Comments on: Project Runway, Season 5, Episode One

By: Arnie

Arnie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:49:48 +0000

La BellaDonna,

Your artistry is breathtaking, although I admit I was confused by this comment:

“La BellaDonna would carve the apples into the heads of the little old ladies,…”

Did the old ladies give you permission to carve apples into their heads?

This is what I thought at first until I read further.

Thanks very much for the suggestions about the many splendored faces that can be made from apples. This art form was unknown to me before now.

By: eowyn_2

eowyn_2 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:45:06 +0000

Anyone catch Stella’s biography blurb?

You know, the part that said she had a strong work ethic?

The woman who spent the entire episode being cheered on and coached by everyone around her to “just do something” and narrowly escaped being booted for her laziness?

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.

By: Long Island

Long Island — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:15:01 +0000

My sometimes witty son quipped when he saw Austin Scarlett, “If Alice in Wonderland had a pimp he would be wearing that outfit.”

By: john

john — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:40:31 +0000

i think the asian dude got screwed by the judges over stella and her garbage creation.

tim gunn looks old and tired. heidi klum is skinnier than ever. nina garcia’s face looks bloated.

By: La BellaDonna

La BellaDonna — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:31:33 +0000

Ah! La BellaDonna, she has visited the website of the Martha Stewart, and in the unlikely event that The Manolo wishes to make the dolls with heads of apple, she wishes to point out that the kindly, HAPPY wizard and enchantress, grandfather and grandmother, etc., can also be carved from the apples, and vinegar and salt will do the trick as well as lemon juice and salt to help preserve the heads as they shrink.* In addition, rather than the “warm, dry spot,” La BellaDonna encourages the placing of the apples where the air will circulate – the apples, they are to dry and not mildew! The setting of the pins with the large, shiny coloured heads into the apples before they dry will also provide the gleaming eyes for the Granny and Grandpa Smiths.

*For the younger and more ghoulish set, the addition of the long hairs and subtle carvings can make the realistic-seeming shrunken heads for the All Hallows Eve!

By: La BellaDonna

La BellaDonna — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:24:29 +0000

Eek! La BellaDonna, she is amazed that The Manolo, he knows about the apple-headed dolls! A quick transport back (alas, way back!) to the childhood days of La BellaDonna, the days of more ingenuity than money … hmmm. Those days would be these days, come to think of it; they are still the days of ingenuity and not money! But in those childhood days, long before the internets – long before the Martha Stewart, in fact! – La BellaDonna would carve the apples into the heads of the little old ladies, and carefully set them to dry on the windowsill of her bedroom, making the dolls for herself and her little sister!

Never did she think that she would find them referenced here, on the fabulous website of the famous Manolo!

By: Diva Fashionista

Diva Fashionista — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:59:23 +0000

The Manolo sums up the show with humor! If you want to know more about the designers and the show, make sure you visit projectrunway.com!

By: Miss Janey

Miss Janey — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:03:43 +0000

The Project Runway folk are now archetypes. Beneath The Manolo’s mention perhaps was the Dark Rocker Stylist who Miss J would have liked to see banished.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:20:55 +0000

Once again The Manolo’s recap is even more entertaining than the show itself!

By: dan

dan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:11:12 +0000

I suspect that when one’s name is a misspelled reference to a low-rent beauty school, downhill is a very familiar direction.