So they're eliminating another one? Wow! I didn't see that coming. I'd say Reco or Daniella.

I was hoping for some conjecture on your part ... who gets ejected when the "top 4" are whittled down to the "top 3".

There is so much fun in rumor and second guessing.

OK, I'll start. They decide that DAniella is so fashion forward that no one can keep up... so out she goes.

Who's getting the loser-edit? You all are usually so good at those predictions!

My money says they get rid of Reco for the simple reason he is the "Fan Favorite".

TampaBay

Judging from the finale pix, I'd guess Reco is the one booted.

-- CAAF

The judges are too far up Daniella's ass to give her the boot.

Missshitdontstink gets to stay even if she chucked a dead fetus down the runway.

Reco. Le sigh.

The real question is, did YOU see yourselves in the audience?

I think Reco will be one of the top three. His wedding dress was gorgeous. But hey, I could be wrong.

America votes! Why doesn't that sound good to me?

You know they're going to vote for Anna. James-Paul doesn't stand a chance.

I can't wait to see the collections on the runway.

Enh. If Daniella or JP doesn't make the cut, fine by me.

But jesus, mary and joseph - ENOUGH with the Blahvo-lebrities!

Love the 'Top Bitch' idea, but if Tom AND Lorenzo end up in the final 3, who would win? :)

I hope they eliminate Reco. He usually wins the call-in polls they run during the episodes, and I think a lot of people would vote for him despite his relatively weak clothing simply because he's entertainingly bitchy. I haven't looked at the final collections in a while, but his didn't do anything for me.

I don't even care. I think none of them is a really strong designer and two lost me because of their personality.
This is going to be a very boring finale.

FashionFanatic on 7/16/09 at 12:13 PM said..."James-Paul doesn't stand a chance."

I think we will all be surprised. I think JP will be the runner-up.

TampaBay

Just based on the pictures I would assume Reco or Daniella would be the one eliminated

Daniella's while cohesive didn't really wow me

Reco's was inconsistent. Some really great pieces and some fug. And The issue with the wedding dress will likely be held against him

I'll try to record the show. In Austin right now is our first Fashion Week and there's a big show tonight at 1 of the local clubs we got invited to. That will be more fun i think then watching Heather "judge"

Frank

OMG, Isaac looks awful in that white jacket..

I really like what Daniella is wearing in the first clip.

At :15 left on the third, the top back of the dress (with flowers pinned on the model) looka very much like the top back of her flowar gown.

Please let JP be OUT!

This last boot scares me. If you look at the runways show order, it was Merlin, Johnny then Anna. Merlin and Johnny were eliminated in that order so I am afraid it will be Anna. It won't be the first time a decoy show was better than the finalist shows.
If that happens, I hope someone will post a survey that will let us vote from the final 4.

I agree about Isaac's white jacket! Looks like when I refuse to admit I need to go up a size, and wear a jacket that is too tight!! (Not that I've ever done that....)

Anybody know how the voting is going to work? Is it going to be online, text, phone...all three? NOTA?

Reco! I'll wear the white dress for ya, although it will be draggin cuz I'm only 5'4" :(

Hey, at least no Old Navy ad this week - cute kitty and flea instead!

What to do when your "Statement Piece" won't fit? Oh, lawdy J, Reco. Grab the seam ripper and pray for a pipe cleaner to show up at the fitting. Good night, sweet Tennessee Bitch.

I'm voting for Reco, he can design and sew his butt off! Daniella will probably win though she is a bitch!

Why does JP always have that stunned look like he just got hit in the face by a plank? Every freakin' time. It's annoying.

Judging by the order the collections were shown, I'm going to predict that Anna is out. What are they going to do to determine it, draw straws? Or look at the collections, or what?

Judging the collections from what T Lo posted - My favorite is James Paul. But if the winner is going to be picked entirely by the viewer votes, I don't think he will win.

RECO FTW!!!

"Anonymous said...

Who's getting the loser-edit? You all are usually so good at those predictions!"

Reco which could go either way.

"Anonymous said...

The judges are too far up Daniella's ass to give her the boot."


I agree, she can do no wrong.

Shoutout to that guy who yells for all the models to get out on stage on time. He cracks me up - his attitude is very 'I don't care what reality show we're on - you models better walk out there on time whether you're safety pinned or whatever.'
=)

Looks like Kelly has caught a bad case of jazz hands from Le Miz.

I am just not emotionally invested enough in any of the designers to feel a huge sense of drama from this last minute 'twist.' Perhaps if the producers had focused as much on the likable sides of the designers and their, you know, design processes, as they did the gratuitous bitchery and forced drama I would give the proverbial shit at this point. As it is, I feel that I hardly know any of them, and any back stories they spring on us at this point are too little too late to make up for the rest of the season.

I'll be mildly pleased if Anna wins it, but if someone else does I won't be throwing things at the screen in outrage like I did when the vile Jeffrey Sebelia inexplicably slithered to the win past the much more talented Laura & Uli on PR3.

Why did Reco decide to do a wedding dress, anyway? They weren't required to, like the last season of PR, right? He made it so much harder on himself!

Well, based on the order in which the six designers showed I would think that Anna will be the final designer who gets cut. Remember that the order went like this: first, Merlin, second, Johnny, third, Anna, fourth, Rico, fifth, Daniella, sixth, James-Paul. If this is true, it would be a shame since Anna has a superior collection to either Rico or Daniella. On the other hand, the only really striking collection (IMO) is James-Paul's. Remember too that the audience will vote for their favorite so who knows how it's all going to end up. All I know is the show kind of sucks. It really needs a dramatic re-think for season two. (Will it have a second season? I'm sure it will, since they gave other stinkers like Top Season another chance.)

I think it is some type of old tradition dating back to Paris pre WWII for all fashion show to end with a wedding dress. i may be 100% wrong.

TampaBay

The flaw in the reasoning that Anna will be cut is that the judges will be making that decision after the clothes appear on the runway

regardless I too am not that invested in any of these designers to care. In fact I'm probably more infested currently in the PR6 contestants

Frank

I agree with Minou Mechant - I just don't care enough to get really excited by this finale. It's pretty obvious that this whole audience participation thing was a pre-production idea to try to be the next Idol. It has messed up the judging through the entire show.

This show also suffers from a lack of Tim Gunn in more ways than one. It isn't just a lack of a mentor, and I think Isaac would do well in that role; it's also Tim's influence in picking the designers to begin with. I've spent the last few days going over the information on the designers for PR Season 6, and I'm blown away by the level of talent. I don't know who they had casting The Fasion Show but whomever it was is definitely no Tim Gunn.

The focus on bitchiness without any real explanation of the tensions between these people also turns me off. At least with Wendy Pepper, we knew why everyone was screaming at each other.

So in a lukewarm not very interested way, I say Reco bites the dust for his wardrobe malfunction and Anna wins the day.

mmm. too bad SNL will never get to a parody, as this show already IS one, but i'd say :

the perfect Kristen Wiig as Anna, bring back guest Maya Rudolph as JP, Reco played by a super-extra-heavy Kenan Thompson, and Daniella by Andy Samberg in bitchy drag. Of course, Kelly as either herself (or a cardboard cutout of herself), and Heather by the wonderfully ancient Darrell Hammond with extra jazzhands.

Of course, keeping with SNL tradition, the sketch would go on for at least fifteen minutes too long, and probably return for several weeks in a row.

Anonymous said...
The flaw in the reasoning that Anna will be cut is that the judges will be making that decision after the clothes appear on the runway

regardless I too am not that invested in any of these designers to care. In fact I'm probably more infested currently in the PR6 contestants

Frank


Okay, I get it now. I can't watch the previews because my computer is too slow :(.
So they are all in the running, but one doesn't get the chance of viewer votes.... Hmmm.. maybe Reco is out.

I really haven't been keeping up with this show, but I'm glad that the designers revealed their processes and actually did their research.

I've yet to see their final collections, but I'm more interested in seeing something that was inspired by "The Garden of Earthly Delights" than some folks on PR who gave a wishy-washy "Ohhh my collection's like...about beauty? But it's like, kinda dark?"

Frank, hope your show is a success tonight. How are you enjoying the Texas heat?

Sus (in Austin)

I still can't believe America is voting. this is such BS. if they don't eliminate Reco then he'll definitely win under those circumstances

TLo,

Top Chef Masters had Sweet Pea and
Jerrell on last night. Can't wait
for PR - just reading the blog on
the Fashion Show.

Jane From Boston

TLo,

Top Chef Masters had Sweet Pea and
Jerrell on last night. Can't wait
for PR - just reading the blog on
the Fashion Show.

Jane From Boston

"Shoutout to that guy who yells for all the models to get out on stage on time. He cracks me up - his attitude is very 'I don't care what reality show we're on - you models better walk out there on time whether you're safety pinned or whatever.'
=)"

That's the stage manager's job. He/she makes sure things run smoothly and on time; if they don't, they are usually the ones that get bitched at.

I'm not clear on this voting business. Is there another show next week, where they announce the winner? Or is the voting window really small, so they announce tonight?

Also, why is Isaac wearing that white bandana in the preview?

Sus:

My roomie and I got invited to the Yelp STyle Explosion at Mohawk. We're on the VIP list which is way cool. Basically means we get some swag. I think the Blackmail boutique is involved also. If we have the enrgy we might hit downtown later at another showing on 8th and Congress.

anyway I've been living in Austin long enough to deal with the heat..although any desire to do yard work has been kaboshed :)

I too saw Jerrell and Sweet Pea-looking faboulous-on Top Chef last night

Frank

BTW I read in an Advocate interview Isaac said during the taping of the show he didn't have time to excercise and chunked up. Only recently has he gotten back into his normal routine

that might explain why Isaac didn't look so hot in his clothes

Frank

zzzzzzzzzz *snort*

Oh, is the TFS finale on tonight?

I really hope this mess gets canceled after season 1. Sorry, Bravo, nobody's buying it.

Apologies Frank. I didn't know you were an Austinite. For some reason, I thought you were a designer from out of town! :)

I can't say I'm going to miss this show.

It was OK. But I never got emotionally invested in it like with Project Runway. And how revolting for the camera to scan the audience and see those skanky NJ Housewives.

--GothamTomato

GothamTomato
7/16/09 3:54 PM I can't say I'm going to miss this show.

It was OK. But I never got emotionally invested in it like with Project Runway. And how revolting for the camera to scan the audience and see those skanky NJ Housewives.

I feel pretty much the same. And there are not enough words in any language to describe the depths to which Bravo has sunk with the NJ housewives-that bunch is basically just trailer-park trash, but with lots of money

Will somebody, anybody, please remove the vapid, nasty "Housewives" once and for all from my TV and computer screens? I am sick beyond words of all of them.
And if the esteemed judges do not get JP out of there, if for no other reason than his use of dead antlers, I will scream!
That being said, I, too, did really enjoy seeing Sweet Pea and Jerrell on Top Chef Masters ( love that show!) last night!

"Shoutout to that guy who yells for all the models to get out on stage on time. He cracks me up - his attitude is very 'I don't care what reality show we're on - you models better walk out there on time whether you're safety pinned or whatever."

Yeah, he's hot too! It's my partner's favorite part of the show. He definitely needs additional screen time.

Let's not fool ourselves. Reco is out. The zipper breaking again on the runway and him having to come out and carry the model off got him kicked. The production staff portryed him as a genius for half the season, then edited him into the role of a fast-sewing but fashion illiterate. He was destined not to win anyway, and now he doesn't make the final 3.

James Paul and his deer antlers was never in the running. He's third.

I'm assuming that Anna won, though it could be Daniella. I don't see much difference between them, except that Daniella is a bit prettier and Anna looks a lot older than her real age. Not that it matters anyway.

Thanks again, TLo, for giving us a preview of the finale, which included the decoy collections. I went back to look it over again, to see if my reactions to the collections had changed. For those who want another quick peek, here's the URL:
http://projectrungay.blogspot.com/2009/06/tfs-final-collectionstaping-spoilerish.html

I found that my reactions had not changed much. I do not *love* any of the collections, but I do find James Paul's genuinely to open up new fashion possibilities. I had disliked his original winning dress, because from some perspectives, the uneven hem made the wearer look dumpy. I loved Rami's draping, which was extraordinary, not ordinary draping, on PR, and I have noticed that, after that, a lot of designers were featuring draping, most far less original and interesting than his. Perhaps James Paul's wrappings will also inspire other designers. He even did a puffed-top sleeve that was not floppy; it just created a shape "outside the body" as he has said he is interested in doing. Nevertheless, I think most modern western women want their clothes to relate very much to their bodies, so I think it would not be easy for James Paul to win the popular mass vote, which is the key to the financial prize.
--Lina

I say John Paul looks like he already knows he is out. I think he already got the boot when they filmed that clip before the judges. he sure doesn't look like a happy man.

In reference to the last video clip--Kelly, it's "among," and not "between" when you're comparing 3 or more people.

"Adam said...
In reference to the last video clip--Kelly, it's "among," and not "between" when you're comparing 3 or more people."


Do you feel better now?

I'm with cjcat. Don't really care enough to be upset by anything, though I would be very shocked if Anna didn't make it to the voted three. Hers was the most cohesive, finished, and sellable collection of all of them.

I bet that there are two episodes to go. This one, and then a reunion show in which the winner is announced.

anonymous 5:19 said I'm assuming that Anna won, though it could be Daniella.

No one has won yet. No one will win until after tonight's show when boobus americanus gets to vote.

Go Anna!!!!

" Lilithcat said...

No one has won yet. No one will win until after tonight's show when boobus americanus gets to vote."

ROFL.

I'm WAY late to the comment party, and I haven't read everyone's thoughts yet, but I just want to put out into the universe that if Reco is not eliminated, I will be voting for him regardless of what any of the collections look like.

I don't care. Normally I would hate that thought, but in this particular case, I'm completely advocating jury nullification.

It's not like the prize is a magical transformation into the biggest designer in the world, and going forward, all women will be required to wear the winner's clothes. It's a monetary prize to help the winner further their career.

The only one of these bitches that I can stand, and therefore would like to see with the money, is Reco.

Danielle's collection reminds me of Jerrell's. It's so... so much stuff and so... aggressively not pretty.

Let's not fool ourselves. Reco is out. The zipper breaking again on the runway...

But anybody could break a zipper. That could happen even to the bestest designer in the world.

What slight interest I had in the finale dropped precipitiously when they mentioned that America would pick the winner, which to me sounds like code for the show turning into a popularity contest and Reco winning.

Reco isn't out, which scares me. If they send James-Paul home I will be pissed.

Of course, it could just be editing and producer manipulation, but Daniella smirking while Reco was being criticized was just infuriating. Reco's no angel, but he had the grace to compliment Daniella's collection (which I don't care for), and he doesn't appear to have gloated when she was criticized. The guest judge may see maturity in her collection (again, I'm missing that), but I don't see how anyone can see that in her.

"Reco isn't out, which scares me. If they send James-Paul home I will be pissed."

NO! Are you serious? Has it gotten to the part where the zipper broke and he had to carry the model offstage? (I'm on the West coast)

I feel bad for Reco.

" Anonymous said...

"Reco isn't out, which scares me. If they send James-Paul home I will be pissed."

NO! Are you serious? Has it gotten to the part where the zipper broke and he had to carry the model offstage? (I'm on the West coast)"


No, I thought they weren't going to send him home because of the editing, but they did.

GO ANNA!!!!!!

MOTHERFUCKIN' BULLSHIT!

Who the FOCK are voting for these three boneheads?????

I cannot believe I spent an hour of sleepy time to watch this, and I want it back NOW!

But anybody could break a zipper. That could happen even to the bestest designer in the world.The zipper broke because the dress was too small.

A runner can trip over a pebble during a race, but that doesn't mean that the judges will have the race run again to give the clumsy runner a second chance.

They might forgive Reco's zipper, but it's unlikely. Of course, this show is such a clusterfuck that anything can happen.

Daniella's pants did not fit. I guess that doesn't matter. I wonder who she fellated to get a pass on that, over and over, with the same ill-fitting skinny pants. I'm comforted to know that she won't win because of her abrasive personality. There is something to be said for American voting. We wouldn't have had to contend with ALP if America had decided, and after all, America is who will or will not be buying these clothes, right?

jp should have gone- his clothes are ridiculous and not always that well made. ugh. hope reco gets a job out of this- he's only one i can somewhat tolerate. daniella is super irritating, anna is boring, jp is freakin crazy.
anna wins it all cause her clothes are marketable

This show is nonsense. You mean to tell me that more folks are going to head to the store and buy James Paul's outfits than Reco's? It was a collection of black bags artfully arranged around models, come on now.

L. Boogie

You know, we should all call in and vote for James Paul.

Not because we like him or because his clothes are the best or anything like that.

We should do it just to watch Andy Cohen's head explode.

Anna's clothes were beautiful, I'd totally wear most of them.

I'm so happy I didn't have to listen to Kelly give a bunch of stats tonight.

I think Reco should have been in the final 3 (there's just no way they can mass produce any of James-Paul's looks) but even if he had been in the top 3, I would vote for Anna cause she had the looks I want to buy.

didn't daniella learn her lesson with the horribly fitting pants the 1st time (those hideous flowered pants). get a clue, girl.

jp's clothes are over the top but not in a theatrical interesting way. in a strange owner's manual way.

anna makes pretty clothes for the most part- so the watered-down, even less interesting leann is my predicted winner

JP has the best collection in my opinion but I voted for Anna.

ANNA FTW.

Reco was robbed!

What the hell were they thinking? James-Paul's collection was depressing.

Voting ends tomorrow morning? WHAT THE HELL BRAVO??????

"Anonymous said...

Daniella's pants did not fit. I guess that doesn't matter. I wonder who she fellated to get a pass on that, over and over, with the same ill-fitting skinny pants."


She's a sizist, that's the problem, which is ironic when you think of her body type.

I thought JP's collection was somewhat more interesting than the others (not that I would wear any of it and the thought of Fern wearing it is going to give me nightmares) but what the heck is an "indegenous people"? Indegenous to what?

I love how "indigenous" to JP means bones and feathers in your hair and stripes painted on your face, but wearing shiny, bizarre fabrics and leather purse straps. WTF? Fern Mallis would wear that?!? She lies. What a travesty.

Reco's collection missed a lot of his spark and showed him definitely overthinking things, but I would have voted for him anyway. Too bad I won't have the chance, since now I couldn't give less of a shit about who wins.

At least I take comfort in the knowledge that Bravo cross-promotes everyone who has ever appeared on its reality shows, so I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Miss Reco.

What an absolute crock!
You have to vote by 5:30AM Friday morning. A 6 and a half hour window to get your vote in.

Reco is by far my favorite and I do not think his collection is good enough to win but I do think it is better than JP's. I thought his show was about marketability; I see absolutely no marketability in JP's crazy geometric "clothing." I am more than willing to admit that I probably am too plebian to get his asthetic, which is fine, but I do know that very few average women would wear those clothes.
I will vote for Anna. I see their thing about being not cohesive but her clothes are just pretty and wearable. The knit dress that cinched at the waist was my favorite; even someone larger than a size 4 could wear that and look good!

" Trish said...

What an absolute crock!
You have to vote by 5:30AM Friday morning. A 6 and a half hour window to get your vote in."


I agree. That is RIDICULOUS!!

While I did like certain pieces of Daniella's collection and a great deal of Anna's, I voted for James-Paul. Despite the fact that he was completely inarticulate about his "inspiration", his clothes were interesting, well-constructed and looked most like a real collection (i.e. a cohesive, coherent group with a unified theme, rather than a bunch of individual garments).

Well, I'm surprised at how much I liked all the collections. In the end I voted for JP. While I liked Anne's and Daniella's for ready to wear, I think JP has the most interesting vision and potential. I don't really care if Bravo has problems making the clothes. JP has the talent I want to encourage.

Wow, I'm surprised people are voting for James-Paul. Awesome!!

Reco designs for real women like me. What a shame!

I love Reco. I love his attitude, confidence, style and fashions. I would have voted for him. Now there's no reason for me to vote.

NOOOOOOOOO, NOT MY RECO!!!!!!!!

Well I voted Daniella because those are simply the best designs. Unique but not too out in left field. A few fit issues, sure, but there were problems with each collection.

Anna doesn't seem to have great vision to me, though I like some individual pieces.

Are they serious??? James-Paul designs for mental patients.

ANNA. ANNA. ANNA.

C'mon, is there any question?

Or the homeless.

I'm not sure why everyone seems to think James-Paul is so out there. I feel like I've seen his stuff somewhere before.....

As for Daniella being "sizist," I can't really get behind Isaac giving her a hard time over a preference for skinny models pervasive throughout the fashion industry.

James-Paul's comments during the "real women" challenge were just as sizist (if not more) as Daniella's, and designers have been having trouble making their clothes too small even for the models throughout this competition.

The fact that they singled out Daniella this week in the judging, when she has the most womanly figure anyway, makes me think all this talk about "sizism" is based on the (false) expectation that female designers are supposed to "know" a woman's body and design for women in a way that male designers don't have to. Daniella said early on that she is designing for the woman she would like to be, not the woman she is. So what if her fantasy is a more angular female body?

And don't get me started on the judges asking for more femininity from her. Not every woman *wants* to look feminine, and not everyone thinks that women look more "sexy" when they are feminine. Duh.

I voted for JP :)

I loved everything Anna designed. I voted for her.

" lisliasm said...

The fact that they singled out Daniella this week in the judging, when she has the most womanly figure anyway, makes me think all this talk about "sizism" is based on the (false) expectation that female designers are supposed to "know" a woman's body and design for women in a way that male designers don't have to. Daniella said early on that she is designing for the woman she would like to be, not the woman she is. So what if her fantasy is a more angular female body?"


Which is very hypocritical of her and sets a very bad example considering that she ain't skinny. As a "real" woman herself she should know better.

Daniella's collection doesn't work for anyone over a size four.

Reco's Kiss of Death moment: One of those NJ Housewives picked his feather dress as her favorite. I loved his personality the most, but that collection was tacky. Anna was prettily boring and ripped off Leigh Anne, Daniella had major fit problems and was very severe. James Paul got my vote because A) he can't possibly win so what the hell and B) he was the only arty freak in the bunch C) I often need a place to stash the wheat I've been threshing in the field when selecting what jacket to wear.

I cannot believe they chose James-Paul over Reco!!!

I voted for JP. It was either JP or Daniella. But while Daniella was gorgeous, I don't know if she can take fashion to places it hasn't been to before. She was out of the box only in the sense that she simply designed a very pretty box by highlighting the box's features, so we see new ways to look at shoulders, and we see new pants (some more successful than others) and we see a new dress.

With JP, some of the items he designed don't have a name, you have to start describing it. It's a dress, except that it's not really because ... and this is a shawl, jacket well you know...

Yes, there are many designers who do out there bulky layering of textures, but he had a very specific point of view and inspiration that made him take his designes in completely unexpected directions, and yet they were individually gorgeous. Some pieces were very avant garde, and some were very wearable. A great combination as a collection on the runway should be.

Go Anna! I just can't see Daniella or James-Paul winning.

Also, Anna is very remeniscent of Noodle from PR.

I had to record the show - and just now am catching the re-run's last 25 minutes, befoe I go back and watch the recording....

But seeing the comments I am sad about Fern;s / the others comments about Reco's. That feather dress is as much of a stmt pc as MANY designers and wth is with the ripping on the design (as opposed to the fit) of the wedding dress? It looks just a slightly more theatrical vsn of the one my cousin wore in 1998. And she looked FABULOUS.

Anonymous
7/16/09 11:12 PM You know, we should all call in and vote for James Paul.

Not because we like him or because his clothes are the best or anything like that.

We should do it just to watch Andy Cohen's head explode.

Gee thanks that will make MY head explode!!

Anonymous
7/16/09 11:25 PM I love how "indigenous" to JP means bones and feathers in your hair and stripes painted on your face, but wearing shiny, bizarre fabrics and leather purse straps. WTF? Fern Mallis would wear that?!? She lies. What a travesty.



Fern had been questionable in her previous cmts, but now I think she is just off her rocker. She'd wear that crap? - I guess "sloppy" (freak show) is the new black?

I hate Daniella's skinny pants - but LOVE her (wider leg) trousers.

Anna had some beatiful dressed, but I am not a fan of those old looking prints.

Trillion said...C) I often need a place to stash the wheat I've been threshing in the field when selecting what jacket to wear.

lol! That's the best laugh on the thread so far.

Can somebody please tell me how James-Paul is still there and they vote off Reco?!?

Anonymous said...
Can somebody please tell me how James-Paul is still there and they vote off Reco?!?


Because this is consistent with the half assed thinking that these same people vote on everything.

Reco was out for several reasons:

1. Broken zipper

2. His model could not walk in his wedding gown, whatever the problem was, he needed to carry her out. Not good.

3. His model could not walk well in that pencil suit they all liked. It was sexy but the fit was not good, she could barely walk.

4. One of the mini dresses was too mini, the model had to adjust it because it was riding up.

5. Too many of the tops were repetitive and not innovative. Very 80's.

6. The feather dress immediately made everyone think of Christian's feather dress, and it failed miserably by comparison.

7. As mentioned, a NJ Housewife loved it and would wear it ... says it ALL

Too much Fugly stuff from Daniella gets raved about. Oh, and the armor for inspiration was done by Jillian, last season.

I love Anna's collection, but it is VERY noodly.

Reco's, while there were some fantastic pieces, was not that exciting, and the feather dress was totally like Siriano's.

And JP. No one cares that you simply sewed two rectangles together and called it a skirt. i did that when I was five, and no one cared then. And I would love to see Fern in any of those pieces. I mean really, James Paul was scared to death of his real world people. What would he do with Fern? I think he'd collapse in a pile and start cutting himself.

After all that, though, I did like his collection. It was the most high fashion, but as we all know, this show isn't about that. Its about Bravo being able to make a cheap imitation of the looks, and that is all about Anna. Her collection may not have been the "most cohesive" (I disagree, especially when you look at the painting) but it certainly was sellable, and easily to translate into something Bravo could manufacture.

Yeah, I'm not sure why people are even surprised Reco was out. It was a no-brainer to me. Not only did he have severe construction issues, his collection was not that good. It looked kind of cheap. The word skanky came to mind too.

The judges did a good job of not tipping their hand on-camera, but there was no question it was going to be him.

This whole show has been about blandness. Who can produce the most inoffensive clothes that would look great in a Target ad circular.
I don't really care who wins. Reco has some flashes of color and couture, but the rest are just blech.
And Daniella's pants don't fit. Never did, never will.

There WAS a black pantsuit of Danielle's that was really really nice.


Too bad we've already seen it before--Korto's Olympic pantsuit. I split my votes between Anna and James Paul; there were several things tonight I saw that I really, really liked.

I call bullshit. I think Bravo got nervous about letting a popular vote decide the winner when they realized how popular Reco was getting during the course of the season. I can't shake the feeling that letting the the judging panel eliminate one last contestant before opening the vote to the public was a late and calculated decision. Bravo set up the rules and then got cold feet.

The feather dress reminded me of a Vegas stripper (insert "pluck me" joke here). I think the construction issues Reco had however were enough to warrant his going home.

As for the other collections, I voted for Anna's. JP's collection had nothing to do with his concept. He could just as easily have said he got his inspiration from black jelly beans.

Anna used pleats, obviously ripping off my Catholic high school uniform, but her clothes were beautiful.

Daniella, she ripped off the 80s.

everyone that doesn't see the remarkable vision that James-Paul has and is saying "who would wear that!?" probably shops at Sears (where these other designers market is) and doesn't know what FASHION is.

Anna's designers are tacky, cheap looking, knock-off's.
Daniella's clothing just looks like Forever 21's clothing on a runway.
Recco just tries too hard but again doesn't live up to his own words. He needs to travel to Europe like the judges said, he has potential though because he WANTS to be a designer unlike the others who are satisfied in their close minded view of fashion.

James-Paul is actually INNOVATIVE and has a head on his shoulders. Runway looks are to aim high then you take that vision and you translate it to ready-to-wear, and he's the only one that acknowledges that.

I can't believe JP wasn't axed.

His concept was racist from the start: indigenous people wearing Western clothing == styling white models with jaw bones.

Actual indigenous people wearing Western clothing == worn-out Michael Jackson T-shirts and Adidas shorts.

He sent out the same look 10 times - black and gray, overly structured, and frankly boring

Anon 12:58 is clearly JP's mom.

I want to see Fern Mallis walking around in two rectangles sewn together and the jawbone of a deer tied into her hair with feathers. I'd go to Pay-Per-View to see that.

also, James-Paul's inspiration is about Indigenous People who wear WESTERNIZED clothing, not indigenous clothing. He's talking about the idea of how when something so foreign and modern is introduced to a culture that is not familiar with what it is exactly and how that idea translates to them.

I missed the number for "None of the Above" did anyone catch it? Can you please post it for me?

Anna: some nice pieces, yes. But I still hate noodles, and alot of it was a snore.

Daniella: I thought most of it was hideous. And she's still a bitch. "I prefer a skinnier model so it doesn't get in the way of the design" or some such bullshit. And she was dressed like a 12 year old going to her first boy-girl party. WTF.

JP's head is still up his ass and it infuriates me that his mantra is that "people won't get it." Like we're the stupid ones, in all our "wanting flattering clothing" silliness.

So Reco got dinged because his feather dress was "shapeless"? He should have done rectangles and squares and rhombuses like JP -- body-shaped? No...but I guess it was enough "shape."

God I hated this show. One more episode and we're done with this crap.

no actually, I'm just someone who knows what I'm talking about unlike you ignorant people who's only exposure to "fashion" is through Bravo, and America's Next Top Model.

thanks.

everyone that doesn't see the remarkable vision that James-Paul has and is saying "who would wear that!?" probably shops at Sears

(I was going to type "bite me" but I thought I might get deleted for that, so I'll refrain.)

No, I don't actually shop at Sears (occasionally for housewares, but not for clothing), but neither to I shop at the natural history museum gift shop for clothing. Which is the only place I can see JP's experiments hanging.

"also, James-Paul's inspiration is about Indigenous People who wear WESTERNIZED clothing, not indigenous clothing. "

Have you seen so-called "indigenous people" in Westernized clothing? It's all crappy t-shirts, jogging pants, and tennis shoes. They wish they could get their hands on some acid washed jeans. Where the hell would they get the rhombuses of shiny quilted fabric sewn together? They wouldn't. They get the crap that we donate to the salvation army. It would most certainly NOT be couture, and thus, his idea is ludicrous nonsense. I'd say he was all concept, no direction or form, but he's not even concept. That was just an excuse to do whatever he's always doing.

No, Anon 1:10, you're someone who has no idea what "indigenous people wearing Westernized clothing" would look like. You, like JP, are just making stuff up, and feeling smug about us plebes who don't "get it." What-ever.

Anyone else think indigenous people would wear COLORS? and PATTERNS? This is supposed to be Westernized clothing, not Blade Runner.

at Anon 1:13&1:15

I'm pretty sure he was talking about Indigenous people, like when North and South America were colonized... not immigrants.

and I'm sure he'd rather have his garments sold at a museum rather than Sears... if I recall the Museum of Fine Arts had some amazing designer pieces sold when they exhibited the Fashion exhibit a few years ago.

Anon 1:19: I'm pretty sure you have no idea what JP actually meant. His concept was completely fictitious. And I wasn't talking about immigrants either. Indigenous people in Africa and Asia who get their hands on Western and Westernized clothing don't modify it. They wear it as is, in all its cheesy, out of date, American glory. Now, if you're talking some science fiction idea of indignenous people of the Americas somehow magically getting hold of some futuristic fabrics, well, then you can just make up whatever the heck you want, can't you? But I still think they'd go for colors and patterns, some beadwork, not what JP came up with.

@ anon 1:23

the way you are thinking: Daniella would have had literal armor walking down the runway.

Anna would have had costumes from the figures within the paiting she was "inspired" by walking down the runway.

and Recco would have Aztek clothing walking down the runway.

it's INSPIRATION, its a CONCEPT not a literal translation. And anyone with a brain and a pair of eyes could make the connection of what JP's garments conveyed: the idea of something unfamiliar being introduced to a different culture for the first time and then the culture translating it a different way.

if you followed what he was saying throughout the show he talked very frequently about post-colonialism. since you obviously DON'T get it yet I'll show you an example:

http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Assmilation_of_Native_Americans.jpg/275px-Assmilation_of_Native_Americans.jpg

^that is what he is inspired by.

second comment from Anon (7/17/09 12:58 AM).2 i.e. not Daniella's Mom

I've already expressed my disappointment in JP getting through.

In my ideal world, i would have been able to vote for Reco. I'll just say that I liked his collection, since none of our opinions about his collection matter.

Daniella showed an edge in her collection that i never saw during the show. The 20-year-old grandma turned it out! Kudos! but the fit was still atrocious, depends territory, even. Oy!

Anna, several fabulous pieces, yes, repetious, and not really cohesive, and there are parts I love but...

Alright, I vote for Anna...her plusses overcome her minuses for me.

JP and D -- the minuses over-whelm the pluses

if Anna deserved to win she would have won with those designs throughout the competition, because all she did was re-hash what she did on the show already. You had your chance to by that stuff already but no what, it's NOT GOOD thats why you couldn't.

There's nothing about JP's clothing that says anything about indigenous people. There's a complete disconnect between his models' styles and his clothing. It's like a Geico caveman commercial.

third comment from Anon (7/17/09 12:58 AM).2 i.e. not Daniella's Mom

re: indigenous people wearing Western clothing

I'm from a Western background myself, but I've lived among indigenous people in Costa Rica, Panama, Vanuata, Fiji, and the Solomons. My time with these people has been transforming.

As for "fashion among indigenous peoples", it is inherently offensive. It necessitates the theft of indigenous elements to incorporate into "fashion".

basically, we're comparing different human cultures here. to ignore the fact that one of them (Western "fashion") is physically dominant would be dishonest.

Anon 1:28

So, his inspiration was Native Americans from the 1900's wearing clothes from the 1900's like the "normal" people from the 1900's wore them? Wow, I can see why you think he's a visionary. I mean, redoing the past is a totally new concept!

Seriously, his collection looked like it was more inspired by the new star wars movies, and the color black than anything. Oh, and chucking bones and feathers doesn't make someone indigenous.

Lauren Jean

Well Lauren Jean, it's a CONCEPT, an INSPIRATION. do you know what those words mean too? He isn't redoing the past, nor is he directly getting native americans to model for him (so I don't get how there is a disconnect between the models when the models ethnicity isn't what he is being inspired by). He is taking the concept of post-colonialism and translating that through fashion.

taking the idea of when clothing that is unfamiliar to a culture and how the people that are being introduced to these unfamiliar objects respond to it. that IDEA is what is translated through his FASHION-forward garments. not a literal translation.

wow, do you people even understand FASHION, do you actaully watch runway shows? do you understand ART at all in anyway?

no, you clearly all shop at Sears.

Never have I once shopped at Sears, and I do understand the concept of a translation. However, his designs didn't look like western wear that an indigenous person couldn't understand how to put on, and so came up with some clever gambit to use it! It looked like he sewed rectangles and squares together, threw some bones and feathers into the mix, and said, "It's art! I'm fabulous! My work is fabulous! No one gets me because I'm too fabulous!" Oh yeah, THAT'S WHAT HE DID!!! And as a person who has lived among "indigenous people," I can with some authority say that none of them would put on those sad sack garments, unless it was laundry day.

Lauren Jean

Wow, the comments above about how indigenous people dressing in westernized clothing would equal them wearing old t-shirts and adidas is just mind-boggling in its stupidity. I'm not saying JP was exactly eloquent in discussing his inspiration; he basically just kept repeating the same phrase over and over again.

But, I would think that anyone with over a 6th grade education or so would know what indigenous means. How you can take the leap to somehow think that means poor people from Asia and Africa getting clothes from Western countries via the Salvation Army is beyond me. Thanks for the laugh though!

Also, I know this site originally was all about PR, but can everyone stop comparing EVERY piece of fashion they see to some former PR contestant's work as if they were the ones to invent that certain technique or type of garment? Thanks.

Oh, and I wasn't the one who started the whole Native American thing. I was just referencing your previous post.

http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Assmilation_of_Native_Americans.jpg/275px-Assmilation_of_Native_Americans.jpg

If you yourself haven't personally talked to JP, then I wouldn't go around professing to know where his inspiration comes from. Especially when you go back and say it wasn't from that. I'm just saying.

Lauren Jean

@Lauren Jean... it's inspired by, it's not supposed to look like indigenous people made it nor is his target audience indigenous people purchasing his designs. I'm sure he doesn't aim to be "fabulous", he aims to be an artist. one with a vision like no other. a designer of FASHION, not a designer of clothes.

I love how JP's mom, aka Anon 1:54 et al, degenerates down to 7th grade insults like, "You shop at SEARS!!!" when disagreed with. That's such a compelling argument.

While I did not like Daniella's collection, her inspiration was clearly conveyed in her clothing. JP's amorphous references to "indigenous people" (every continent on the planet except Antarctica has indigenous people-- please be more specific), denoted by the rather condescending use of bones and feathers, does not translate into what he designed, which was... more of the same. MORE OF THE SAME from him. Geometric shapes, cowls, engulfing coats, leather straps, all in shades of grey. How does this relate to these undesignated so-called "indigenous people" (all of whom tend to use COLOR and PATERNS)? It doesn't. It's colorless, shapeless, and overworked, far removed from anything functional or wearable.

That's my considered opinion, and you can insult me by saying I shop at Sears if that makes you feel good, but we both know that juvenile insults like that say more about you than anything at all about me.

Anon 2:05

Have you ever gone someplace with Indigenous people? Especially ones that need pouches to hold the stuff they were just harvesting? They usually are wearing old t shirts and adidas.

also I am not directly saying that photograph inspired him. but since the people on this blog commenting have low IQ's and make connections of Indigenous people being in Africa getting 1980's clothing shipped to them and don't understand what the word Indigenous means I used that photograph as an example of what he was trying to say (not exactly the most perfect example but closer than others have been saying).

I don't think it takes a genius to understand James-Paul's vision. Just someone with an understanding of art and fashion and also has some taste.

Please excuse me if I'm wrong here. While this is the fashion show, They have been asked to design CLOTHES, right? And so far, most of the winning designs have been chosen based on Bravo being able to mass market them. So, why you continue to think that JP has a shot at winning is besides me!

well, if you are thinking of garments, James Paul is actually inspired by Western clothing. The response of Western clothing on indigenous people, in post-colonial setting. and its INSPIRED. you clearly don't understand what I am saying.

And the Sears thing, just a metaphor (one that is more on the IQ level of the users commenting) that you people don't understand what Fashion is. Fashion Show and Project Runway are your closest exposure to fashion and it's far what it really is. It's great when you get designers like James-Paul and Christian Siriano that are able to expose people to what Fashion is but obviously you guys don't understand it.

Hey, Anon 2:05, ever wonder what "indigenous people in Westernized clothing" are wearing?

http://tinyurl.com/l8mn7o

Yep, crappy American cast-offs. So laugh all you want from your position of privilege. I bet those kids would kill to shop at Sears.

@anon215:

runway shows are meant to be on a higher-scale then translated to ready-to-wear looks via distributors.

Obviously we won't get literal JP looks when they are sold, but we'll get NEW, FRESH designs to wear on a ready-to-wear scale. Not things that I can already purchase at other stores or by other designers.

So, how exactly do Africans and Asians who get clothes from the western world circa 1980 not fall into the category of Indigenous people wearing clothes from the Western World?

ames-Paul's collection was using that as a starting point for his collection -- it was for inspiration! I don't understand why all of you are making these reference points about indigenous people wearing the clothing. John Galliano was not making a collection for homeless people to wear when he designed the Dior collection inspired by homeless people. Just because so many fashion designers this season were inspired by African textile prints doesn't mean that they are meant for Africans to wear!

Every designer needs a starting point for their collection and the designs are built around that singular vision. This is done each season with a different inspiration concept. This keeps the collections differentiated season after season so that looks aren't repeated.

Oh, so now anyone who doesn't like JP's designs has low IQ, in addition to shopping at Sears. Wow, you're really winning me over to your POV.

anon 2:18

POST-COLONIALISM

Yeah, we're probably all fat too. It's like Jesus Christ trying to explain fashion to Satan!

anon 2:20 UNDERSTANDS


thank you.

Anon 2:18

Those kids are adorable! And look very much like the ones I work with. So glad someone else sees my point!

I'm not trying to win anyone over. obviously many of you are stubborn. I'm just making a point that what many of the people are saying about James-Paul's garments isn't valid.

James-Paul had, hands down, the best collection amongst all of them. His was the most chic, the most sophisticated, and showed he was a truly innovative designer. His vision came out not only in his words, but also in the sensitivity to the different weights and textures of fabrics he used. It was like something that came straight off the Paris runway!

The other designers looked young and inexperienced compared to his collection. Daniella's was good and easy to understand, but so many fashion brands in the world are like that; her collection did not add anything new to this world. Anna's was not cohesive. There were too many colors/prints/fabrications all over the place. Reco has done well in the show for individual dresses, but the collection was not cohesive either with colors and fabrics all over the place like Anna's

@ Anon 2:12--

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indigenous

Indigenous: originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native

Thus, yes, we DO know what "indigenous" means. It does not mean "Native American." JP did not specify where his "indigenous" inspiration was native to, though the bones and feathers make it seem like he meant the Americas, but who knows? Because those indigenous people are already past the warpaint and headdress phase, and not wearing what JP designs. His inspiration is science fiction, which allows him to use whatever fabrics, patterns, and color story he wants. It has little to do with anything actually indigenous.

Also, get over yourself. There is no need to insult people's IQ's simply because they disagree with you about some stupid designer on an even stupider TV show. Maybe it's time for you to go to bed.

@ Anon 2:25-- "Obviously many of you are stubborn." Oh, so sorry that we adhere to our own opinion rather than being won over easily by your insults and condescension.

I wonder what TLo will say when they wake up tomorrow to see this hot mess in their comments section.

No one said that Indigenous people had to wear it! We said that none of them are. And that when you look at what the indigenous people are wearing, in any era, they weren't completely incompetent, and knew how to put outfits on! Its completely insensitive of JP to say that indigenous people were confused by the western worlds clothing and therefor transformed it. I mean, really?

right, but James-Paul did reference post-colonialism through out the competition. and it's not about countries or ethnicities. It's about the IDEA of Indigenous cultures (as a whole) being exposed to Western Clothing for the first time and that experience being translated through Fashion.

Anon 2:20 POST-COLONIALISM

What is JP talking about if not post-colonialism? Indigenous people wearing Westernized clothing = post colonialism. Unless you're just making shit up and justifying it post hoc with some high-minded but specious rationalization...

Stop the fighting! Can't we all just get along?

I didn't vote for JP, but I understand why Fern would wear his clothes. I am a lot like Fern, older, similar body shape. I would wear his clothes too, because they would hide my shape well, due of their lack of shape. Lots of shapeless layers. That is the exact reason why I didn't vote for him, even though his collection was to me, the most original, and interesting, and even fashion forward in it's way. The only thing wrong being, the clothes have no shape, because JP doesn't understand how to dress a woman's body. Same problem he has had all along. I should celebrate my body, whatever shape it is, and not hide it under a ton of geometric layers of hanging fabric. JP is almost there as a designer, but he needs to connect to the body he is dressing. And whatever his explanation was, indigenous means native to a place or country, and that could mean any country or place, not just here. What matters is the clothes, not his typically awkward explanation of them.

Reco was eliminated justly, and I agree with anon 12:11 a.m. with the reasons why. I also think his saying he spent a long time researching was code for he researched for 9 weeks and actually made the clothes in the last week. And it looks it, no matter how much I like him. Without the discipline of the tightly scheduled challenges, he floundered.

Daniella's pants were horrendous, and the shapes were very 80s inspired, which I am so over (having lived through them once is enough).

I think they were very harsh on Anna's collection. The clothes fit well, were colorful, and feminine. Not every piece had noodles, and Leanne didn't invent noodles, btw. I guess they weren't retro or space age or indigenous enough for the judges to see the story. Like I said, I would probably want to hide in JP's clothes, but I SHOULD wear Anna's clothes and celebrate being a woman, whatever size and age I am. She got my vote.
Auntie EC

JP wasn't saying they were confused. he was saying they were unfamiliar. In examples he translated how the skirt also became a hood and had more functionality to it. He also used the example of how Indigenous people found more functionality in clothing rather than having the clothing stand alone. i'm sure there were also many other clever tricks in his collection that exemplified this idea. It was inspiration. The IDEA of something.

I have never seen an indigenous person, even one co-opting a colonizers' fashions, choosing such drab monochromes, nor such impractically non-utilitarian designs. Color! Patterns! Modifying impractical foreign designs to make them functional for your particular needs! JP missed a lot of opportunities, if that was indeed his inspiration. There are many precedents in the world for such fashion transformations throughout history, but none of them resembles what JP did. I wish he'd come up with some other explanation for what he did, and saved the precious pseudo-Native American styling.

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I'm so sick JP and his "Ideas" Indigenous people, Rubiks cube, Jet force stream? In all honesty, if he never opened his mouth, I wouldn't hate his designs that much! But instead of coming across as a high end designer, he comes across as an idiot and an ass. I think he probably would have fared better on PR.

I can't wait for this show to be OVER!!! It is torture watching it. We are not emotionally invested in any of these contestants so who really cares who wins? So, does that mean the editing was bad or were these people just boring???


So, when does Laura's show start? At least we can look forward to that.

I can't believe that Bethany is getting her own show. Her personality is wearing thin. She is best in small doses. BRAVO is already overdoing it on all the housewives shows, so much so that nobody is going to be interested any more. There are just too many of them.

omg, stop feeding the anonymous troll who keeps telling everyone who disagrees with him they obviously shop at Sears. just leave them to their pettiness.

i would have voted for reco, because this show is a popularity contest. why beat around the bush? it is. it's not based on fashion, it's based on 'saleability', and frankly i'll buy my clothes from anywhere but the Bravo website. so, my vote would go to the person i would most likely hang with, Reco. since I can't I went with Anna, her stuff reminded me of Anthropologie, which is popular with many people my age. therefore, I consider it 'saleable'.

I thought Daniella's was very of the moment, honestly, even though I hate her-but I thought her tailoring was shameful.

Honestly, I think most of what designers claim to be their so-called inspirations is mostly b.s. and they just have a certain idea in their head and go with it, coming up with some vague phrase to describe it as JP did. I think he shouldn't be criticized or judged based on his words but rather how his collection turned out. The rest is mostly irrelevant and there's no use for people fighting and taking personal jabs at each other over something so trivial.

in the end JP deserves to win because he is creative, innovative, and fashion FORWARD. Not fashion of 2009, or in most cases fashion 2007/08 but what is next.

go Anna, some neat pieces! i hope you win.

and although this was like a bad season of PR (and it's had bad ones), i hope the fashion show continues, there are a million cooking shows, surely there's room for 2 project runway type shows in this world. for as hastily produced as it was, it could have been worse. and sometimes it found its stride. for season 2L show the god-damned clothes longer, we also should have seen more in the final runway and heard less!

james paul had shades of yohji yamamoto, alexander mcqueen, and rei kawakubo for comme des garçons.it was fantastic! out of all of the collections, it was the most cohesive and fashion-forward. he clearly has a vision, and thinks outside of the box. i wish isabella blow was still around so that she could buy his entire first collection like she did for alexander mcqueen. he should win, but i have a feeling that anna will win, even though her collection was boring, and had some surprising issues with the fit. but i seem to forget---this isn't about who will contribute the most to the design world, it is about who can sell the most frocks to housewives on the internet.

daniella's collection was horrible. the styling, the ticky-tacky necklaces, and the PANTS. girl, if you're gonna make claims about pants being your "signature sexy look," then you better sew the shit out of every pair that you make. what was up with the fit? unexplained, and awkward ruching at the knee, low crotch, and motherfucking VELVET PANTS. she's supposed to be "young and fresh?" i think my grandmother wears stretch velvet pants and caftans. i hated the smug faces she would pull whenever reco was criticized in the final judging. yes, reco said some bitchy things during the season, but there were plenty of times when daniella would stir up drama, and then act like she never would hurt a fly, much less throw shade. sorry, but i'm "just not buying" her little miss innocent act. ticky tacky grandma pants can exit stage left.

as for reco, it is clear that he has obvious talent and serious sewing and pattern-making skills, but he, as nina garcia would say, has a "problem with the taste level."i think spending a few years in europe, studying under another designer would help him immensely.

and LAURA was in the front row! loved the glasses that she was wearing!

James-Paul's collection was fab! I heard from a French Vogue that she thought it was the best of all the collection with its hints of Riccardo Tisci.

Random question: does anyone think Daniella is a lesbian? Just wondering because her collections are very androgynous and she was so playful with Haven on the show. Unlike the male designers in the competition, she has not surfaced in the gay publications at all so I'm curious....

does anyone know what the song that played while Daniella's models where going down the runway is called?

Poor Reco. There were a lot of items in his collection I liked, but bad planning and sheer bad luck with the wedding dress. :( I hope he gets the 10k and a nice apprenticeship in Europe out of this.

I'm very annoyed at how Bravo seems to be pushing Danielle down our throats. C'mon...nothing said about the fit of those pants? They were ghastly! I loved the dress though but her collection really didn't do it for me.

I split my votes between Anna and JP. Anna because I think that her clothes were fun and marketable; JP because I simply loved his clothes. Some of those jackets would look great with jeans.

Maggie at MagsRags said-
"I call bullshit. I think Bravo got nervous about letting a popular vote decide the winner when they realized how popular Reco was getting during the course of the season. I can't shake the feeling that letting the the judging panel eliminate one last contestant before opening the vote to the public was a late and calculated decision. Bravo set up the rules and then got cold feet."

I thought exactly the same thing!
Everyone knew Reco would win because he was the only likable person on the show.

Reco was not likable to me. He was overbearing and talked shit to people's faces. Might have made for good TV but he's someone I would never want to have to work with. Way too much mouth.

Am I the only one who was confused by the judging? I thought the feedback to the contestants was so contradictory. I thought this show was about saleability, retail accessability, not high fashion. But that wasn't what was emphasized during the final show. All season, they harped about color, about knowing how clothes relate to the body and being aware of the audience for your clothing. That all seemed to go out the window last night. For the most part, Daniella's fit issues were ignored (to me, she had a lot of fit issues), Anna was dinged for not being a visionary (which was never emphasized during the season), and JP was praised for a line that I didn't think had much commercial appeal. I liked his collection, but I thought it would be hard to translate to retail. I was sad for Reco, but I understood why he was being sent home. The rest of the feedback to the contestants seemed inconsistent to what they were told throughout the season.

Anonymous said...
does anyone know what the song that played while Daniella's models where going down the runway is called?

She wrote it herself. It's called
"Daniella's Hym To Daniella"

At the end of the PR season, when Tim goes to the work room to tell his designers how proud he is - you can see the extent of his caring and respect.
Isaac dismissed Reco like a piece of trash, and apparently has no real feeling for any of them. The way this show is set up - the viewers don't care much either. It's a cold show, and one season is enough.
On another note - I wonder if James Paul's shyness and introverted nature prevents him from designing for real people. It would be interesting to see him work as an purely abstract artist.
And anon 2:32 - I am so with you
in hiding in JP's clothes. Makes
me want to get to the gym and work out like crazy so I can wear Anna's!!!

Too bad for Reco. Had he been in the finals he would have won as he has been the most entertaining character. I'm thinking that that's why they eliminated him - they wanted to make it a horse race.

The collections, in general, didn't look as good on the runway as they did in those tiny pictures posted here. But there was good & bad in all of them.

--GothamTomato

Well, I agreed with the inital comments by the judges that none of the designers really failed, I'm baffled that anyone thinks that one or another is a complete fail.
I did agree with Reco being "out" mostly for the reasons that have been listed above. It is a shame that the wedding dress malfuntioned, but the sweep was to wide. It looked like it was possibly Reco stepped on the dress. I don't think it was the zipper that opened.

Anna's was much better than I thought initially. Many details, but too many were just great little dresses. I would have liked to seen more jackets or coats as well.

Daniella's was good. Not to my taste, but well done. I thought the music was dumb though.

James-Paul was my favorite. I voted for him on the Bravo site, but I don't think my vote registered. I could totally see someone like Fern wearing his collection because it is not figure contious.

Yup, still pissed about Reco.

And whoever said that it looked like Bravo changed the rules at the last minute hit the nail on the head. This whole voting process was unadulterated bullshit.

Glad I didn't waste my dime calling in.

That lousy bitch Daniella is going to win anyway, so who cares?

WTF was going on here last night?

Was there a full moon?

" Reco was not likable to me. He was overbearing and talked shit to people's faces. Might have made for good TV but he's someone I would never want to have to work with. Way too much mouth.

7/17/09 7:03 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Am I the only one who was confused by the judging? I thought the feedback to the contestants was so contradictory. I thought this show was about saleability, retail accessability, not high fashion. But that wasn't what was emphasized during the final show. All season, they harped about color, about knowing how clothes relate to the body and being aware of the audience for your clothing. That all seemed to go out the window last night. For the most part, Daniella's fit issues were ignored (to me, she had a lot of fit issues), Anna was dinged for not being a visionary (which was never emphasized during the season), and JP was praised for a line that I didn't think had much commercial appeal. I liked his collection, but I thought it would be hard to translate to retail. I was sad for Reco, but I understood why he was being sent home.The rest of the feedback to the contestants seemed inconsistent to what they were told throughout the season."



I totally agree with you. And here I am thinking that since it was only the judges choosing and critiquing, no audience member, things would be a little better, but not, how disappointing.

RECO WAS ROBBED! How can you send him home? His collection was beautiful.

Yep, I hope Daniella wins--if only to see Bravo's "Pleather Collection."

I hope James-Paul wins, he had the best collection!

The judges SUCKED last night. VERY disappointed here. I voted for Daniella. Her collection was pretty and trendy.

Well, this show is officially dead to me.

Why they have continued to shove Daniella down the viewers' throats is beyond me, but for some reason Heather and Fern just seem enthralled by her.

Boys, you were right. James-Paul's collection looked much better on TV. My vote was for Anna, though.

" Anonymous said...
I don't think it takes a genius to understand James-Paul's vision. Just someone with an understanding of art and fashion and also has some taste."


EXACTLY.