Ah, the party is over at Project Runway after last night’s shocking season finale. Jeffery, of all people, won!
First, let me say that it’s not like I don’t think this guy is not talented. Obviously, he is. But, personalities aside, I was totally amazed at both Laura’s and Uli’s collections as well as how they put them together on the runway. Michael, I also liked, but I expected more from him. I’m not sure exactly what happened there.
I have looked at the collections on line before seeing them on the show, but really, there’s no comparison when it comes to …read more

 Last night was a wonderful – dare I say my favorite – episode this season on Project Runway. Though, the show right before the finale has always been my favorite because we get to see the designers work or almost work in their own environment. We see them with their families, in their studios, in their real life rather than some “reality” tv segment.
Of course, I’m a major Michael Knight fan, but I loved his sweet little sewing corner and charming house. This guy is really doing it on his own, and as a designer with my own “corner” studio …read more

I don’t know about you, but since Project Runway took a break in broadcasting and tried to force us to watch that idiot top chef show, I’ve been very confused. I have to say that I’m not the greatest at catching TV shows. I like certain ones, but hey, baby, I’m busy, you know. So don’t mess with the time, or next week, who knows what I’ll be doing.
Luckily, they reran the show that I missed last week, though I was not real thrilled with the reunion episode that followed (yawn). I turned it off about half way through and …read more

Well, normally, today is my recap day for Project Runway, but alas, I’m totally bummed that I sat down to nothing but a rerun last night. And, to top it off, it was from last week even!
What really burns my buns is that I know (heck, we all know) darn well that the last four designers showed at Fashion Week in New York last week. Hello? What is this?
I’ve check the Bravo site, but no mention of when the rest of the show will air. From the little bit that I did watch, I think they said that the finale …read more

The line between the fashion world and the wearable art designer has always been sort of blurry. Are we part of the fashion community who often wear our products, or are we on the outside since we wearable art designers are responsible for crafting fashion goods. How important is it for designers, for example jewelry designers, to keep up on current fashion trends when we actually should be the ones making the trends?
I’ve often heard designers claim that they don’t pay attention to trends. In fact, I heard a number of the designers from Bravo’s Project Runway show makes these claims in their …read more

With only a few designers left in this episode, emotions were running wild and it didn’t help when Heidi invited the designers to a party where they would meet two guests and find out the details of their next challenge. At this point, all they know is that it is a cocktail dress. Of course, the designers, like the rest of us, thought they would be designing for the guests. But instead, they were designing with the guests, who happen to be Vincent and Angela.
Yup, that’s right. They’re bbbaaaacckkkk!
The other designers switch into super freak out mode. How can this …read more

With so few designers left, things are getting more tense than ever and so are the challenges. This week the designers were asked to make an outfit for an international jet setter type, which they later learn is supposed to be themselves. So they will make and model their own outfits. Jet setters or at least those who view themselves as jet setters, Laura, Jefferey, Michael, Kayne, and Uli are loving this challenge, while home-bodies like Vincent and Angela have a hard time wrapping their brains around this.
Another twist is thrown into the mix when after modeling their outfits, they are told …read more

This week’s challenge for the 8 Project Runway designers who were left is to create an outfit for the everyday woman. Okay, no big deal, yawn even, until we learn who these everyday women are – the designers’ moms and sisters! And out they march down the runway. Everyone is very excited, but of course, there is a twist. A designer cannot design for his/her relative. Instead, out comes the bag and they start picking and choosing.
At this point, I began to realize that this competition was not going to be at all balanced because this assortment of “everyday” women …read more

Project Runway fans have been wondering since last week where in N.J. they were taking our designers. Finally, this was disclosed to us last night as Tim pulled open a large garage door to reveal mountains of recycled materials – boxes, bags, metal, foam, newspapers and the like. You guessed it, they were to take the recylced trash and turn it into a treasured garment.
Most of the designers were pretty good natured about the adventure. Kayne even mentioned that he used to go dumpster diving with his sister, which right away was an alarm bell to me. Seems like any time …read more

Not only were Project Runway viewers given another great episode this week, we were finally blessed with some Michael Knight time! If you’ve read anything on line, such as the wonderful Blogging Project Runway, then you know fans have been miffed about the lack of attention to this obviously talented designer.
For this week’s challenge, the tables were turned and the models were allowed to select the designers. The theme was “fashion icons,” so the models were also allowed to select from a group of historical fashionistas and it was up to the designers to reinvent the style of this icon …read more