This is what I keep picturing, when I see that: “Okay kids, while the cameras are here, you’ll have exactly 10 minutes to roughhouse. But as soon as they leave, you’re going back to your separate rooms and do your required summer reading!”
Do you think they ever get to make messes, fingerpaint and play with Play-Doh?
I have a theory about the Bradley thing - The producers didn’t want to fans to get all pissed off about them auf’ing a guy on his birthday - because how could anyone in their right mind think that gold top was fashionable? from the front, just barely - I knew what Bradley was going for. from the side it looked like a shiny potato sack with arm holes. yuckarino!
and unless Angela is the kickee next week, I may stop watching until the finale
I really thought Bradley’s blouse was pretty awful. It reminded me of Daniel’s orchid blouse from last year which I also thought was awful.
yes, but Daniel’s blouse wasn’t horribly pouffed in back and was actually attractive
At first I thought the fabric Uli bought for her dog’s outfit had little t-bone steaks on it. That would have been totally adorable.
So who do y’all think had the cutest dog, regardless of their outfits? I thought Angela’s was adorable, but even moreso was Katherine’s little buddy. He looks very much like the puppy of a friend of mine–a puppy that we decided had to be the cutest puppy EVER!
So which would you pick?
I’m torn between Jeffrey’s corgi and Uli’s pug. But really every one except that freaky thing that Keith got were adorable.
What must Angela do to get auf’d if not for that outfit? It was awful, awful, awful and she should have been booted.
Keith’s dress was nice, but not doing something for the dog was out of line. Sorry, that’s a part of the challenge. He’s a egomaniacal twit.
I was not wowed by any of the designs this time. Laura just fell off my “ok” list with her “I don’t like dogs” attitude . . . and her excuse that having kids didn’t leave her any emotional energy for animals.
I had another problem with the point that dogs were the latest fashion accessory. I’m sorry, but as a dog owner, they are not accessories to your outfit – they are living, breathing, feeling companions. They ain’t purses you can exchange when the mood strikes. Maybe I was a little too serious about it . . . but there are dogs in shelters right now that someone surrendered because they decided they weren’t cute and cuddly anymore.
Dogs are not accessories!
I really like Ivanka. I thought she brought a lot to THE APPRENTICE this past season. I used to think she was just another spoiled rich kid, but her APPRENTICE work showed me that she’s a smart, interesting young woman. And I thought she was a very responsible judge. I would like to see more of her on PROJECT RUNWAY.
I’m a sucker for Pomeranians, especially the orange and white ones, so I have to pick Laura’s doggy, whether she liked it or not! (But someone should tell Laura to cover up her bony chest. It’s not attractive at all.)
Oh god. When Laura was trying to put the little outfit on Sophia (I think that was the dog’s name) she was so cute it hurt. Sophia, that is, not Laura.
When she said that Uli’s story, which involved a young, hip girl whose life consisted entirely of partying all night and shopping for fabulous clothes, “spoke to her,” I almost snorted my popcorn. How predictable. How pathetic.
Okay, and now for my belated rundown:
Alison did an excellent job, and deserved to be in the top 3. My only concern was that the incredible cuteness of the dog outfit was lost because it was white on the dog’s white hair.
Laura does a consistently excellent job of producing a classy outfit that some real women have a chance of wanting to wear. I agree that she’s a little one-note, but at the same time, that can be spun to say that she has a clear design style. I don’t love her, but I’m willing to see more. But her face is lopsided. And she was pregnant during the taping of the show? You can count her ribs! I sincerely hope she’s not more than 2 months pregnant, and I’m genuinely afraid that she’ll miscarry because the baby is underfed.
Uli did a solid job, and if she were anyone else, I’d say it was innovative. It was pretty, the prints were interesting together, the jacket made it more serious, and the dog outfit was cute. But (and I hate to harp on this, because I said the same thing after last week’s show) she has one silhouette. Her outfits for the last three challenges have all been cut the same: A-line dress, waist unnaturally high under the bust, V-neck creating two triangles to serve as the bodice. This one was shorter and last week’s was lower in the back, but she could be using the same pattern for all we know. Taken as one dress, it was well done. Taken as a part of Uli’s body of work, I’m disappointed because she’s so uninterested in straying outside her comfort zone.
Jeffrey’s was interesting, attractive, and not wearable by any woman with any meat on her bones. What is it with these designers and their empire waists? No self-respecting woman would wear a dress that made her look like they could be secretly pregnant. (Except for Laura, who can apparently be secretly pregnant while wearing a flight attendant uniform.) And the problem was only exacerbated by the flaring in the skirt.
Robert, as usual, did a very nice job. It was classy, it wasn’t boring, and Robert has shown that a designer can have a defined aesthetic without being one-note. It wasn’t standout enough for the win, but it was beautiful.
Kayne’s outfit was cool, though I did think that it looked like Nick Verreos’ barbie doll went badass. But it was nicely executed, with great contrast between the bright print and the black alligator, and the black in the back of the skirt really tied everything together. Kayne is a solid designer.
I’m with everyone else on Michael: He’s great, his clothes are beautiful, he has skills, he’s unlike the other designers, and I want to see more of him. He’s not getting the recognition he deserves. This dress should have been a contender for the win.
Katherine’s was simple but nice. A meh entry, but it shouldn’t have ranked below Bradley’s or Angela’s. What kills me is that if she’d just finished that hoodie she was almost done with, she’d still be in. Listen to Tim, people!
Bonnie did a solid job that came out very classic. A coat is serious business, so she deserves credit for ambition.
Keith made a lovely dress and acted like a jerk. Part of working in any industry is working with people, listening to their ideas, and knowing when it’s appropriate to not blow people off. He actually said, “I know that the challenge is to dress the dog. But it’s so lame.”
Vincent made a very cute, if basic, outfit that earns him a second chance in my opinion. It wasn’t standout bad, and showed some imagination. But his uncontrollable laughter about the dog’s hat was a little creepy. He really is on edge.
Bradley’s was ugly, unflattering, badly draped, and awkward looking. I was shocked that he was kept out as one of the “best and the worst” and then turned out to be counted among the best. This outfit was better than Bonnie’s, Michael’s, Robert’s, Kayne’s, and Vincent’s? What are the judges smoking? I don’t think they didn’t want to kick him off on his birthday; then, he would have just been sent off with the goodenoughs. This is just craziness. I thought the only thing that was going to save Bradley was the hideousness of Angela’s outfit.
And finally, Angela. It looks like a motorcycle gang member, a three-year-old girl, and a hooker got somehow melded in a freak lab accident. I didn’t even think the top was well executed; it looked misshapen and lay oddly away from the model’s stomach. This is the second week in a row she’s been inexplicably left in. This is pathetic. She’s not even good TV.
Yeah, that got plenty of rolleyes in this house, too.
Good Lord, Angela’s dress was a mess. It looked exactly like a “dress” my daughter made for her Barbie doll when she was about 4 years old, using old scraps and paper clips. Except my daughter’s fit better.
I like Michael too. I’m hoping that because he’s getting such a crappy edit (as in never being shown at all) that it means he will be around for awhile. Maybe even make the final 3.
The funniest thing about Angela’s dress was the “story” she concocted to go with it. Obviously she just made something she wants to wear and spun out some random collection of fantasy elements. It wouldn’t be funny if her fantasy woman were a schoolteacher by day, harlot by night. What made it funny was that this woman was supposed to be wearing this dress at a party at school in front of a bunch of 6-12 year olds.
For Angela, no actual thought went into the construction of this challenge.
Sorry for topping the old one when the new one is on tonight but I didn’t get to see the episode until this weekend and didn’t get to post until now. I missed about the first 20 minutes of the episode though.
I agree that Allison’s was the best and should have won, even though the white was kind of lost on the dog the whole pakage worked, it was very well done. Keith really blew it with the arrogance, his dress was beautiful. He could have just added a ruffle to the dog collar like the one on the dress and he might have won the challenge.
I don’t think that Bradley’s outfit was worthy of the bottom 3 or the top 3. It was just so-so. It was funny when Heidi scolded Bradley’s dog for being a bad boy. I suspected many straight men envied that dog at that moment.
Katherine did not deserve to go. Her dress was not that uncreative or poorly executed. The hemline was finished as well as that type of material can be finished in a short amount of time and with limited resources. It was at least wearable. On the other hand there was nothing good about Angela’s dress. Angela’s dress was butt ugly, it looked haphazardly constructed and belonged on a streetwalker who lost a bet. It was uncreative because she does the same damn thing everytime. No, it’s not her style, it’s the same damn thing. Laura’s and Uli’s clothes show their style but Angela’s are the same thing everytime - she even wears the same thing. Why are they keeping her around? She’s not even that interesting, you don’t “love to hate her” you just plain hate her.
I hope that if they do kick someone off for breaking some rule that they bring Katherine back and she kicks Angela’s ass in the next challenge … or even just literally.
My favorite line came from (I think) Robert. He was describing his theme, which involved a woman checking in to rehab and having to find someone to watch her little dog. He then justified his lackluster effort, saying something along the lines of, “I don’t like stories. I think they’re stupid.” 
Angela’s not long for this world, but Katherine’s design was the most boring of the lot, and sloppily assembled as well. I imagine, only a couple of episodes in, they’re interested to see if Angela can reign in some of her wayout ideas. I suspect things won’t turn favorably for her, but I can understand their rationale (especially since the boottee knew she should’ve added a jacket or something, and didn’t).
The more I think about it, the more annoyed I am in fact that Keith didn’t go. He didn’t do the task! As far as Keith’s desgin was concerned the dg served no purpose, yet the task was use the “fashion accesory” dog in your design or something like that. He did nothing…NOTHING with the dog. I mentioned this in an earlier thread from the first show, but the judges seem little to care about what the actual task at hand. One reason Katehrine’s dress wasn’t as finished was because she spent time making the hoodie for the dog. Keith made nothing for his dog and had more tim to work on his dress. Yes his dress was very nice, but he didn’t do the task. It would have been unfotunate, because Keith is obviously a talented desinger who could win, but is this a competition with rules or isn’t it?