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Project Runway dish….
Disclaimer….if you haven’t watched your tape of Project Runway this week, skip this post!
Now….the bad first:
Oh my goodness….. WHAT was Santino thinking? She looked like a rooster! Totally not skate-able unless you’re in a barnyard skit for the Ice Follies…and a folly it was!
Not surprised to see Emmett go, though. His designing for women was un-inspired. I kept wondering why he tried out for this show anyway? Andrae has talent, but his garment looked like a sack. And those little feather things looked like either fishing lures or something that fell of a stripper’s pasties! EEEK!
Daniel V’s plum thing was too tight, even on the skinny model, and the pulls in the fabric were distinctly not flattering. The design had potential, but the execution was lacking.
Nick had an interesting idea in the ruching, but it looked like he took one bodice for the left boob, another bodice for the right boob, part of one skirt for one side, and part of another for the other side, in fabrics that didn’t go together in terms of color. I liked the ruching idea, and I liked the way he paired the sheer and the not-sheer fabrics in the skirt, but the color seems “off”…..
Now for the good:
I loved the idea of Chloe’s blue silk bias ruffles, but didn’t like the neck line. If she had done the same idea, but in a crossover top that created an illusion of a waist, then it would have been awesome…I kept thinking of how the ruffles would look fluttering as the skater swirls around the ice…totally cool!
I really liked Kara’s number….the one long sleeve was gorgeous, the embellishments on the dress were well done, and I thought the fringe could work, though a fluttery skirt, maybe a longer tea-length / ballet style sheer would have worked better for the style of the rest of the garment.
I kept wondering why none of the designers asked what music Sasha Cohen would skate to….I’ve always thought the skate costume designers, at least at that ethereal height of skill (i.e. the skaters) worked the design to a particular piece of music and set of choreography. If Sasha were skating to a 20’s style piece, the flapper fringe on Kara’s dress would have worked perfectly. Anyway….
Zulema: I was really surprised. The outfit was classy, the pleating in the skirt was fantastic, and not something I remember seeing in skating competitions. The scrolling stuff on the bodice was well done, but I think it would have been better if there had been just a touch more coverage over the bust—not a lot more, just a little more. Many of the skaters are pretty flat-chested, and adding a bit of curve to the line, and bit more of the embellishment there, would have created an illusion of a rounder bustline, which would have been nice. Looking at the dress again, I think the top line is good, but the straight lines of the bust coverage could have come a little farther down to create more of a cup look.
Of course, the judges didn’t ask me, so Phhhht! And what ARE we going to do when it’s over.
Now….who do we thing ought to make it to the final three, and who do we think actually will make it to the final three?
Those who ought to get there:
Nick
Chloe
?? Maybe Daniel V?
Originally, I had Kara instead of Daniel, but I just surfed into Project Runway and looked at what Daniel V, Kara and Zulema have done, and Daniel’s designs are definitely better…..
Who will get there:
My crystal ball is decidedly murky, but
Nick
Chloe
Maybe Zulema, since she’s abrasive?
Tell me what you think? And now that I’ve written my dish, I get to go read everyone else’s!