"Team Ugly Brown Dress"

Because of my lack of sleep, I fell asleep watching the new episode of Project Runway last night (Asleep?! During Runway?!? Impossible!!). I was so disappointed in myself, but I watched the rerun this morning, with no knowledge whatsoever of what had happened, therefore I was very much so on the edge of the sofa.

The episode began with Suede waking up and talking about 'Suede' again. (Go figure) This guy seriously needs to stop speaking in third person. It's getting a little 'psycho-narcissist' and downright annoying. And I'm not the only one complaining of his annoyance and tacky wardrobe, seems like the other designers are as well.

Moving on to the challenge, the designers had to design a cocktail dress using 'green' ( environmentally-friendly, not the actual color) fabrics. The designers got very excited, until they were informed that their MODELS would be picking out the fabrics needed for the design. Models. It's bound to be a disaster, no? Well, I guessed right. It was painful watching the models running around with no knowledge of coordinating colors...or even just colors whatsoever. Some models picked the same fabrics (including that ghastly brown that would lead to a painful bottom two) and hot pink jersey (jersey?!? for a COCKTAIL DRESS?!) Honestly, these girls had no idea what they were doing. And not only that, they didn't get enough fabric, which resulted in some horridly short minidresses. I could feel the designers's pain as they watched the models take out the fabrics out of the MOOD bags.

The designers continued on with their work, and many were stuck and not confident with their ability to make it work. There was the stint of Stella babbling on about how she wants to make everything out of leather. Although I thought that it was right for Jerry to be eliminated in the last challenge, hers was just god awful. I personally just don't see her making it very far in this competition from what I've seen. Where is the innovation and creativity if garments must be made of animal skin? Why not expand a little further and create something out of your realm and try to 'wow' the judges? After all, they are going to get mighty bored of 'leather leather leather', especially that nitpicky Nina Garcia. If she's just going to complain that she can't use leather for ONE measly challenge, why on earth is she on Project Runway? I'm not a fan of Stella whatsoever, and she's starting to get on my nerves.

The next day the designers sent their creations down the runway for the panel of judges, which included the gorgeous, talent actress (and my idol) Natalie Portman. When I saw her come out I squealed with joy along with the other designers. Finally, a decent guest judge! I'm pleased to see her, and it was fitting that she would guest judge at this certain challenge, for she had just released her line of Vegan shoes with Te Casan. I never thought that a low-key star like her would appear in a rather popular reality-TV show, but apparently it's one her favorite shows! Something else we have in common besides being fans of Beirut...

Anyways, I'll cut some of the lullagag. The top three:

My personal favorite was Kenley's dress (Go figure). I thought it was so brilliantly chic and flattered the model perfectly, and the collar was very Victorian-esque yet edgy.


To my surprise, STELLA was in the top three with this number. Nina, why on earth do you like it? I personally thought that this dress was not top three material. To me, this dress was tacky and the shortness along with the sheen was just not 'classy'. The silhouette is lackluster, it could have been more subtle and not try to purposely scream 'hardcore leather lady'.


Please someone amuse me with why why why this won the challenge? Suede's cocktail dress was too sloppy, in my honest opinion. I don't understand how the judges liked this mess. The bust was just too much and it just looked altogether...very odd. Like he just ran some masking tape around her front. Ugh, it's atrocious.

Bottom Three:


Korto's dress had a lovely top bust, but those seams look like it is inside out. The model resembles a golden rocket, and not in a good way. In my opinion, probably the worst of the top three.

Perhaps the fault comes from the choice of color (dumb model), but the loops on the shoulder and the back are just overkill. I can understand that LeAnne wanted to approach this being more edgy and mod, but sometimes less is more if you do it correctly.


To my dismay, this is the dress that got Wesley sent home. Yes, the adorable, questionable-shorts-wearing guy with the cute smile.** He was one of my favorites and he is a talented designer, and it's not fair that the model's choice of fabric and lack of yardage got him sent home. Because really, the silhouette wasn't horrendous. It's the matter of the fabric, which did not compliment the shortness and luster of the dress. I couldn't believe my ears when Nina Garcia said that the shortness, shine, and something else (frankly I can't remember, I was still fuming over the decision) makes a 'cheap' dress. I'm sorry, Ms. Garcia, but Stella's was NOT very classy. Hell, half of the dresses were much shorter than Wesley's. I'll admit, the seams looked sloppy, but you can tell that he really put some detail and thought into it and tried his best., such as the bow at the top of the dress. The judges accused him of being too 'ambitious'. And being 'safe' is just fine, right guys? *Rolls eyes*

This was by far one of the most disappointing Project Runway episodes in a long time, if not ever. It's incredulous that such utter crap like Suede's dress gets higher acknowledgments than Kenley's, while Korto's oddball insideout jumbo is safe, while Wesley's is auf-ed. The problem of that dress was the seams, which is the result of the fabric. The shortness was the length of any minidress out there. I'm highly disappointed in the ridiculous judging so far, and I have a feeling that the show might be going downhill. It's sad that for a great show like Project Runway, it seems that drama and personality overkill win over true potential. I'm still mourning over Wesley's loss, and I do wish that he has a second chance at becoming a designer, for he deserves it.

**Yes, I do realize that he's gay. But don't stomp on my heterosexual Wesley dreams, alright? I already know that I have a tendency to fall for non-flamboyant gay guys (i.e. Daniel V. from season 2, among others I'm embarrassed to mention).