Project Runway’s Season 6 FINALE
It’s finally here. New York City. Bryant Park. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
The beginning part of the show was a tad boring. Carol Hannah has a relapse of her sickness. Christopher is so cute though, he says he is so happy that he is there to comfort her and get her stuff done. Aw, so adorable.
Althea and Irina run into another problem of “copying” one another when they are talking about their ideas for makeup. Their models didn’t end up looking alike, crisis averted.
Backstage before the show, the designers are all running around like chickens with their heads cut off and Tim Gunn is their farmer. “Designers, I’m about to lose it!” “The clock is ticking backwards!” “Your models are 10 percent dressed when they are supposed to be lining up!” “This is crazy!” Normally Tim is so calm and serene…
Heidi Klum’s outfit tonight looked like a hot pink 80′s mess. Seriously, you’re supposed to be judging fashion? Hideous. She looked like she was trying to be business Barbie.
The judges this week were of the usual’s, Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia, with guest judge Susie Menkes who is a fashion critic. Could they not have gotten a celebrity or something to be the guest judge? I’ve never heard of Susie Menkes.
Althea went first. Her collection was inspired by 1950′s and 60′s sci-fi movies. It was supposed to be what the women of today would wear tomorrow. There was a lot of leather and it was a little boring. There were a lot of pieces that could be used as separates, so that was something new. Althea got a bravo for having sportswear, but the judges believed that she tried to hit too many notes with her collection, especially with the last 3 designs. The judges did like how she can translate the street to fashion.
Althea. photo from mylifetime.com
Althea. photo from mylifetime.com
Althea. photo from mylifetime.com
Althea. Best Piece of the Night. Photo from mylifetime.com
Carol Hannah went second. In my opinion, her collection was the best. I always like what Carol Hannah does. She did a lot with drapery and volume and as always, did impeccable tailoring. The judges said they were always impressed with Carol Hannah and she played with color and energy the best, but she lacked the connection thread.
Carol Hannah. 13th Look. Photo from mylifetime.com
Carol Hannah. photo from mylifetime.com
Carol Hannah. photo from mylifetime.com
Irina went last. Her collection was about New York and what it takes to survive in the city as a woman. She had some of her models wear these super odd armor hats. The judges liked them, but I didn’t. The judges think that she is very plugged into the streets and what is cool and hip. She had the best showmanship and her collection looked finished. They were, however, disappointed in the lack of color, especially since she disregarded Nina’s advice.
Irina. photo from mylifetime.com
Irina. photo from mylifetime.com
Irina. photo from mylifetime.com
I thought it would be tied between Irina and Carol Hannah, but Carol Hannah would pull through for a surprise win. This is what I would have liked, but this is not what happened. Irina was crowned Project Runway’s season 6 winner.
Project Runway Season Finale Part 1
We are only one episode away from fashion week and the end of this season of project runway. Let the games begin.
photo courtesy of lifetime.com
photo courtesy of lifetime.com
photo courtesy of lifetime.com
As usual, Tim Gunn visits the 3 remaining designers in their hometowns. I always find it funny when Tim visits because you can always tell he is so out of his element.
The designers travel to New York and have a few days to there to put the finishing touches on their collections. Irina and Althea are the first ones to arrive in New York. They hang around their apartment quite awkwardly waiting for Carol Hannah who doesn’t show up because she is very ill with a contagious stomach virus. For once, Irina is a little sympathetic saying “if you don’t have you’re health, you have nothing.” While Althea is a little less sympathetic, “it’s a competition first and foremost.” Sorry girls, but Carol Hannah pops up the next day.
Tim offers his critiques to the designers once again while in the work room in New York. Althea’s pieces look like their for different customers and some look matronly. I am impressed that she knitted some of her pieces, something I don’t believe anyone has ever done before. Carol Hannah’s pieces also cater to different customers and some of it looks a little old ladyish. Carol Hannah’s collection is primarily dresses, of course, and she focuses on evening wear. Her collection is “nothing that i’m intimidated by,” says Althea. Irina’s collection is black, black, and some more black. I think that is a tad risky, you need some other colors in their besides black and I don’t mean grey. Althea is trying to make a new leather pant that Tim thinks looks like chaps and her final dress is kind of a mess.
Irina brings up Althea “copying” her, “Oh Althea, what would you do without me?” Ha, ha…not. How does Irina have a right to talk about copying when she was ready to plagorize photos of Coney Island for her collection?
Nina Garcia and Michael Kors make their first appearance ever in the workroom for some pointers and a little chitty chat chat. Nina’s advice: “If it feels like something else or something we’ve seen before, throw it out!” and “think about color.” (Irina – hint, hint). Michael’s advice: “Go with your gut” and “take the judges on a ride.”
photo courtesy of lifetime.com
In an unbelievably predictable moment, Heidi visits the work room announcing that the designers have to create a 13th look. I don’t know why they seemed so surprise, like duh this was coming. Who walks in next? Christopher, Logan and Gordana! They come to rescue the designers. Christopher helps Carol Hannah, Logan helps Althea and Gordana helps Irina. ( Yay, Christopher’s back 
)
The designers original model will wear the piece that will be seen by the judges during eliminations. It is up to those 3 models to cast the models for the 13th looks. Uh, are you sure you want to give them that much responsibility?
Next week = fashion week!
photo courtesy of lifetime.com
Fashion Week is at Your Fingertips – Project Runway
This is the last week of Project Runway until the designers head off to Bryant Park for fashion week. This is it. This is the end. Everyone is at risk.
The 5 designers are taken to J. Paul Getty Museum for inspiration. The mayor of Los Angeles gives the designers an inspiration talk and the models join the designers in their tour of the the Getty where there is so much to see and so much to not touch.
Irinawas inspired by a random painting, Carol Hannah by a bed, Christopher by a rock fountain, Gordana by a painting by Monet and Althea by the Getty’s architecture.
The designers have 2 days to complete their outfit and 2 will be eliminated.
Irina-meana is out for blood. You can tell that it’s final time because the tension is thicker than ever. Irina thinks Christopher’s so far in his head, he can’t see anything outside of it, Althea thinks Irina’s garmet has no tailoring and Irina said Althea sometimes does OK with finishing, but most of the time it’s really bad.
Hey Irina and Althea, didn’t anyone ever tell you putting someone else down won’t make you any better? Chill.
None of the outfits were exceptionally good this week.
Messages from the Judges: Althea, your outfit was a of a mess fest. Irina, your dress is old lady length. Gordana, is there a moment when you can really take a chance? Carol Hannah, it was safe perfection, but where’d you get your inspiration from? Christopher, your heavy bottom looks like a fake jean skirt.
The designers were asked to pick who should go with them to fashion week. Althea picked Carol Hannah and Irina, Carol Hannah chose Christopher and Althea, Irina picked Althea and Gordana and Chris chose Irina and Carol Hannah.
Going to Fashion Week: Irina, Carol Hannah and Althea. That means Christopher and Gordana are outski.
See you at Fashion Week! Watch The Full Episode Here
Carol Hannah's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)1
Althea's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Christopher's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Gordana's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Irina's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
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The Michael Kors Challenge
“I wanna like it, I just don’t.”
Tonight was the Michael Kors challenge. The designers were to choose a location from a selection of pre-picked Michael Kors favorite locations. Logan picked Hollywood, Christopher picked Sante Fe, Irina chose Aspen, Carol Hannah picked Palm Beach, Althea chose San Tropez, Nicolas chose Greece, and Gordana picked Park Avenue, New York.
Irina was bitching as usual. She complains about other designers talking and going to slow, Christopher‘s design being Amish, blah, blah, blah, shut it Irina.
A lot of the designers made pants this week. Pants are usually rare on this show and usually get torn apart on the runway for their fit, but the designers seemed to escape that this week.
Michael Kors and Nina Garcia actually both judged tonight. Milla Jovovich was the guest judge, she had quite the outspoken personality.
Logans Outfit (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Logan’s outfit had wearable pieces, but there wasn’t anything special about it. He said he channeled young Hollywood, there was a little bit of that there, but nothing edgy enough. Michael Kors said it was “clothes not fashion” and Heidi “didn’t mind it,” but Milla Jovovich snapped back at Heidi, “If it were project I don’t mind it, then he would win.” Clever.
Althea's Outfit (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Althea’s outfit was super cute. As usual she’s not in the top or bottom, just in-between.
Nicolas's Outfit (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Nicolas’s outfit was pretty boring. It didn’t scream Greece fantasy. apparently it screamed elimination because Nicolas was eliminated this week.
Carol Hannah‘s dress was super cute. The fabric was cute and the twisting detail was super cute. It was the “pinstripe of palm beach.”
Christopher's Outfit (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
I think Heidi has it out for Christopher. She rails on him every week, lighten up Heidi. I think his looked like Sante Fe, but the shirt and skirt weren’t very exciting and proportions were a little off. The judges did like his belt however. Christopher just snuck by this week. I seriously thought he would be out, but I’m glad he’s not.
Gordana's Outfit (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Gordana was pretty down on herself this week. Her necklace was super cute, but I thought the dress was a little too shear and the material was a little weird. The judges liked it though and Michael Kors saw the fantasy in it.
Irina's Outfit (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Irina’s outfit was good, as much as I hate to admit it. It looked like it was made for a stuck up snow bunny, but it was good. So good, she won this week. I’m sure that won’t go to her head at all.
Heidi‘s advice is to pump up the volume, but apparently next week the designs explode. Careful what you wish for Heidi.
Come Out Like A Pumpkin and Pop Out – Project Runway Episode 9
Althea's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Carol Hannah's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Christopher's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Gordana's Almost Out-Fit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Irina's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Logan's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Nicola's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Shirin's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Tonight on Project Runway the designers created a stage outfit for Chrsitina Aguilera, with guest judge Bob Matke. Honestly, I had no idea who is he was, but apparently he’s legendary. It is sequins, sequins, feathers, feathers everywhere. Normally I find Nicolas a tad annoying, but he is so excited this week I’m actually finding him rather amusing. The best line this week comes from Tim Gunn when he is discussing Christopher and Althea’s outfits. He said their models are going to “come out like a pumpkin and pop out.” Gordana’s head is totally somewhere else, so it’s a good thing she has immunity, and Heidi Klum agrees – she said she probably would’ve been out if she didn’t. Nicolas is making an outfit that looks remarkably similar to the one he created for the movie character challenge. Maybe he shouldn’t have talked himself up so much at the beginning of the episode. Or maybe he should’ve, becasue the judges love it. Irina is her usual cocky self. I completely agree with Nicolas’ thoughts of her, she’s a really good designer, the only problem is she’s a bitch. Irin bitches about how mediocre Carol Hannah is, and how she doesn’t have a good personality, blah, blah, blah. But who’s laughing when Carol Hannah came out with a “wow” dress and Irina doesn’t? Personally, Carol Hannah’s outfit was my favorite. The black texture and fit were awesome. Althea’s dress was really pretty too, I loved the different lines she created. Shirin is having difficulties again this week with creating a garment and comes out with a “witch” dress. By the way, Heidi Klum’s outfit the first time she came out? Hideous. Absolutley hideous. She did better the second time around. Poor Christopher, he started out so good, but can’t seem to hit it with the judges these days. At least Christina gave him a big fat E for effort. The winner? Carol Hannah! Her first win ever. The loser? Shirin. I wish it would’ve been Logan, becuase he doesn’t really add anything to the show. I am so happy it wasn’t Christopher. Yay, he’s safe another week.
Something Old, Something New – Project Runway Episode 8
Eperson's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Gordana's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
Logan's Outfit. (photo courtesy of lifetime.com)
This weeks challenge seemed exceptionally difficult for the designers. I was a little shocked to see how excited all of the divorcees were about being divorced. I suppose it is a little poetic to trash you wedding dress and make it into an outfit you’ll wear to go meet husband number 2 in. Personally, I would never transform my wedding dress and wear it agian. The designers really had their work cut out for them with some of the dresses. And some of the divorcees had questionable taste, like Logan’s client who wanted only cruelty free materials – what animal skin/fur goes with a wedding dress? and Shirin’s clinet who wanted the Cher costume. Oh boy. However, by the end of the episode I was wondering if I had questionable taste. The judges were ragging on Eperson’s outfit and even booted him off for it over Logans hideous ensamble when the whole time I thought Eperson was going to win. I actually really liked his outfit, does that mean i’m tasteless? Or are the judges crazy? Irina’s dress was really good, but I’m kinda glad she didn’t win for the 3rd week in a row. I don’t think Gordana should’ve won though. I thought her dress was a little messy and kind of looked like it was inside out. I’m not sure what was going through the judges minds this week. My pick for who should’ve won: Eperson. Who should’ve gotten kicked off? Logan. I can’t wait to see what recording artist they will be designing for next week.
Project Runway Teams = Double The Drama.
I thought this week’s challenge was a tad weak. I think if the prize is going to be designing a holiday dress for Macy’s, they should’ve designed a holiday dress for the challenge. Anyway, working in pairs always means double the drama. I think after winning a couple of challenges, Irina is getting a little too full of herself. And of course, Irina wins again. I did like her two pieces; I just didn’t like her higher-than-mighty attitude. Louise finally gets kicked off after weeks of me waiting for it. (See lufa covered dress on the left – courtesy of glamour.com) Now I understand why Nicolas hates ruffles. Overall, the pieces weren’t too exciting tonight, but jeez, how awful could you feel about the judges ragging on Christopher? Honestly, I didn’t think his pieces were THAT awful.
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