hello third season....
This is project runway's second season. In what I would expect to be a better season than the last, it decidedly...um... WASN'T.
Yes, the people are interesting. Chloe's a hipper Wendy Pepper, Daniel V would make a great less-flamboyant Austin, and Santino was just a crazy bitch who needed a swift kick in the balls.
But the whole point of the show is GOOD DESIGN. That was a bit lacking. Just a tad.
Chloe is boring. Good design, excellent seamstress and a good eye for fit but BORING. Most of her designslook basically the same, except for some. Silky, fitted charmeuse, sleek cuts, minimal additives, short range of color. Thus, I have no idea of the judges' and especially Tim Gunn's infatuation of her. Her style is old-ish and geared to older women (Wendy Pepper anyone?) and yet infused with a stagnant elegance, like Kara Saun except not NEARLY as gorgeous. Wait that was a bad comparison- Kara Saun was brilliant. Very Chanel-Gucci but brilliant all the same. So in her finale run, her line was... mediocre at best. If the show had been called Project JCPenney, she would have won hands down. BUt it's not. It's Project Runway. The same Project Runway that Jay McCarroll rightfully won last season. RIGHTFULLY. And Chloe can't even reach Kara Saun, she's so far down on the ladder. True, some were good and even surprising like her gold shrug and minidress and her starter thick satin peice, but really, other than those two, you can shop for the others at your local Hecht's. And OMFG, her finale dress worn by her model. WTMF, you're not dressing the first lady. It's supposed to be the last stunning peice and she completely blew it.
Daniel V. Talented but a bit inconsistent and overly absorbed? Not with himself I mean. With his work. None of his designs have wowed me. Nothing in particular is stunning or aside from typical department store clothing. His designs are sexy, slick, and oh-so-safe. No spark. Whatsoever. I can understand if you think he should have won based on nice-ness of cute-ness, but as a designer, he's not Brioni or Zac Posen. He tries SO hard, but he's not. I mean some of his designs were just WTF that left you wondering whether what you just saw was a potato sack or a run off of something he saw at Walmart. The fact that he just finished his line (that he had months to prepare for) just hours before he went on the runway and that he, despite the previous fact, was so damn proud of himself for his handbags to go with his potato sacks is just...mindblowing. And his last dress...mildly sucked, not as bad as Chloe's but still...
Santino. GOD what an whore. Arrogant to the point of birthing another self-proclaimed "brilliant" mini-Santino out of his ass. But damn, he's brilliant. Look at his first design. Could there have been any other way for him to express his style? No. Look at his Nicky Hilton dress. Could anyone say that that dress looks bad/is unoriginal/is worse than what Daniel V or Chloe had? You should seriously consider yourself as having bad fashion perspective if you do. Seriously. I want to smack his overly oval forehead really really hard, but I can't help but stand back and admire some of his work. True, some of its pretty wacked out, but the guy is inspired. His runway finale was beautiful (w/ the exception of one really scary outfit) and his last dress was lovely, but it wasn't really him. It was a bit dull. For Santino, I expect him to knock me out either with awe or disgust. It was neither. He played it way too safe. He didn't take the risk he needed to have taken to win. He pulled an Austin, where at the last minute, he upturns and goes the other way. Wrong choice. I still have great respect for him and think that he has the greatest potential out of the three, even more if he can pull his head out of his ass.
It was all in all disappointing. Look at last season's finale and you'll see why. No animated, ostentatious Jay, no cheating glamorous Kara, and no bitchy Wendy Pepper to fuck everything up. It's just not as fun.
I know some of you are going hate me after reading this. I'm sorry I don't judge based on designer cuteness/handsomeness/hottness (ahem Daniel), the degree of preppy-ness, the shininess of the fabric, or designer niceness. It's really all about how good you are at what you do.
On the lighter side, a new season of my favorite comedy/satire, America's Next Top Model has begun. YES.
Yes, the people are interesting. Chloe's a hipper Wendy Pepper, Daniel V would make a great less-flamboyant Austin, and Santino was just a crazy bitch who needed a swift kick in the balls.
But the whole point of the show is GOOD DESIGN. That was a bit lacking. Just a tad.
Chloe is boring. Good design, excellent seamstress and a good eye for fit but BORING. Most of her designslook basically the same, except for some. Silky, fitted charmeuse, sleek cuts, minimal additives, short range of color. Thus, I have no idea of the judges' and especially Tim Gunn's infatuation of her. Her style is old-ish and geared to older women (Wendy Pepper anyone?) and yet infused with a stagnant elegance, like Kara Saun except not NEARLY as gorgeous. Wait that was a bad comparison- Kara Saun was brilliant. Very Chanel-Gucci but brilliant all the same. So in her finale run, her line was... mediocre at best. If the show had been called Project JCPenney, she would have won hands down. BUt it's not. It's Project Runway. The same Project Runway that Jay McCarroll rightfully won last season. RIGHTFULLY. And Chloe can't even reach Kara Saun, she's so far down on the ladder. True, some were good and even surprising like her gold shrug and minidress and her starter thick satin peice, but really, other than those two, you can shop for the others at your local Hecht's. And OMFG, her finale dress worn by her model. WTMF, you're not dressing the first lady. It's supposed to be the last stunning peice and she completely blew it.
Daniel V. Talented but a bit inconsistent and overly absorbed? Not with himself I mean. With his work. None of his designs have wowed me. Nothing in particular is stunning or aside from typical department store clothing. His designs are sexy, slick, and oh-so-safe. No spark. Whatsoever. I can understand if you think he should have won based on nice-ness of cute-ness, but as a designer, he's not Brioni or Zac Posen. He tries SO hard, but he's not. I mean some of his designs were just WTF that left you wondering whether what you just saw was a potato sack or a run off of something he saw at Walmart. The fact that he just finished his line (that he had months to prepare for) just hours before he went on the runway and that he, despite the previous fact, was so damn proud of himself for his handbags to go with his potato sacks is just...mindblowing. And his last dress...mildly sucked, not as bad as Chloe's but still...
Santino. GOD what an whore. Arrogant to the point of birthing another self-proclaimed "brilliant" mini-Santino out of his ass. But damn, he's brilliant. Look at his first design. Could there have been any other way for him to express his style? No. Look at his Nicky Hilton dress. Could anyone say that that dress looks bad/is unoriginal/is worse than what Daniel V or Chloe had? You should seriously consider yourself as having bad fashion perspective if you do. Seriously. I want to smack his overly oval forehead really really hard, but I can't help but stand back and admire some of his work. True, some of its pretty wacked out, but the guy is inspired. His runway finale was beautiful (w/ the exception of one really scary outfit) and his last dress was lovely, but it wasn't really him. It was a bit dull. For Santino, I expect him to knock me out either with awe or disgust. It was neither. He played it way too safe. He didn't take the risk he needed to have taken to win. He pulled an Austin, where at the last minute, he upturns and goes the other way. Wrong choice. I still have great respect for him and think that he has the greatest potential out of the three, even more if he can pull his head out of his ass.
It was all in all disappointing. Look at last season's finale and you'll see why. No animated, ostentatious Jay, no cheating glamorous Kara, and no bitchy Wendy Pepper to fuck everything up. It's just not as fun.
I know some of you are going hate me after reading this. I'm sorry I don't judge based on designer cuteness/handsomeness/hottness (ahem Daniel), the degree of preppy-ness, the shininess of the fabric, or designer niceness. It's really all about how good you are at what you do.
On the lighter side, a new season of my favorite comedy/satire, America's Next Top Model has begun. YES.