Austin Scarlett, Man of Mystery

Monday, December 04, 2006 by
Girl, what the hell were you thinking?



"So, I figured, 'Why not shake things up and dress her up like a Chinese dragon?' I mean, when you think about it, it only makes sense, right?"


Before we get to the dress, can we just say...

...we hate the hairtits.

Seriously, what the hell? It's like, if Fred and Barney stopped off at a stripper joint on the way home from the quarry, this is what the girls would look like.


This honestly defies analysis. We still don't know what the hell he was thinking. It's just flat ugly and in no way even evokes the whisper of a wedding dress. More like a middle-aged barfly. On the starship Enterprise.


We'll say it.

She looks like she's shitting fabric. You just know Michael Kors said the same thing but they edited it out.


One of the very best things about Season 1, is the unintentional comedy provided by Heidi's rough-around-the-edges role as a hostess. We don't know what happened between Seasons 1 and 3, but we suspect it was something along the lines of Bravo sending her off to some kind of hostess boot camp.

Bitch had no idea she was even supposed to try to keep it off her face. We miss undiplomatic Heidi.

Oh and nice going with the rack-showing, girl.


[Screencaps: projectrungay.blogspot.com]


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54 comments:

Fnarf said...

That is the ugliest abortion of a dress I have ever seen. Vincent in S3 could only dream of something so awful. I know a lot more about Julia's nipples than I used to, though! Austin really dodged a bullet here; he should have been aufed for this. It's a tragedy, top to bottom.

Anonymous said...

LOL!
Fabric: 1.50
Acessories: $0.00
Taste: $0.00

Heidi's Face: Priceless.

Nathalie said...

I don't know why but the pictures aren't showing!! I'm so sad :(

DolceLorenzo said...

That is so funny. This dress was horrible. I know that's what Julia wanted, but MY GOD!!! That is HORRIBLE!

TLo said...

Hay! said...

I don't know why but the pictures aren't showing!! I'm so sad :(


Hi Hay,

We opened the page using IE, Firefox and Safari on both PC and Mac platforms, and the pictures displayed fine for us. Let us know.

Tom & Lorenzo

Anonymous said...

Last week, Chuckles the Clown; this week Fred & Barney: You boys are my cultural reference dreamboats.

BTW, according to that cute doctor on the Oprah show, shitting fabric is good for you.

--Gotham Tomato

Anonymous said...

He was trying to mix it up, but apparently used a paint mixer! Julia was very kind to him on the runway.

Heidi-ho was much more entertaining when she was less polished (this is also a competition for you, too). She still says, "who do we hate?" though, thank god!

Bill said...

Every line of this post gave me a giggle. Just what I needed on this busy Monday.

"Hairtits" I'll never look them at them the same way again.

And, yes, there was a huge transformation in Heidi's talents over time. She was quite unprofessional (and much more fun) early on.

Anonymous said...

Gotham Tomato said:
BTW, according to that cute doctor on the Oprah show, shitting fabric is good for you.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Only if it makes a C or a S...in this case, the C is for Chiffon and the S is for Silk.

Anonymous said...

I think this episode established the PR tradition of ugly-but-risky beating out it's-been-done. In a way, Austin's abomination of a dress laid the framework for Santino and Vincent to torment us in seasons to come.

I hope he can live with that on his conscience.

eric3000 said...

Not only is it a horrible design but it also looks really badly made. What on earth was his problem in this challenge?

Anonymous said...

how is what Austin's wearing much different from his model's dress? they're both pretty chic.

Lisette said...

How the hell did he get a job designing WEDDING dresses after this? Don't get me wrong I think he is really talented but this is just gross!

Anonymous said...

So Amsale was able to look at this dress and envision the fabulous wedding gown designer Austin could become. What magical talent and vision she must have!

Anonymous said...

I always thought it was too adorable that his shirt and ascot matched the dress- but he looked "Austin"- which she still looked abomination...

Anonymous said...

I hated this dress. It is a horrible design, fabric, style, etc etc. Austin is way more fabulous than that. What happened there?

Anonymous said...

LOL. I love Heidi's expression. It sums up well how I feel about this dress. I'm surprised Austin wasn't auf'ed.

Vic said...

It's visual diahrrhea, serious ugly, and totally fugly.

That teal fabric was $50 per yard, Anonymous 1:15, but our dear Austin managed to make it look like $1.50.

Guess the only reason that Austin wasn't auf'd is because our dear Nora managed to make something for J.C. Penney. Even J.C. would reject this atrocity.

Anonymous said...

Julia should have her head examined if she would actually wear this dress at her wedding. It looks like Austin was on a mission and Julia bought into it. The garment is distinctive and risky, for which I assume Austin got points, but, as an actual wedding dress, this creation was totally barfworthy.

Anonymous said...

not one of Austin's finest moments, I have to say. And hairtits! LOL!
When will you get to Jay's dress? I loved it soooooooooo much
CP

Anonymous said...

The fabrics are beautiful, but they just don't work together. It's unfortunate because Austin is very talented. Well, we all have a bad day sometimes.

Anonymous said...

And now Austin Scarlett is designing beautiful wedding dresses. How ironic!!

Embeedubya said...

As we say 'round here, Austin was on the pipe when he did this one.

Anonymous said...

"...we hate the hairtits.

Seriously, what the hell? It's like, if Fred and Barney stopped off at a stripper joint on the way home from the quarry, this is what the girls would look like."

Hahahahahaha!! You guys are so funny.

Anonymous said...

Austin's dress was horrendous and not at all like a wedding dress.

Anonymous said...

I hate traditional wedding dresses but this is something not even a hooker would wear.

Anonymous said...

T&L
I thinnk the chicken came b4 the egg, so I come back for octoberfest here everyday.
never fails, cry and lol at the same time.
why does one have to think global whenever wwfans visit you
I thought you live in Baltimore, just a hole in the wall, living under a rock, knowing nothing about languages and traveling.
so you men/mean you educate yourself.
how re=freshing. and still am able to move around just like non celebrities.
how sickly refreshing
please change and be very famous very quickly and always be poor, you deserve every poor penny and EU cent.sense that comes your way
ps. hope jb gets this same msg too

Anonymous said...

^^^^^ WTF?


"Bitch had no idea she was even supposed to try to keep it off her face. We miss undiplomatic Heidi."

I agree. I miss that too. I think everybody was a lot more spontaneous and going with their first emotion and feeling.

Horrible dress. Yes, what were they thinkig?

Anonymous said...

He simply designed what the client wanted, no one can fault him for that, I guess.Sarah

Anonymous said...

Even if the model asked for something different, how could he make such a hideous multicolored wedding gown?

Anonymous said...

The only reason why Austin survived the wedding challenge was because Nora made a dress that was worse.

Sewhat? said...

shhh, would someone please translate anon. 5:46 for me please?

The Picture of Austin and Julia looks like something from the top of the wedding cake in a Haight-Ashbury wedding circa 1969. But the acid would have made the dress look better.

Anonymous said...

absolutely... love it actually. it has a real wit to it.

Anonymous said...

The front is OK, but the back is pretty ugly. In my opinion, Austin's was the worst.

Anonymous said...

"shhh, would someone please translate anon. 5:46 for me please?"



I don't understand what it means either, but it sounds like the haiku-style of the Rosie blog. Could she be a RunGay fan?

--Gotham Tomato

Anonymous said...

Haved you noticed how models don't know how to dress? That's one more example of that.

jxl said...

i really liked the wedding dress, presonally. so hot topic in a novel way. much prettier than mostly anything jeffrey has ever attemtped, though.

TLo said...

LisaSabatier said...

Good Lord. But how pretty was his Banana Republic Christmas dress? Did I miss your commentary on that?


Yes, Lisa, we talked about that one too. Just click on the "Austin" label for all the posts on him.

XO
T&L

Anonymous said...

soooooooooooooo ugly
but he survived again!
because he is austin scarlett!
colorful junk
his taste level isn't there

Anonymous said...

This is the only dress designed by Austin that I didn't like, but I kind of felt the same way about the other contestants too. Perhaps they let the "client" influence them too much. They should've listened to Tim Gunn.

Anonymous said...

sewhat? said...

shhh, would someone please translate anon. 5:46 for me please?

ROFL!
I think it's Heidi incognito!

Anonymous said...

I completely forgot about this horrid dress.

Anonymous said...

I kind of liked it, actually. The color was great and the train was so... odd, but in an interesting way. I could see myself wearing something similar if I ever got married.

jinxy said...

Austin is a wonderful designer, as long as he stays in the realm of what he knows. I really don't think Austin understands clothes outside of his aesthetic. I think this was his failed attempt to venture into the "ugly/beautiful" realm and it just tanked.

Austin is dead on with high glamour haute couture. He just isn't built to make clothes that aren't beautiful.

It's okay Austin, we forgive you. Now you see what happens when you aren't true to yourself. So go over there and put your pouffy bow back on and bust out the crinoline, silk and charmeuse.

Anonymous said...

Bad idea, bad choice of fabric, just bad, bad, bad.

Anonymous said...

This was way over the top, but not a bad dress for a party, for example; certainly not for a wedding.

madelineanne said...

I rewatched this episode and wondered what it would have been like if he had taken her favortie color of silver and done something chic with that. *sigh*
Too bad he grabbed onto her fondness for animal prints.
I also think the train was really killed by having to navigate turns. WHen it got wound around itself is when it really looked the worst.

Anonymous said...

Too much going on at the same time. A visual overdose!!

Anonymous said...

I can't imagine a woman who would wear this actually being the type to get married.

Clio Bluestocking said...

"Hair tits" = ugh (but points to you guys for the term!)

Heidi tits = nice!

You just know she still wants to make faces like that. That's why she presses her lips together and her eyes bug out now, like a kid with a secret (she's so cute when she does that). She's thinking "Must not react. Must not react. Must. Not. React."

Unknown said...

Oh, Austin...

This dress would have been a hell of a lot better if he'd done the main fabric in white instead of teal, I think. Then at least the judges couldn't have argued that it looked nothing like a wedding dress.

Anonymous said...

"Shitting Fabric" made me "Shit my Pants"

Anonymous said...

LOL! since i never saw season 1 of Project Runway, I don't know everything that happened aside from the winners. When i was scrolling down i saw the 1st pic of julia in the dress, close up on her face, and for a sec i thought it was austin lol!

o btw, the dress is heinous

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