Project Runway 2, Week 8
Manolo says, goodnight sweet princess Andrae. By the end, the Manolo he had grown to like you for your inherent sweetness, and although you fully deserved to lose (Astroturf!), the Manolo he cannot but respect your ability as the designer.
Elsewhere in this episode…
The Santino is slowly redeeming himself with his perfect and hilarious Timpression, but not his designs. And yes, the Santino he is still chastened.
The Kara’s skirt, with sad looking grass, was not pretty, but the top it was very good. And yes, the Kara she is still annoying.
The Chloe she is the smart one. She knows exactly how to make something work. Once again, her work it is boringly good.
Likewise, what is there not to love about the Daniel V.? He again proves why he should be the winner of the whole contest
The Nick, he is slowly self-destructing before our eyes. His outfit it was not “vulgar” just, meh. Sadly, he has lost the confidence in his considerable abilities and now appears on the edge of the breakdown.
By the way, the Michael Kors, with the “Nick is vulgar” comment, he reminds us why he is this generation’s Bill Blass.
And, finally, the Heidi Klum she shows us with her wonderful sense of the humor, why the Seal is perhaps the luckiest man in the universe, this even though she was wearing the ugliest maternity outfit not made of the burlap the Manolo has ever seen. It looked like someone had taken the white sweat shirt, turned it upside down and sewed in the neck hole.
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sara 19 years ago
Heidi’s outfit was ugly, I agree. I, however, was more taken aback by her ROOTS! Egads, woman. I know usage of hair dye is limited while you are pregnant but something must be done.
CrankyBiscuit 19 years ago
I never thought it would happen, but my hatred for Santino has been entirely wiped away with his priceless “Andrae, you really embarassed me at Red Lobster tonight.”
Chloe’s dress, while pretty, was simply a dress with leaves glued on it. Not especially innovative. “Boringly good” nails it to a tee.
The “Nick is vulgar” comment earned an outraged shriek at my house. I love that bitch Micheal Kors, but he was way off the mark with that statement.
dillene 19 years ago
I, too, was sorry to see Andrae go, but when I looked at his design all I could think was: “Ch-ch-ch-chia!” It was too bad about Tara getting the boot, too.
rocketslide 19 years ago
The Rocketslide, she cannot help but agree with the Manolo’s assessment of the Nick. Project Runway, it seems, is not agreeing with this splendid designer.
Elvira 19 years ago
I lost my Nick love early, maybe two episodes after the Barbie challenge. He does not stand up for himself, he whines, and he seems to have a limited range.
Meanwhile, I cannot for the life of me remember if it’s “Diane” or “Diana” von Furstenberg that Chloe reminds me of. Chloe should be designing clothes for the ladies of Washington, DC, who dress well but too safely. And that would be most of the ladies in that city.
Andrae designed beautifully, but the chia-dress (thanks for that image, dillene) was definitely auf-worthy. I hope to see his clothes in a store someday, however. That will be a very happy day for me.
It was gratifying to hear the judges say that Santino does not design with women in mind. Wearable art and beautiful women’s clothes are not the same thing.
Patrick 19 years ago
Nick should have won the Nicky Hilton challenge and it’s almost as if he’s still stuck on winning that one ever since. Most of his stuff since has looked unfortunately Hiltonesque.
I don’t know if Heidi Klum’s outfit was as much grey sweatshirt as it was a lopsided meringue.
kim 19 years ago
I am not swift enough: what does that mean he is our generation’s Bill Blass?
Lorraine 19 years ago
I still despise the Santino and I do not trust his chastened demeanor. He wanted to win immunity why? So he could be as outrageous as possible on the next challenge? Not the words of a truly humble man. What will keep him out of hell is his spot-on Tim impersonation. If one is not looking at the screen one cannot tell if it is the Tim or the Memorex. Brilliant.
The judges were far too bitchy about the minimal use of flowers. With such a silly challenge they all did rather well and were wise not to choose things which would wilt, curl, brown or crumble before the runway show. A rose petal dress, Heidi? The hormones are going to the head.
Twistie 19 years ago
The Twistie, she is truly sad to see the Andrea depart. At first, she could not wait to get him off the tv screen, but she has grown to love the sweetness of the Andrae, and to appreciate the ability shown in his designs, whether they are to the taste of the Twistie or not. Alas, the Astroturf for Audrey Hepburn, it is not going to win the Project Runway.
The Nick is sadly disintegrating before the Twistie’s eyes. He has the talent superfantastic, but the spine, she is lacking. Also, the glibness is not the eloquence. If the Twistie hears one more runway defense of the Paris Hilton on the Greek Islands, she will burst the blood vessel.
The Santino has been dead to the Twistie for weeks, and yet the Twistie could not help the belly laughs of great hugeness at the adventures of Tim and Andrae at the Red Lobster. The Red Lobster, she is so tacky and the Tim Gunn, he is so divine. It is to laugh loudly and often.
The Daniel impresses more and more as the weeks fly by.
The Kara will be out next week, unless the Nick completely implodes or the Santino moons the judges.
The Chloe will show at Fashion week, but will not win. She is safe, she is talented, she is not the risk taker. She will do well in the industry, but she will never fly to the top on her own wings.
Anne 19 years ago
I agree about the flowers, I thought it would have been very cliche for them all to do rose petals and all that bridal crap, I thought it was much more interesting that they all chose more foliage (although I will admit Daniel’s orchids were stunning and he was smart to put them on at the very end so they didn’t wilt).
However, I can’t stop myself from thinking that Heidi is the strangest-looking pregnant woman I have ever seen, with those poofy-topped clothes and her skinny legs sticking out, yes we know you have great legs but you look like some sort of saggy lollipop.
never2manyshoes 19 years ago
After Andrea’s dress last week I was sad to see him go.
Why does the Santino insist on making the dresses that make the women look fat? Someone should show him where the waistline is!
Heidi’s outfit would look great if she were a graham cracker with a bit of Hershey’s.
Mmmm….smores….
furlagirl 19 years ago
I just finished watching episode 4 of Project Catwalk in which the wannabe designers had to design a dress for Kelly Osborne. I would say that a dress that makes her look as if she has a vast spotty bum (even if made of Swarovski crystals) would not be what she’d choose and the judges agreed. Patrick Cox was nice though.
JayKay 19 years ago
Stupidest. Challenge. EVAR!
When I think of Michael Kors calling Nick’s work “vulgar”, I am reminded of the Princess Bride quote that the Manolo posted a few days ago: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.â€
Honestly.
and to never2manyshoes: “Mmmm..smores” HELL YES!
LNLisa 19 years ago
I second Kim’s question. What does the reference to Bill Blass mean?
VeddyVeddyBadAng 19 years ago
If you listen to Tim’s Take, Tim seemed to be very flustered by Santino’s Timpression. Almost offended, especially by the insinuation that he would have a relationship with Andrae. It really gave you the feeling that the contestants were schoolkids being chastened by their schoolmaster.
I think the Bill Blass reference is to say that Michael Kors has put himself out there too much? That he has diluted his label to the point where it is commonplace, uninspired, boring?
Robyn 19 years ago
Even wholesale, flowers are very expensive, and it’s not like they have a walk-in fridge to roll the dress dummy into overnight! I thought it was tres lame of all the designers to be “disappointed” by the lack of flowers and the overwhelming use of green. They had $100 (said on show) or $150 (rumored on Blogging Project Runway) but they had to cover a garment worn by a woman almost six feet tall! I’m surprised that there was little use of pre-made woven stuff as a base, the only items used that I saw was the basket raffia on the back of Kara’s dress and the crinoline of Santino’s.
Not quite Bill Blass yet, but give him a few more years to finally sell off the right to his name.
Manolo the Shoeblogger 19 years ago
VeddyVeddyBadAng is close to what the Manolo meant.
However, more specifically, the Michael Kors he frequently criticizes the designers for playing it too safe, while he himself is not at all the risk taker. Yes, he is very good at what he does, which, like the Bill Blass in the 70s and early 80s, is produce the very wearable, attractive clothes for the safely middle American tastes.
He is not, nor has he ever been the fashion leader, he is the follower. The very good, very talented follower, one with the acute sense of what the market wants, but the follower none the less. In this respect he is like the Bill Blass, and like the Bill Blass his abilities have made him very wealthy, and very well known.
And so, many of his critical comments, while perceptive, seem to the Manolo to be somewhat ironic given his own work.
twistygirl 19 years ago
Twistygirl still loves the charming, sweet, beautiful, talented Daniel V! He is God’s gift to the sore eyes of the world.
Why is that whenever the Tim Gunn says “we’re going on a field trip” poor neurotic simpering Nick immediately thinks they’re going to a “fabulous Park Avenue apartment”? He reminds me of the little lost hick boy in the big city who only knows New York as the place where rich people live on Park Avenue. And never invite him to their apartments.
Martha 19 years ago
Oh, the Manolo is so wise; visions of Nancy Reagan danced through my head after his Bill Blass comment.
I must say I did like it that Kara gave Chloe some help; she can annoy, yes, but she has a good heart.
Perhaps Santino needs his own one man show, a la the Mizrahi?
And ah, the Daniel, Sweet Little Doe of Excellence.
Kim 19 years ago
Thank you, Manolo. I am not the brain surgeon, but in the matters of fashion and gossip, I am not accustomed to being stumped. But, as always you are right.
wz 19 years ago
My dear Manolo, how I do love you. But some of us have to time-shift our viewing of even the best television watching, like Project Runway, and thanks to the magical TiVo, we can. But then when we come to read our favorite shoe blogger, the results of the show we haven’t seen yet smack us right in the face! Sometimes with RSS, it’s easy to miss a subject line – could you start such posts with a note that the show’s spoilers are below? Thanks!
Solomon 19 years ago
“‘…take the white sweat shirt, turn it upside down and sew in the neck hole,’ What a good idea!
-Wendy Pepper
LL 19 years ago
Will I be ostracized if I say that I really liked Santino’s design this one time? And that it looks like maybe he’s starting to listen and just *might* adapt a bit instead of designing for his own ego all the time??
That being said, I miss Andrae and his wonderful expressions, and I still have a thoroughly futile crush on Dan V.
The Scarlett 19 years ago
Santino doing a Timpression: “What happened to Andrae? He’s our little lamb,” = priceless.
Tantejoan 19 years ago
Ay, Manolo! It makes me joyful, as my people say, in my navel to know that you, too, thought immediately of the so-divine Inigo Montoya when the Michael Kors came out with his vulgar remark. First the Emmett, who would not know vulgarity if it upped and bit him on said navel, is vulgar, and now fishtail-addicted Nick? Who will next feel the dreaded Vulgan Neck Pinch?
Lady Prisspott 19 years ago
Her Ladyship thought Heidi’s dress looked like Viktor & Rolf. They are geniuses, I don’t care what the Manolo says (what DOES the Manolo think of V&R?). They did a line with white shirts all rearranged and layered and deconstructed a while back.
I call this the sillage challange. This should have been a challenge for Martha’s apprentices not PR so get over the lack of flowers, Nina, as Tim said in “Tim’s Take” ; “You can’t expect the Tournament of Roses for $100!”
Give us a real challenge next time….poor little Andrae