Barbarian. And wasn’t that the point of this challenge? I could envision all three being carried into the ring on the shoulders of half naked men, much like the over the top entrances of captured slaves in Liz Taylor’s Cleopatra.

At the least Ricky constructed a good bathing suit. Rami created a mess. The only reason he squeaked by is because of Ricky’s lamentably awful gold cape thingy. What was up with that? Our bewildered Sweet P created an outfit suited for a performing cockatoo.

By: eowyn_2

eowyn_2 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:47:11 +0000

As usual, the chip on my shoulder makes me read in to innocent comments. Thank you, Manolo. :)

By: Manolo the Shoeblogger

Manolo the Shoeblogger — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:38:36 +0000

Perhaps I misunderstand the Manolo.

I realize that the goofiness of WWE is the anti-sexy.

But why is a strong, fit, confident, joyous woman also in that category?

Perhaps the Manolo was not clear enough in his criticism.

It is not the strength, fitness, confidence, or joyousness of the lady wrestlers that rendered them unsexy, but rather the cartoonishness that surrounds their performances as lady wrestler.

The Manolo assumes that if one were to meet these young women on the street, in the grocery store, or at the library, one would be struck by just how beautiful and sexy they were.

But, put them in the costumes of the cartoon super heroines and villains, and direct them to violently fling their bodies against one another in mock combat, and for most peoples, including the Manolo, the eroticism disappears.

By: poster

poster — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:27:33 +0000

Let me just add that Sweet P’s constant put down of her model’s taste really rubbed me the wrong way. This from a middle-aged women who’s chosen to deface over 50 percent of her body with hideous tattoos!

No doubt. An adult who looks like a confused kid is an odd creature.

By: eowyn_2

eowyn_2 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:01:11 +0000

Perhaps I misunderstand the Manolo.

I realize that the goofiness of WWE is the anti-sexy.

But why is a strong, fit, confident, joyous woman also in that category?

I can’t decide whether to cry or to bodyslam the next man who walks by.

By: Arlene

Arlene — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:08:34 +0000

“but those women were so much healthier and feminine than the stick figure models the fashion world currently uses. So nice to see strong, fierce, adult women instead of androgynous over-tall 13-year-olds!”

Heh, I’d argue that more than one of the lady wrestlers have the regular models beat in the androgyny department. But I understand your point.

And I’m rooting for Jillian. She has the most talent on a technical level, and she produces the most consistently beautiful, wearable clothes of all the contestants.