Project Runway

by Ruth Anne Boulet This episode starts off by reminding me Mitchell is still around. Why, Project Runway, why? Ra’mon is also featured prominently at the beginning of this episode, which tells me he’ll be featured prominently throughout the episode. Reality TV 101! Heidi teases the designers, telling them they’re going on a field trip & they need sunscreen. So, of course they’re going to the beach. Tim Gunn is in flip-flops & a blazer to introduce the surf wear challenge. So, our Project Runway contestants have to all turn into Ed Hardy douchebags. The hair is supposedly very important, […]

by Ruth Anne Boulet This season of Project Runway just can’t escape that dated 2008 feeling. Last week it was the Emmy red carpet. This week’s challenge is to make a pregnancy outfit for Rebecca Romijn. Her twins have since been born … in 2008. It’s bizarre that the producers are hanging their challenges on events & occurrences that have very specific dates. I know in the minds of producers, this season was going to start airing in January 2009, but legal matters don’t always wrap up when one expects them to. I’m surprised they haven’t tried any of the […]

by Ruth Anne Boulet It’s baaaaacccckkk… I’ll admit it. I was concerned that with the move to Lifetime, the show I know and love would go in the crapper. But after watching the All-Star Challenge, I’m a bit reassured that the new producers & network won’t go messing with the Project Runway we all know & love. First off — a surprising lack of ‘Lifetime-y’ commercials at the start of the three-and-a half hour block of Runway. No ‘I Lost My Kid’ movie of the night or feminine itching commercials. Ok, there was the, ahem, trimmer commercial (wow, those trees […]

by Ruth Anne Boulet So this is the episode that declares it all — who will the winner of this season of Project Runway be? Well, if it’s not Leanne, I’ll eat my hat. But I’ve got about 58 minutes until I know for sure. Then I’ll be able to flip over to America’s Next Top President. Hey, and why did we not get a recap/let’s rip on everyone episode? I mean, yeah, it’s a cheesy reason to have a clip show, but we also got to hear what designers REALLY thought of each other. In a very TV sort […]

The designers are told that they have to incorporate a wedding dress into their line. Korto’s supposedly mad about that. She thought the challenges were over. Ok, Korto, have you seen Project Runway before? And off our designers go, with 2 months and $8,000 to put together magic. Korto lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. She’s working in a rented space in a park. It’s a great workspace — set in a wooded area with tons of windows. Tim likes what he sees so far, so it’s time to meet the family & friends. Korto even does a drum performance for […]

by Ruth Anne Boulet Kenley thinks that Leanne tried to sabotage her by not selling her hip-hop outfit. So Kenley’s not going to talk to Leanne. So there. Jerell is officially starting to lose his mind, now that no other guys are left & he’s got the fabulous apartment to himself. He has a ‘conversation’ with a Tim Gunn bobblehead, an apple with a face on it, and a syrup bottle whose logo has been obscured so we have absolutely no idea what kind of syrup it is. So Tim takes the designers to the botanical gardens for the next […]

by Ruth Anne Boulet So we’ve come to the point in the Project Runway season when we know enough of each contestant’s personality to make things interesting. It’s also when some of the more blatant backstabbing and testiness comes out. Leanne figures that Suede’s model Tia gives him an advantage. Oh, Leanne, she hasn’t helped Suede so far? That’s just pouring salt on a wound at this point. So Tim tells the designers that their next challenge is to design for each other. The look they create has to be inspired by a certain musical genre. They have to explore […]

by Ruth Anne Boulet First off, I have to give a big old BOOO to Bravo for taking all clips of Project Runway off YouTube and not posting them on Hulu. For crying out loud, share and you’ll get more people to watch the show! Of course, Bravo may not give a rip about that. Lifetime — make Project Runway available to the masses! So, on with the actual episode. Suede is going to fight, dangit! Kenley doesn’t know why she was so dissed with her hideous Aquarius outfit. Will our intrepid designers never learn? Heidi does her opening runway […]