Project Runway--are you kidding me?
(***Contains Spoilers***)
All right, it's not so much to do with writing, reading, or what trouble I'm planning, but here's a rant for you. I like a couple of reality competition shows, primarily "Project Runway" and "Top Chef," mostly because you get to see the transformation of an idea into a physical thing, which I think is way cool. And it's someone else doing the work, so, yay, a mental margarita for me. If they could do it well for writing, I wish they would, but it's not much fun to look at the top of someone else's head when she's scribbling feverishly, and fabric is pretty, so for now, we'll stick with design and cuisine.
I just watched the finale episode of "Project Runway" and I'm totally buggin'. Christian? Are you kidding me?
No doubt, he has talent and he has a definitive look. *One* look, and very nearly all of the same color. I mean, hey, I'm no one to talk about someone going into the ultraviolet, dark and gothic, but jeez, C., be a darling and throw in a couple of jewel tones.
Rami's show was clunky with a palette that confused the hell out of me. Yes, I'm a sucker for someone who can drape, but what he showed at the "three-look" contest with Chris was incoherent and heavy, and his runway show was worse. I thought Chris's look, yes, even with the hair extensions, told more of a story, fit together well, and was really lovely. I think he should have gone to Fashion Week. I found myself looking at his designs and saying "me want."
And, for the record, why were the judges freaking about using hair extensions as a trim? Why is that more gross than wearing them on your head? What's the difference between that and yak hair or something else? What was the difference between that and the FEATHERS on Christian's last gown? Yrrrch. Yes, I think Chris could have pared back. Yes, I think he did it for shock value, and could easily have gotten the same look (or a more restrained one) using other materials. It blew up in his face and I think it distracted the judges.
Jillian, IMO, should have won. I liked her stuff a LOT. It was strong, it was feminine, it was historical and modern and there was a lot of innovation in it. The line was coherent and it was couture. The judges said they were surprised by her silhouettes, but then damned her with words like "wearable" and "accessible," which is pretty much a death knell. And, to me, utterly nonsensical as a put-down. I think the pret-a-porter interpretation would have been boffo.
::stomps off in a model-ly huff::
All right, it's not so much to do with writing, reading, or what trouble I'm planning, but here's a rant for you. I like a couple of reality competition shows, primarily "Project Runway" and "Top Chef," mostly because you get to see the transformation of an idea into a physical thing, which I think is way cool. And it's someone else doing the work, so, yay, a mental margarita for me. If they could do it well for writing, I wish they would, but it's not much fun to look at the top of someone else's head when she's scribbling feverishly, and fabric is pretty, so for now, we'll stick with design and cuisine.
I just watched the finale episode of "Project Runway" and I'm totally buggin'. Christian? Are you kidding me?
No doubt, he has talent and he has a definitive look. *One* look, and very nearly all of the same color. I mean, hey, I'm no one to talk about someone going into the ultraviolet, dark and gothic, but jeez, C., be a darling and throw in a couple of jewel tones.
Rami's show was clunky with a palette that confused the hell out of me. Yes, I'm a sucker for someone who can drape, but what he showed at the "three-look" contest with Chris was incoherent and heavy, and his runway show was worse. I thought Chris's look, yes, even with the hair extensions, told more of a story, fit together well, and was really lovely. I think he should have gone to Fashion Week. I found myself looking at his designs and saying "me want."
And, for the record, why were the judges freaking about using hair extensions as a trim? Why is that more gross than wearing them on your head? What's the difference between that and yak hair or something else? What was the difference between that and the FEATHERS on Christian's last gown? Yrrrch. Yes, I think Chris could have pared back. Yes, I think he did it for shock value, and could easily have gotten the same look (or a more restrained one) using other materials. It blew up in his face and I think it distracted the judges.
Jillian, IMO, should have won. I liked her stuff a LOT. It was strong, it was feminine, it was historical and modern and there was a lot of innovation in it. The line was coherent and it was couture. The judges said they were surprised by her silhouettes, but then damned her with words like "wearable" and "accessible," which is pretty much a death knell. And, to me, utterly nonsensical as a put-down. I think the pret-a-porter interpretation would have been boffo.
::stomps off in a model-ly huff::
posted by Dana | 12:30 PM
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