Project Runway, Season 16 (open spoilers)

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I simply did not understand the love for the fur dress. Yes, the area around the neck looked OK, but that was it. The whole thing was terrible. I also didn’t get the lover for the coat. It looked more like a bathrobe to me.

I like Kenya, and i didn’t even mind the coat material, but i agreed with Zach when he said that, as a look, the whole thing just didn’t work. I liked Ayana’s coat a lot, and while the houndstooth jumpsuit thing underneath wasn’t my favorite, at least it was sort of interesting.

I thought that keeping them all on, and not eliminating anyone, was a cop-out. I liked Margarita fine at the start of the season, but her whining about having her designs copies by one of the twins was just annoying, and her self-pitying “no-one picked me to go to fashion week” after the runway show in this episode was the final straw. Between that, last week’s elimination (and save), and this week’s hideous dress, she should have gone home.

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Cop out. Let’s just admit that it’ll be Brandon, Ayana and Kentaro, and instead of next week’s episode, just film Brandon, Ayana, Kentaro and the models doing a pub crawl through the lower east side. (Yeah, Ayana probably doesn’t drink, but neither do I, and I still go to bars with friends).

103

What a boring couple of last episodes. Yawn.

Margarita does absolutely nothing for me. They telegraphed the TIM GUNN SAVE all of that episode though so bully for her I guess. I can’t even remember anything else about that episode to be honest.

This weeks concept was one of the more charming ones we’ve had this season. I went to the ice bar in Vegas this summer and it was stupidly fun. I mean, you pay an absurd entry fee to put on jackets and drink expensive drinks out of ice cups and sit on ice blocks and it was an absolute riot. Makes no sense but we all loved it.

Oh Margarita you certainly have outstayed your welcome haven’t you? That fur dress this week was terrible, except for the collar sticking out of the coat was nice. I love Kenya as a person but her designs do nothing for me - and I’m like 90% sure I saw the same fabric from that coat in Stranger Things. On a couch. As for Ayana, well since I’m not a Star Trek fan her coat didn’t speak to me at all and the terrible jumpsuit situation underneath should just not be mentioned ever again.

Kentaro, ok I have to admit I liked the leg-warmers and his coat, it seemed very now. Hi-lo shorts should not be a thing though.

Brandon. Yep.

Next week is home visits and (please god) auffing of at least one designer to take us into final runway show. Though lets admit it we are all just here for the reunion show at this point.

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Heh. I think I had blocked it out. Maybe for an Alice in Wonderland avant garde challenge but even then from the back it was bogglingly bad.

They promise only three will get to go, and we know who that is. Why not just have done that to begin with and save the money on Tim trips. I wonder if the twins will be allowed back the reunion?

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“What was the inspiration for the piece?”

“I found a dead cat in the street. After I buried it, I put my ear to the ground and this is what I heard.”
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" :eek: Wonderful. OK, I’m going to get going and leave you to it."

I wish Kentaro had shown and concentrated on those gorgeous red pieces he was making. The black dress with red swirled around it was really cool. And “cohesive” doesn’t mean all the same, Kentaro!

I felt bad for Kenya but man, her two pieces just showed how not ready for this she was. When she was home and not sure what to do, again!, c’mon, you’re free to do whatever you want and you have no ideas?! AND fit issues? I felt bad for her because she’s so nice, but yikes.

I would have sworn Margarita wouldn’t have made it. Why do they keep giving her a chance?

Blush/peach/whatever that was in Kenya’s and Kentaro’s looks should just be retired.

106

I didn’t watch, and couldn’t make it through the posts on previously.tv because the episode sound like a mess. I just can’t with this show any longer.

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I want to love Kenya’s looks because she is so lovable, but damn, girl, you got to help me out. That black dress ruined that poor model’s boobs.

Kentaro is lost in translation about the concept of cohesiveness. Brandon needs to help a brother out.

108

Brandon’s designs were awful. What woman would actually buy, much less wear, that crap? There is no way that Heidi, Miss skin-tight, skin revealing queen, would be caught dead wearing his designs.

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I love Kentaro and I hope his Ode to a Dead Cat wins it for him. I have no idea, though.

I would have said Brandon was the winner, but his endless flamingo print is going to be a downer. It’s so obviously couch material, sitting on hangers.

I think they’re going to choose Ayana, because she has the most innovation and also the story that will most work with Marie Clare’s readers. I do think her stuff is mostly cool.

Margerita - I could see Heidi wearing those outrageous bell bottoms. I think she’s the worst designer for plus size models, though, of the four that are left. (Why are there four? We’ve been hearing about “Final Three!” for three weeks now. Fish or get off the pot, Judges.)

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I was happy they finally said something negative about his look – the top being a throwaway.

111

I knew a couple of weeks ago they were going to do this!

Margarita is almost as annoying as those damnable twins at this point! How many stinking times did she keep running on about being from Puerto Rico at the ice bar? We get it, shaddap already!

112

I’m just hate watching. :mad:

113

Well, it’s all over. I was a bit surprised at the winner, as they’d been telegraphing a Brandon win all season. I HATED Brandon’s collection, so was pleased it didn’t work out for him. Has any other contestant ever done that kind of one-note single-fabric show before? Snoooooze.

I also thought Ayana could have won, because of her angle/story/market. I wasn’t a big fan of her show either, all those awkward-length ruffles and peplums didn’t work for me. I did like her bridal look.

Kentaro’s collection wasn’t particularly memorable. I get a vague wash of pleats, staggered hemlines, and the horrible throbby hum of interference under his compositions.

Reunion next week. I daresay it’ll be all about the twins “controversy”. Yawn. All Stars season in Jan, though!

114

Dead cat FTW.

I thought Kentaro’s collection was beautiful, and he totally deserved the win, far and away. Brandon did what Brandon does which was enough to stand out in individual challenges but all at once was not high enough caliber. Also there was absolutely no variation in his looks - all so one-note. He really did think he had it in the bag though, so that’s a far way to fall for him. Ayana’s collection was so drab and the fabrics didn’t look luxurious at all. That last gown was a stunner though. And Margarita, well it seems like her collection used up all the colors in the crayon box and left none for the rest of the designers.

Overall not a very memorable season but the right person won. I’ll be curious if they keep with the real women models or go back to size zero in the next season.

See you all after the reunion (which is Nov 30, not next week because Thanksgiving.)

115

I hated it all so much!

Are they seriously going to sell that wack-do-mess of Kentaro’s at JC Penney? Right.

I could type a whole wall of words, BUT:

Margarita - I don’t like her designs and her collection was just a bunch of UGH! for me, but I did feel bad for her and her family and am glad they seem to have come through the hurricane alright.

Kenya - I thought Tim told her on the home visit to go with a merlot or navy color to saturate all the peach, and she goes with black? She had the beginnings of something great but the lost it somewhere along the way. Hopefully with more time and maturity she will grow into a better designer. And I, as a women in my early 50s, really resent all of Tim’s comments about not wanting to look “matronly” and when he said one of Kenya’s looks was like the daughter, and the other was like her mother, well, he said it with such distaste it really IRKED me! Tim, women in their 40s and 50s wear clothes, too! And just because we might not show alot of skin and appreciate a good fit, that does NOT make us “matronly”. He never called Ayana’s designs matronly, dowdy, or old… This show is so consistent in their inconsistency!

And Heidi once again last night broke all 3 of Micheal Kors’ fashion rules, did she not? Short, tight and shiny = slutty, slutty, slutty! Heidi does look fan-tabulous for her age and after 4 babies, but that dress was beyond the pale of terribleness.

Brandon - I actually didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would, but it was all still too much of an homage to a straight jacket.

Ayana - Oh dear. Her fabric was really gross and way too washed out. It truly did appear, as someone already said, that Margarita sucked up all the color in the room and left Brandon and Ayana with pale stains.

Kentaro - Bleck. All of it. Just Ewwww. And who puts a pale blond girl in a pale blush leather lumpy shirt with that horrid pleated skirt? It washed her out soooo much! That outfit would have looked much better on a darker-skinned model. Blondes look best in reds and blacks and other darker colors. And the way they all fawned over that first 1/2 tutu thing with no back? I am clueless.

Yeah, I’ll watch that reunion show next week because I am a glutton for punishment.

The preview of it showed that Hair Twin remains as flippant and unrepentant as ever.

116

I guess I’m the only one who liked Ayana’s collection the best. I was hoping that she would win. And I absolutely hated Kentaro’s.

Sadly, I typed in Project Runway to see photos of New York Fashion Week to look at Brandon’s and Margarita’s collection again, and the first thing to pop up was this, ‘Project Runway’ Star Wendy Pepper Dead At 53 :frowning:

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Nope, you’re not the only one. I was rooting for Ayana, and not just because she’s been my favorite for most of the season. I think what might have nixed her chances is her first few looks. I agreed with the judges that they were not great, especially #2 and #3. But i still think she had the best collection, and i think she does a good job of designing modest clothes that are also flattering to the shape of the body. I think she’ll be fine. She’s now out there, and known as a crafter of modest fashion. I reckon she’ll have orders coming in from near and far.

I liked Margarita’s collection more than i expected to. It was fun, but for some reason it doesn’t really seem like serious fashion. But maybe that’s just me.

Brandon’s was dull, and you can only keep churning out loops and straps for so long before the novelty wears off. I wasn’t a huge fan of the flamingo print anyway, and his overuse of it killed any chance he had. You could tell from the judges’ questioning of him during the critique that he had been eliminated pretty early in their minds.

And i agree with Grumbacher Red about Heidi’s dress. It was a train wreck.

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So many times Heidi wears such horrible clothes, yet she’s surrounded by fashion designers and experts. I guess it’s in Nina’s, Zack’s, and Tim’s contracts that they can’t criticize her fashion choices.

OK, re-watching Brandon’s and Margarita’s final looks I prefer Margarita over Brandon. Didn’t someone here say earlier about Kentaro that cohesive doesn’t mean that all the outfits look the same? I feel the same way about Brandon. Same material, same print, same loops, or whatever they’re called. I just found it annoying.

Watching Margarita the second time around I liked her collection better than the first time. Except for the first two looks which, to me, looked like they were designed by an 8 to 10 year old.

119

I seem to like each season a bit less than the previous one and this was no exception.

But I do have to agree with this year’s winner. Of the 4 collections shown, his was the only one that pushed fashion boundaries and wasn’t essentially commercial. I think in their heart of hearts the other 3 designed with JCP in mind. In this instance, that was a fatal mistake.

The most beautiful single item shown was Ayana’s pistachio wedding dress. I would have worn that myself, even though I have no modesty needs.

120

I guess I’m confused on the concept of modesty in this context. “You can be modest and still seductive”? Isn’t the point to not be seductive? And yeah, use hijabs but jazz them up and make them funky? Isn’t that not the purpose of a hijab, and kind of making light of it like it’s a fashion accessory? I did love her final look though.

Poor Brandon. I felt bad for him crying so hard after being so sure he was the winner.

Heidi’s outfit - uggo. And she had to keep pulling it down after hugging the losers.