Project Runway Ep 10

[lady_jane]

Ep 10

The designers really want their models back. Yes, the kids were fine, but give me living clothes hanger, right? DUH DUH DUUUUUUUHHHHH!!

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Heavens! This time I read your text before looking at the pictures and from that I gathered that the clothes the wannabe designers were making were supposed to make their chosen models look good.

It didn't quite work out that way, did it.

Had I been one of the chosen models I'd have refused to wear most of those dresses. I think I would have been quite happy to wear Emily's, though it's not exactly original. (I wonder if that is a European thing somehow.) Both Amanda and Alexander seem to come from that misguided concept that every woman can wear everything because every woman is beautiful. Hello? Yes, everyone is beautiful in their own ways, but that does not mean that everything goes for everyone, maybe it should, but it doesn't if you're part of this here society.

Nicki and I regularly watch a TV show called Shopping Queen by one of our favourite designers, Guido Maria Kretschmer, which sort of helped to make us feel good about ourselves. He never tries to gloss over women's looks but very easily talks about what they could wear to make them look good. And that is what they should have done here, not just pretended that everyone has the looks of a model who might have pulled off those ugly clothes. Can you imagine those women walking around like that in real life? And who is responsible for that makeup on Alexander's model? *shudders*

I don't mind Char's so much, but doesn't she know that a peplum means something? And has a history? Do these people even learn their craft?

The rest I find ok but not exactly inspiring. I like the blue leather jacket. Yes. A blue leather jacket. I've got one in my closet. Wheyhey.

Is it just me or is all this a bit - beside the point?

[lady_jane]

It didn't quite work out that way, did it.

OMG, no, not at all. Even Kini, whom I think did the best job in general for his model, had the hair and the accessories all wrong.

I'd have refused to wear most of those dresses.

I'm torn - the models were nice and made that aspect of the show sweet, but that's not exactly what the producers wanted. I would certainly have tried to gently question Amanda's choices. And maybe if Char's model had been a bit more assertive, Char may have avoided those awful hot pants. (I must admit that I hate shorts on the runway, so I'm going to denigrate them no matter what.)

And that is what they should have done here, not just pretended that everyone has the looks of a model who might have pulled off those ugly clothes

Yes, absolutely. It's a "real woman" challenge - real world clothes does not mean inappropriate/ugly/unsuitable.

And, yeah, the make-up on Alexander's model! Thank you for pointing that out! She's blonde, okay, obviously bleached blonde, but that harsh makeup is doing her no favors.

Is it just me or is all this a bit - beside the point?

I had originally had a comment in this commentary about this challenge feeling like just marking time to the finale. The designers' comments about just hoping to make it reflected in their choices - they're playing conservative right now, hoping to just hold on and get to the end. Except for Emily - which is partly why I preferred her look this challenge.