by Ruth Anne Boulet
Project Runway continues down the slide of mediocrity. I don’t think I’m spoiling anything by saying AGAIN no Nina Garcia or Michael Kors. The only excitement in this episode happened on the judging runway when Heidi almost clapped upon hearing 2 designers squabble with each other.
I can understand our beloved judges having something else going on & having to miss a week. Maybe two. But when Project Runway switched networks, Lifetime reassured us that the show would remain the same. The judges would be the same; the only change would be moving the location to LA. That has not been the case from the first episode.
But I, as I assume you do too, still watch it, hoping for what used to be. *Sigh*
Being in the bottom 3 gives Johnny an empty feeling inside. Nicolas thinks Johnny & Irina don’t deserve to be there. Whatever diva Slavic boy.
Tim’s taking the designers on a field trip where all the answers will be in black & white. GASP! They’re going to a Tribune property! I hope we got paid for this. Sam, did we get paid for this? We are in bankruptcy, you know, and could use the cash. Knowing our track record, we probably paid Project Runway. Tim introduces Booth Moore, the fashion editor for the LA Times. I looked her up in Triblink and guess what — her real first name isn’t Booth. Surprising? Nope.
Booth blah, blah, blahs about the Image section that hopefully more people will read now that she’s been on Project Runway. Nicolas is speechless that newsprint is the medium. Have you seen this show, Nicolas? You could be making shit out of candy. Or garbage. Newspaper is pretty tame as far as a ‘non-traditional material’ goes. Some folks even take plain old non-printed newsprint for variety. Yawn.
Thankfully, we do get some creativity in this episode from the designers. Some of the pieces we’re seeing initially are really cool. We don’t get a lot of that because we spend a good 2 minutes talking about how much Shirin talks. At least Nicolas now knows little girls can make a lot of noise.
Tim’s feedback — Johnny’s dress gets compared to Tippi Hedren in The Birds. He then lies to his model & says that ‘the steamer’ ruined his dress. He gives up & starts doing a crossword puzzle. Please tell me he’s going home.
Nicolas & Johnny dis each other via ‘confessional’ footage. Who do you think is in the bottom 2 this week?
Tommy Hilfiger, that hack, is replacing Michael Kors this week.
Called first — Johnny, Nicolas, Christopher, Althea, Gordana, Irina. The rest are in the mediocre middle. Can you guess from the 6 who falls in what camp? Yeah, no surprise Althea, Christopher and Irina get raves. Johnny, Nicolas and Gordana don’t. Heidi thinks Johnny’s model looks like a streetwalker. Johnny whines about his last dress getting ruined, blah, blah, blah. Nicolas throws him under a bus & tattles that Tim ragged on Johnny’s first dress. Heidi is loving the bread & circuses before her. Ha-HA!
Althea is in. Irina is the winner of the challenge. Christopher is in. Gordana is in. Now we’re left with the negative Nancies Nicolas and Johnny. Nicolas gets the arts & craftsy comment, but Johnny is deemed a mess overall. Nicolas is in, and Johnny is going home. See ya, Johnny. You’re annoying. He parts ways by saying giving up addiction is easier than Project Runway.
Tim was actually mad about the fiction Johnny spewed on the runway. Next week, we have to see what LA is made of. I can tell that Nina Garcia is still MIA. I’m sure Michael Kors is as well. So annoying, Project Runway. So annoying.