Comments on: Project Runway, Season 5, Episode Two

By: Pippitypup

Pippitypup — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:47:14 +0000

I’d like to know their definition of ‘sustainable’.

Is not wool, which grows profusely & is cut off twice a year, not sustainable? Or silk, the cocoon of moths? Or did they pick hemp because it is vaguely naughty, the closest they can get to cousin marijuana?

By: The Cranky Professor

The Cranky Professor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:16:36 +0000

I agree with the Manolo – when I heard about the Green Cocktail Dress I thought “ooh – not black? Iconoclasm!” But no.

By: valawhoo

valawhoo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:30:52 +0000

On second viewing, I must say I’m completely baffled by the orange and grey number. The colors looked like something my husband would pick out for Christmas – he’s red/green colorblind. NO! Wait! They looked like my father’s flight suits from the Air Force! You know, the ones that would either show up if you crashed or blend into the forest if you crashed! Either way – crash!

And the dress itself looked like a shaggy apron-type thingy. Like something I would pull off the rack, thinking, “Maybe it looks great on,” and then try it on and think, “GAH!”

Anything that makes you think simultaneously “home ec” and “survival school” is probably not a good idea, fashion-wise. That’s all I’m saying.

By: Matthew Kimel

Matthew Kimel — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:18:39 +0000

Confusing is no good.

By: shuzluva

shuzluva — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:31:39 +0000

the baby-poop brown, the color that flatters no one not born in Tolkein’s Middle Earth.
Hilarious, and absolutely true. I know the choices were limited, but if you had to pick out fabric, wouldn’t you go for something that you knew would flatter your coloring? When Jerrell called them Team Ugly Brown Dress I laughed aloud. In fact, it still makes me laugh!

I’ve started referring to Stella as “Debbie Downer.”
Melissa B., you’ve hit the nail on the head. She always looks miserable, says that she’s miserable and had a storm cloud over her head at all times! But when she called out Blayne it was awesome!

lia, I did notice when Tim Gunn said “hot mess.” My jaw dropped. It was sublime.

By: beloml

beloml — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:10:49 +0000

“This is what passes for renegade eccentricity this season, the soft half-measure of mild middle-class rebellion.”

I think you meant “middle SCHOOL rebellion.”

By: Nantoling

Nantoling — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:56:29 +0000

Melissa, you’re right. Tim seems to be having difficulty maintaining his usual soothing yet bracing demeanor with this group. I would almost say he seems bitter, but that’s a word I would hate to use in conjunction with Tim!

By: lia

lia — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:52:14 +0000

Did anyone else notice Tim Gunn drop the phrase “hot mess”?? It was the master move of the century.

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:53:52 +0000

Paige thinks that Manolo is correct in Manolo’s assessment of the the episode. Paige would like to see Suede’s dress on Paige’s body.

By: Melissa B.

Melissa B. — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:46:22 +0000

Does anyone else get the feeling that Tim is already over these people? I watch him looking around the workroom, and I swear I can hear him thinking “Seriously? This was the best we could do? I miss Rami and Christian!”