Project Runway 9/13, with spoilers

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Actually, she was hit by a bus. And it was kind of horrible. Spent a lot of time in intensive care. Not to kill the joke or anything, but… I thought it was kind of an awful thing to happen to her, myself.

Weirdly enough, the reports that came out at the time claimed she was one of the final three models when she was in the accident. Some of us have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how the hell Vincent made it to the final three, and it turns out it was just sloppy reporting.

Anyway, the dresses. I literally yelled “I HATE it!” when Jeffrey’s model took the stage. Bad faux-ironic “Look, the eighties are back!” design. I absolutely cannot stand that whole trend to begin with, and this is one of the worst takes I’ve ever seen on it. Awful, awful, awful. Uli’s was pretty bad, too, although it did look a lot better when they hiked the sleeves up a little bit. The length of the sleeves made it look heavy, like it was falling off the model. Not good.

I actually really liked the front of Kayne’s dress - it looked simple and elegant, sort of noir-ish. The back was an interesting idea, but it didn’t work. Had he done more with the white, and something more classic, he would have stayed in the competition and we might be spared Jeff’s attitude.

Michael and Laura’s dresses were both beautiful, but this was Laura’s turn. I don’t always like her, but I was cheering her on the whole way in this. Not a good time to be attacked by the evil pregnancy hormones. But she pulled it out. And Michael… so chic. So classic. So fresh. He’s my pick to win this year, no doubt. He’s brilliant.

As far as Angela and Vincent - I didn’t think they were the worst, but they weren’t winners. And their only option was to win. I felt horrible for Vincent, but even with Jia, he couldn’t have pulled it out to stick around. And Angela’s… I like the Edwardian collar if you’re doing last challenge’s couture design. This is not couture. This is cocktail party. Not the same thing. And her armholes were bizarrely cut. Had she left the armpit area covered, and possibly done some sleeves, it would have worked much better. But she didn’t. Because she’s Angela, and her taste level is far more off than Kayne’s could ever be.

We’ll miss you, Kayne. Maybe you were a bitch sometimes, but you were my favorite kind of bitch.

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Hmm, nothing to complain about frmo the episode. Went pretty much as I would’ve done it, Vincent and Angelea out, Laura winning it, Jeffrey sweating it out, but Kayne ultimately getting the boot.

Micahel is this year’s winner. He is so thoughtful and talented at the same time that you just know his runway collection is going to be fantastic. I doubt there will be a dud in the whole collection.

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I was one of those who saw that spoiler and I was really getting worried when Vincent kept sliding by every episode.
Picunurse - Tim’s Take

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Last season, they actually had FOUR designers present collections at Fashion Week. I read that they did that to baffle viewers in case any spoiler information got out from the fashion shows. The woman who did the wrap dress (that’s now selling like hotcakes) was not in the final three but she did show her collection with the final three. So maybe they’ll do something similar this season.

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I have been rooting for Laura all season and thought she got stiffed on several of her outfits (especially the travel dress). So I was really, really happy for her when she won this challenge. Her dress was, hands down, the best dress on the runway! (But I do like Michael, too. . . .)

Uli is a one-trick pony!

And, I’m starting to like Jeffrey. Not his clothes. . . but, Jeffrey. He’s really funny. (Somebody shoot me!)

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KAYNE’S GONE!!! :frowning:

While I didn’t think that he would win, he was certainly the most entertaining one to watch, now that Malan’s gone. I actually wanted Malan to make it to the final three, just because he’s so creepy. He’s like Dracula, but… he makes clothes instead of sucking blood for sustenance.

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At first blush Malan seemed creepy, but Vincent certainly ended up being creepier what with everything “getting him off”. Ewww.

After seeing Malan for a few episodes and his final goodbye confession he seemed more like a sad little boy who never had any friends and who’s mommy didn’t think he was special. I felt sorry for him and I actually liked him. Even though you expected him to be an arrogant bastard he actually appeared to be rather sweet. I remember him complimenting Laura on her outfit on the first challenge and I think he did the same for someone else’s on the next challenge. How many other designer’s compliment the other’s work? I would have liked to see him stick around longer.

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Is anyone else having a devil of a time with Bravo’s PR site? I missed the episode and want to read Tim’s take, but…argh!

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It’s not even worth trying right now…I gave up, and maybe will try later on today or tomorrow…SO frustrating! :mad:

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Here’s a site with recaps.

Sort of nasty but I admit, it made me laugh.

http://socialitelife.com/2006/09/14/project_runway_oh_jeezus.php

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On this challenge alone, Jeffrey should have been gone. The judges were kind in their comments–it looked like something a fifteen year old girl from Buttfuck, Iowa with no exposure to television, magazines, or the internet would think was sexy after watching Flashdance and Desperately Seeking Susan–absolutely heinous.

I was sorry to see Kayne go over Jeffrey but his performance in this challenge wasn’t good enough to save him after weeks of being on the edge.

Laura’s and Michael’s dresses were gorgeous. I really think Michael is the favorite to win this–the only dress close to sucking was the couture gown and it was about the “bunny ears” and not that the design itself was bad–it had some gorgeous detailing and he just needed more time. I hope he’s reworked it for his collection.

Laura has a shot at this as well, except that her “vision” is so predictable. It’s a great vision though, for women over 35.

Uli is boring, boring, boring. She’s skated by simply because there’s always been someone who’s done something shitty in comparison to her dresses, which are really, really pretty.

Jeffrey is where he is because he makes for good television. I don’t think either of his outfits that won challenges were that great–it was more that his were the best of a bunch of crappy outfits. The likelihood of him having put together a cohesive collection of 12 pieces is slim, at best. I’m guessing at least three of his outfits will look like the models dressed in the dark with one arm tied behind their backs.

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They always do that - Austin got to show, also.

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Last year’s show had Iman.
Does next week’s show feature someone similar?

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In some ways, I was sorry to see Kayne go. He’s the most entertaining of the remaining people (everyone else is so pedestrian), and this dress actually was utterly out of character for him. (Has Uli ever done anything other than a flowy dress with as much crazy pattern as possible?) So even though his dress was pretty bad overall, it was a huge growth thing for him to have done.

Jeffrey, meanwhile, does the same tired crap every week. (The 80s called, they want their style back). But he’s the Santino Lite of the season, so you know he has to stay. But his “outfit” was so off, I’m glad he had to sweat it out to the end.

Uli has to go next time. That’s all there is to it.

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On another board, someone called Jeffrey’s upcoming line “Derilicte” and I haven’t stopped giggling yet.

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I think that’s right. Jeffrey has at least shown some variation in his 80’s themed wear. But Michael and Laura are the real contenders.

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A HUGE spoiler, but pictures of all the designers collections if you scroll down

http://dlisted.blogspot.com/

It doesn’t tell you who won or who is eliminated, but it shows each designers collection. I am so surprised by the designers collections.

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I think pretty much anyone could go out at this point except Michael, who has never been in the bottom 2, onstage sweating it out, waiting to see who is auf’ed. Since Jeffrey won 2 also, I think it’s a toss-up between Laura and Uli. Personally, I like Laura’s stuff more because I think she shows more intricacy and variation in her style, but who knows? She’s been feeling like crap lately, so she might just phone it in next time and go out.

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Caridwen, I must say I am a bit underwhelmed. Then again this wasn’t the full collection of any of the designers.

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Me too. It was very disappointing. I really hope there was more to it because I didn’t love any of the collections.