Did anyone else think they were going to break out in song?
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down! The people ride in a hole in the ground!
No? God, we miss Musical Mondays. Soon, kittens. Very soon.
So, when Heidi said "Chris, you're in. You can leave the runway," did you all gasp like a couple of overdramatic drag queens at the sight of VictorYA and Jillian on the chopping block? Darlings, we almost spilled our wine over that one. Almost.
Not that we can fault the decision, because this:
Is a "Holy shit" level of ugly.
First things first: we didn't think we were going to like this challenge at all, but it was fun to see them work in a difficult but classic medium. One question, though: What was the point to driving them out to that warehouse like they were going to bust a cap in their heads and dump them in the river? Couldn't they just take them to the Levi's store in Soho?
Anyway...
Y'know if she had real emotions like a human being, we might have seen this coming but she's so affectless that we honestly couldn't tell if she was struggling with the challenge or not.
Clearly, she was struggling with the challenge.
Darlings, where to start?
How about we start with the fact that she basically just commandeered a jacket and added shit to it instead of constructing a garment from the ground up? Was she smoking crack? What would make her think that the judges wouldn't call her on that?
Or how about we talk about the shitastic proportions on this thing? Collar's too damn big, skirt's too damn full, not to mention too damn short.
And speaking of the collar and skirt...
What could have possibly possessed her to reverse the denim for those portions?
That looks AWFUL.
If we can perform a little armchair psychoanalysis...it seems to us that VictorYA has very definite ideas about what she will or won't do as a designer. She made it clear last night that she would not use different washes of denim in her design, so she forced herself into a corner where she wound up making this terribly poor decision.
And it just doesn't work at all. If she had managed to step back and open herself up a bit, she could have come up with some sort of design that plays to her strengths, but she strikes us as someone who's very narrowly focused and that was probably her downfall last night.
Then of course there's this:
We'll get to Jillian's hot mess later, but it IS a little noteworthy that a couple days after making a fabulous trench with her, VictorYA decides to make a not-so-fabulous trench. We don't blame Jillian for being a little pissed about that.
Honestly, we're not sure what happened to her last night. Going with our armchair psychoanalysis, we have to say that she's so stubbornly set in her ways as a designer that working outside her milieu basically caused her to collapse on camera. She simply could not deliver the goods working in denim. Sad for her, but DELICIOUS for us.
VictorYA's exit videos:
EDITED TO ADD: Looks like VictorYA got the last laugh, darlings! She's showing at fashion week! Thanks Bettie.
Yes, yes yes! Especially last night when my jaw hit my chest with shock and awe! Me coming up the elevator to work: "How soon before I can get to Project RunGay?"
oh dear I just realized how that makes my life sound....."
I just automatically assume anyone reading this blog is a member of the Cool Club. But I guess I can be somewhat of a Pollyanna too. ;)
Wow, I totally don't get the Victorya hatred. What's that about? She seems a little reserved, for sure, but she's no bitchier than anyone else on the show, and for sure she's less full of herself than some. Mostly she just seemed exhausted on this last challenge.
I agree that the trench she created for this last challenge was pretty bad, but I liked her designs in the beginning, and it's too bad she had to go.
It's pretty ridiculous that Jillian got so worked up about Victorya making a coat. You don't get to copyright an entire type of clothing just because you made it once, honey. That said, it was unwise for either of them to make a coat this week, since they had just done that the week before.
Odder than Ya Ya making a trench, was Jillian making a coat with so many shades of the one she just made last week. Another sign of exhaustion? Totally odd!
Dying to know if the "throwing a fit" rumors are true, and if so, why didn't we get to see it on the show?? God knows it would have livened things up a little.
Frank -- Yes, I agree with what you've said. I have to say that after watching her exit interviews, as well as all of the designer's submission tapes, so much of who they are hasn't come through in either the competition, their designs or the editing process.
The beginning of the show I was bitching - 2nd time they made the designers run, 3rd time they gave them x number of minutes to grab material. ENOUGH ALREADY! Give the damn materials and let them go. I was thinking of how many more viewers the show was going to lose after this episode.
Then the show got better! Soon I was seeing what so many of us love about PR - hearing the designers talk to themselves, hearing the designers have break downs, hearing the designers talk to each other, seeing the designers actually work.
I loved Sweet P's dress but didn't think the judges would like it. Sweet P was the only one who really used the different washes. I liked the pants made by Princess Puffysleeves. I thought the judges might say something to him about that jacket looking like everything else he does. Thank goddess Rami can do something other than drape. Ricky's was good but I wish Sweet P had been given the win.
I haven't liked YaYa since day one. I was SO happy to see her gone. That so-called-trench coat was a hot mess. She took a denim jacket and made a denim jacket???? HUH??? And it was made really crappy!!!
Thank all that is holy, our Project Runway is BACK!
I am pissed at the editing if they took Tim's comment of "make it stunning" to sound like "it's stunning". They should have shown Tim saying he was worried.
I thought it was strange that both Victorya AND Jillian were trying to remake their trench coat from last week. I don't know why Jillian thought it was OK to be repetitive.
It's interesting a lot of hatred is going here about Victorya in this episode. All I can see from her auf-ed moment and exit videos are Victorya holding back tears and trying to control her emotion by squeezing smiles out of her pain. Maybe it's because I'm Asian born and bred in the same culture where you'd rather show you awkwardly smiling than let your true emotion surface up in front of others. Trying to look okay, to borrow somebody's word, aloof, when you are not is sorta practiced behavioural pattern resulting from growing up in this form of culture. Koreans especially expect people, young or old, to act like a mature individual. For example, not whimpering in public. That's about it.
However, whatever I say, I guess your emotion towards someone can lead to being blind, slightly or deeply.
Must say, I watched her home video and her exit videos and was won over. I think she's sincere and thoughtful.
I think the editing process has done something --that is, who these people really are hasn't come over in the least. Was she passive aggressive? Probably so. Did she take Ricky to task? Yes, and deservedly so. Did she not heed Tim Gunn's advice? Yes.
But is she a bad person? No.
Sure she might have designed some stuff that wasn't too interesting, but she's hardly the bitch people we've all made her to be.
Whatever she does, I wish her the best. A University of Chicago grad ain't dumb.
And by the way, I found Carmen Weber's home video to be much more the "hands-off" queen than any of the others.
Still, to make it in any creative field on your own (that is, without a Daddy or Mommy paving your way), you have to be tough, you have to be a bit of a queen, sometimes you have to be your own best warrior because no one else is.
God! I couldn't get out of that auf'ing interview, it kept me prisoner long after I wanted to bail out. Can the woman be more boring?!
I expected her to bite the dust over that... thing. I also expected Jillian to share the chopping block with her, but to escape elimination, because her previous work was on the whole stronger, and because her trench was less shitastic than Miss Vic's.
Sadly, there was no way I could see Crazy Ricky take the fall this time. But I'm glad Victorya's gone, she bored the s**t out of me and wasn't a very sympathetic person to boot (not on TV anyway).
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Yes, yes yes! Especially last night when my jaw hit my chest with shock and awe! Me coming up the elevator to work: "How soon before I can get to Project RunGay?"
oh dear I just realized how that makes my life sound....."
I just automatically assume anyone reading this blog is a member of the Cool Club. But I guess I can be somewhat of a Pollyanna too. ;)
Did anyone else think they were going to break out in song?
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down!
The people ride in a hole in the ground!
Actually I was thinking of "So long, farewell" from "The Sound of Music."
Holy Cow, some people need to remember this is just TV.
Wow, I totally don't get the Victorya hatred. What's that about? She seems a little reserved, for sure, but she's no bitchier than anyone else on the show, and for sure she's less full of herself than some. Mostly she just seemed exhausted on this last challenge.
I agree that the trench she created for this last challenge was pretty bad, but I liked her designs in the beginning, and it's too bad she had to go.
It's pretty ridiculous that Jillian got so worked up about Victorya making a coat. You don't get to copyright an entire type of clothing just because you made it once, honey. That said, it was unwise for either of them to make a coat this week, since they had just done that the week before.
"Bitty said...
Holy Cow, some people need to remember this is just TV."
Holy Cow, some people need to remember this is a blog about a TV show.
Odder than Ya Ya making a trench, was Jillian making a coat with so many shades of the one she just made last week. Another sign of exhaustion? Totally odd!
Hated that cow! glad shes AUF
Ricky won because he incorporated the 501 buttonfly into the dress.
SweetP's design was fab, but the girl can't dress herself. Did you see that shorts outfit she wore on the runway? I had to sterilize my eyeballs.
Dying to know if the "throwing a fit" rumors are true, and if so, why didn't we get to see it on the show?? God knows it would have livened things up a little.
Frank --
Yes, I agree with what you've said. I have to say that after watching her exit interviews, as well as all of the designer's submission tapes, so much of who they are hasn't come through in either the competition, their designs or the editing process.
Anyway, good luck to Ya Ya.
The beginning of the show I was bitching - 2nd time they made the designers run, 3rd time they gave them x number of minutes to grab material. ENOUGH ALREADY! Give the damn materials and let them go. I was thinking of how many more viewers the show was going to lose after this episode.
Then the show got better! Soon I was seeing what so many of us love about PR - hearing the designers talk to themselves, hearing the designers have break downs, hearing the designers talk to each other, seeing the designers actually work.
I loved Sweet P's dress but didn't think the judges would like it. Sweet P was the only one who really used the different washes. I liked the pants made by Princess Puffysleeves. I thought the judges might say something to him about that jacket looking like everything else he does. Thank goddess Rami can do something other than drape. Ricky's was good but I wish Sweet P had been given the win.
I haven't liked YaYa since day one. I was SO happy to see her gone. That so-called-trench coat was a hot mess. She took a denim jacket and made a denim jacket???? HUH??? And it was made really crappy!!!
Thank all that is holy, our Project Runway is BACK!
I am pissed at the editing if they took Tim's comment of "make it stunning" to sound like "it's stunning". They should have shown Tim saying he was worried.
I thought it was strange that both Victorya AND Jillian were trying to remake their trench coat from last week. I don't know why Jillian thought it was OK to be repetitive.
It's interesting a lot of hatred is going here about Victorya in this episode. All I can see from her auf-ed moment and exit videos are Victorya holding back tears and trying to control her emotion by squeezing smiles out of her pain. Maybe it's because I'm Asian born and bred in the same culture where you'd rather show you awkwardly smiling than let your true emotion surface up in front of others. Trying to look okay, to borrow somebody's word, aloof, when you are not is sorta practiced behavioural pattern resulting from growing up in this form of culture. Koreans especially expect people, young or old, to act like a mature individual. For example, not whimpering in public. That's about it.
However, whatever I say, I guess your emotion towards someone can lead to being blind, slightly or deeply.
Will NOT miss the Ya-ster
I had a problem that she (and Jillian) basically did what they did last week. I mean, the idea is cute, but the final garment was far from it.
You guys are so hard on her......
Must say, I watched her home video and her exit videos and was won over. I think she's sincere and thoughtful.
I think the editing process has done something --that is, who these people really are hasn't come over in the least. Was she passive aggressive? Probably so. Did she take Ricky to task? Yes, and deservedly so. Did she not heed Tim Gunn's advice? Yes.
But is she a bad person?
No.
Sure she might have designed some stuff that wasn't too interesting, but she's hardly the bitch people we've all made her to be.
Whatever she does, I wish her the best. A University of Chicago grad ain't dumb.
And by the way, I found Carmen Weber's home video to be much more the "hands-off" queen than any of the others.
Still, to make it in any creative field on your own (that is, without a Daddy or Mommy paving your way), you have to be tough, you have to be a bit of a queen, sometimes you have to be your own best warrior because no one else is.
God! I couldn't get out of that auf'ing interview, it kept me prisoner long after I wanted to bail out. Can the woman be more boring?!
I expected her to bite the dust over that... thing. I also expected Jillian to share the chopping block with her, but to escape elimination, because her previous work was on the whole stronger, and because her trench was less shitastic than Miss Vic's.
Sadly, there was no way I could see Crazy Ricky take the fall this time. But I'm glad Victorya's gone, she bored the s**t out of me and wasn't a very sympathetic person to boot (not on TV anyway).
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