Team Sweet Rami

Kittens, let's pretend for a moment that there's any real possibility that Rami might not make it to the final 3. It's hard, we know, but just play along. Pretend he's not the judges' little wankfantasy golden boy.

If that were the case, then he should be bowing down to Sweet P and begging her forgiveness for saving his superbly shaped ass after he treated her so badly.

Because this:

Was heinous.

And this:

Was gorgeous.

Still hate those shoes, though.

Look, Sweet P has not exactly been wowing the judges and she's been treating every challenge like it's the most difficult thing she ever faced. From that perspective, we can see why Rami wasn't exactly thrilled to be paired with her. We can even see why he felt she needed to be "managed." But there's managing and then there's being a prick.

Sure, she gets flustered easily and she doesn't manage her time well, but the absolute worst way to handle someone like that is to badger and berate them to death. Give them clear goals and timelines and then step back and let them do their work. Don't get them even more upset and flustered by nitpicking them to death.

If there were slightly different judging criteria, in a weird way, Sweet P could have been the winner. We know that sounds crazy, but hear us out.

The avant garde look was pure Rami. There was nothing of Sweet P in this design and frankly, there should have been because her work tends to have more of an edge to it. His work is way too classically oriented to even approach the idea of "avant garde."

On the other hand...

Her ready-to-wear piece was not only beautiful, it also represented a melding of their two styles. She produced, under very stressful circumstances, a beautiful garment that blended two very different aesthetics.

He bulldozed any opposition out of the way and produced something that wasn't avant garde, wasn't beautiful and wasn't anything but his own selfish take on things. When Tim critiqued it in the workroom, Rami's only defense was "You've never seen me do corsets before."

We ask you, who was the better designer here?

Yes, Rami. You can drape. Even moist Nina has had enough of that. There's just a ton of crap here that serves no purpose. It's not pretty and it's not interesting. It's "throw everything at the dress form and see if it sticks." We get where he was coming from - it does sort of look like the model's hair - but it just didn't come off.

And the pants, dear GOD, THE PANTS. Make it STOP. Granted, it looks like Sweet P was a hundred percent behind the pants idea (not to mention she did a terrible job on them), so we have to be fair and criticize them both for this straight-outta-2003 choice.

And Alberta Ferretti was right. There's just not enough volume in that skirt to balance out their other choices.

Oh, it hurts.

This, on the other hand, was just perfect. We would be very surprised if Sweet P made it to the end, but it's to her credit that her work keeps getting better and better.

There's not a thing we can criticize about this dress. The color, the fabric, the execution, the proportions - all just perfect. Love it.

Let's face it, Rami's got "Bryant Park" written all over him and Sweet P's got the stench of an impending auf'ing on the wind. We would be very surprised if she made it to the end, not because she's not a good designer but because she doesn't seem to be at her best in this kind of competition. Still, it would have seriously pissed us off if they sent her home just to spare Mr. Perfect. Don't get us wrong. We like Rami and we'd like to see him strut his stuff at Bryant Park, but he did not come off well this week at all.

[Photos: Barbara Nitke/Bravotv.com - Screencaps: Project RunGay]


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