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Monday, February 11, 2008
Catfights missing from Project Runway
Or at least not yet… Season 4 of ‘Project Runway’ is quickly winding to a close and it doesn’t appear there’s too much tension between the designers.
This season has been fairly unremarkable with the exception of the early exit of Jack and the return of Chris due to health issues. Looks like that was a lucky moment for Chris as he and four fellow designers hit the runway last week during Fashion Week.
Not participating in the Fashion week show was Ricky! I was so glad to see him go!
Looking on were the three regular judges, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Heidi Klumm along with the ‘Project Runway’s’ guest judge, Posh Spice - aka Mrs. David Beckham.
video, photos and comments from ‘Project Runway’ fashion week are on the next page (click link below).
salon.com
Showing their wares were Kathleen “Sweet P” Vaughn, Chris March, Christian Siriano, Rami Kashou and Jillian Lewis.
Various reports online suggest that Sweet P kicked off the show. The story posted on Salon.com said of the audience response and polite clapping,”…nobody thinks this chubby girl with tattoos is actually going to win.”
Her designs weren’t bad, and were, in fact, better than a lot of the successful designers’ offerings I had seen this week. The only time Sweet P really went off the rails, in my opinion, was with a pair of clownlike Bay City Rollers pants, worn with Kelly green gloves and a horrible tie-dyed silk hippie blouse. salon.com
Sweet P was the designer that somehow always seemed to make it through… who knows how that happened?
Chris, the really, really lucky one was up next.
“The audience was glad for him, and rewarded him by bursting into spontaneous aaaaahs and applause at the sight of his first dress…” “The big thesis/antithesis/synthesis of Chris’ show was, in essence, Cow-Flapper of the Harlem Jazz Rodeo. Still, it was quite well received by the audience, who seemed ready to forgive Chris anything. He has won their hearts and minds, if not their eyes.” salon.com
Jillian, one of the coldest designers on the show this season showed a collection that, “could have been worn by Adam Ant.”
While the Fashion Week audience was more than willing to acknowledge her talent, it seemed they just didn’t like her personality very much, making her the Hillary Clinton of “Project Runway. They barely clapped at the end.”
The photos I’ve been able to locate from the show make Jillian’s work look good - but what do I know?
Rami’s apparently told the audience, women “should be cherished every day.” Regardless of his waxing romantic, his work is always meticulously crafted and worthy of getting him to Bryant Park.
“They were quite beautiful — even the Alexander McQueen-esque, Victorian corset dress, the train of which looked like a throw rug of black vinyl postage stamps, or perhaps one of those heavy, car-wash, monster-pelt drapes that massages the soap into your windshield.” salon.com
Mr. “Fierce” Christian was the final designer to show his work. The video clip from the show gives us a glimpse into his personality - he was just having fun.
“He simply is a designer, while all the others are aspiring designers. It is clear that Christian was one of those colorful little boys who loved to lip-sync to Mariah Carey singles in front of the mirror, and has been a peer of Karl Lagerfeld — at least in his own mind — since he was about 4 years old.” “The collection featured a few stunningly huge hats. The dresses were big bouffy tulle shapes, like huge belted tea-roses, and a series of feathery dresses I took to calling the Big Bird Collection, in which Christian had seamlessly fused inspirations from both John Galliano and “Sesame Street.” salon.com
Christian is one of those people who always says what you’re thinking - just in a snarkery - more cutting way than you might have imagined… He clearly flamed up the runway for the next group of designers. He might also be my favorite to win.
We still have several more episodes to go until we get to see all the details from the Bryant Park show and perhaps there’s a cat fight or two still lurking.
Photo gallery from Fashion Week.
Thoughts on fashion week? Who do you want to win ‘Project Runway’ this season?
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