After all, it's not like we actually watch the WWE and even knew who these so-called "Divas" were to begin with, so we're not exactly the most qualified people to be spewing our opinions to all and sundry. Then again, this IS a blog, and what is a blog if not THE go-to spot for unqualified opinions?
It's funny. When we first started this blog 30 years ago, it was simply a place to post funny screenshots of our favorite show - the show that no one else seemed to be watching. But you know us, we're opinionated bitches and before long we were offering up our judgment on some of the outfits.
What started out as nothing more than the occasional "What a piece of crap," or "That looks FABULOUS!" quickly turned into 500-word theses on the strengths and/or weaknesses of each outfit. PLUS, we still had to keep it funny! Poodles, the PRESSURE.
Don't get us wrong, darlings. We are as opinionated as we ever were and we certainly love to trash or praise an outfit if it warrants it, but jeeze...y'know? Sometimes these outfits just don't warrant it.
Sometimes, the outfits are just so ugly and poorly made and, worst of all, unimaginative, that it's all we can do to throw out some screen caps and string together one or two words about the outfit before we just give up and post a lot of fluff.
Sometimes it's like that.
And another thing while we're on the subject: Isn't it about time to retire the word "diva" from being used every time some chick puts on a lot of eye makeup and tosses her hair? Jessye Norman is a diva, Aretha Franklin is a diva. Stop cheapening the real divas! Once Mariah Carey started throwing it around like it was a degree she earned at a vo-tech school, we knew it was all over. In fact, this outfit looks like something Mariah Carey would wear to a pediatric cancer fundraiser or something.
We knew if we rambled enough we could pull it all together.
[Photo: Barbara Nitke/Bravotv.com - Screencaps: Project RunGay]
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Hahahahahahahaha! Snort!
Tacky as shit - were you talking about the outfit or the "diva"?
Eye vomit.
Perfect.
Eye vomit!!!!!!!!!!
That is hilarious and made me laugh so suddenly i got a look from the other secretary. (Screw her.) And you're so dead on about Mariah Carey wearing that trash to a fundraiser.
God. What did i do before TLo?
The only good thing I can say about the outfit is that it wasn't as bad as Rami's. I don't know what she was thinking about with that robe. The final version of the bra was not as bad as what she had earlier, at least.
The weird thing is that if the robe had been cut higher so that it completely covered her, the wrestler would have liked it.
I love Sweet P. I have to stand by her. She knew this was tacky, yet the "diva" wanted it this way. She wanted more! Sweet P kept trying, in her soft way, to steer this woman away from the tacky crap but she just wouldn't do it. She wanted the feathers and the rhinestones and all that other shit. Was the outfit great? No. Was it bottom 3 material? yes. But I have to defend Sweet P on this one. Even she hated the outfit. But she delivered (excluding more coverage on the robe) what her client wanted.
Sad tits and eye vomit just about sums it up!
And you're right about the "D" word. And Miss Carey.
(Bad pun intended!)
I think her Girls are trying to escape - I know I would if someone made me wear that little combo in public (or even in private; in the dark; alone).
In SweetP's defense I have to say her client had some pretty definite opinions - make that very definite opinions since there was nothing pretty about that "Escaping Boobs" robe. Yikes! Still, I dislike it less than Rami's Pink on Poppers look.
(You know I had to look up slang for poppers so the analogy would alliterate. Damn, all you smart poodles are making me work just to qualify for a participation ribbon.)
"Once Mariah Carey started throwing it around like it was a degree she earned at a vo-tech school, we knew it was all over. In fact, this outfit looks like something Mariah Carey would wear to a pediatric cancer fundraiser or something."
Spit take. God, I love you two.
Awful outfit - sure. As bad as Rami's? Not even close.
Dear TLo -
While I've been happily wallowing in the previous Rami post, your build up on this one was so good -- loved "vo-tech" -- (and sly), that when I got to "sad tits" I just threw my head back and laughed.
A welcome respite in (yet another) a trying day.
All the best,
NDC
I still wish she had cut stars out of the butt like the client wanted. I would have loved to see the judges' reactions! Hey, if you're going to go tacky, you might as well go all the way . . .
Hmm, can you also get a "DJ" at the local votech? Is there an order of precedence if you're seating them at the dinner table of introducing them to, for example, HRH The Prince of Wales.
boys, how do i love thee, let me count the ways. you just KILL ME!
eye vomit! i am using that one :)
you are right kana, what DID we do before TLO?
I have to admit, this is one of the few times that I am distracted away from the outfit by the body. I mean, WOW. Not an ounce of fat and fit, fit, fit.
If I had that body I would wear anything I effing pleased. And I agree with the comments that Sweet P tried to mitigate a bad situation. However, in the end, she just made it worse. She should have gone straight over the top, just like the client wanted.
Did Sweet Pea not understand the concept of costume? This is not what her Diva wanted to wear to Walgreens, her nephew's birthday party, etc. She was trying to get a costume for a character she plays when she wrestles. Sweet Pea had no right to be calling her client tacky. Is wrestling itself tacky? Yes. We all know that. Sweet Pea should have still done the job, instead of putting out that half-hearted mess.
Boo agustus, the diva would get the preferential seating, of course. She is, after all, a diva.
Thank you! I am regularly stunned by the current usage of the word "diva". I remember seeing Leontyne Price on stage and having my mother inform me that she was a diva. It was said in a tone of reverential awe.
And now skanks are wearing the word on their undies? We are not amused.
I liked her idea of the Vargas girl, but this looks nothing like a Vargas girl. Why didn't she put sleeves on the robe? It should have long bell shaped sleeves with the feathers at the sleeve opening, Deep V neckline, and a fitted waistline. It looks more like a Maude vest as it is.
The way the straps attach to the bra looks a little weird to me, but she has used that before, so maybe its her thing.
The shorts fit okay, and that isn't as easy as you might think.
I thought she was going home, until I saw Ricky's cover-up...
Eye Vomit.
I.love.that.
I'm with you on the diva label. And I'm with you on Sweet P's outfit. It looked more like a tacky version of a peignoir set from the 50's than a Vargas girl.
Sweet P should have been au'f long ago.
God bless Sweet P - she seems to have gone to the Clusterfuckery Fashion Institute.
Aw, the Hollywood Pin-up idea was good and the bikini isn't too awful.
The robe is the real tragedy here. Yeeks! Do they sell faux fur at Spandex House? "Luxurious" white fur robe cover-up would've been great.
Poor Sweet P - how difficult is it to understand "Robe -- AND ---- Reveal"?
PS -- I cannot believe there've been no scenes where the other designers serenade her with "Sweet Pea". Do none of them know the song?... God, I feel old.
Really the problem i think wasn't that the client wanted the tackiest embellishments. I felt she wanted the outfit to look more grandiose.
The outfit really was boring especially the robe. As Heidi put it, it had no dramtic impact. And the robe was the key to this outfit.
SP should have cut it so that it would cover her breasts and torso. but exposed her legs. My roommate immediately thought she should have made it longer and fuller with a little heavier material then it would have really flowed walking down the runway. If she had lined in a purple or blue and maybe had sort of a wide or standup collar to help show off the contrasting color then it probably would have given off the impact the woman craved.
Instead it looked like some dull, low class attempt at lingerie.
Frank
For those of you that don't watch wrestling, or are not forced to watch it with a spouse (not that I'm complaining), Candice Michelle is also the Go Daddy Girl, from those commercials for godaddy.com.
In fact, that was her schtick when she first came into the WWE. She was the Go Daddy Girl, and she would attempt to strip in the ring. She has somehow now become the Women's Champion (I haven't had to watch in a while).
Anyway, interesting little tidbit for yall. Oh my God, I knew this crap would come in handy one day!
Color me crazy, but I love, love TRIPLE LOVE this garment! Look at the nuance, the tailoring, the magnificent taste level!
Oooh, it just makes me moist! I would buy it in a SECOND and wear it to the office, to Wendys, to the PTA, to Weightwatchers. (Not that I could squeeze my 350+ pound frame into it, but GOD would I would love to try!)
Great job Sweet Pea!
Hi Jeana!!
"Once Mariah Carey started throwing it around like it was a degree she earned at a vo-tech school, we knew it was all over. In fact, this outfit looks like something Mariah Carey would wear to a pediatric cancer fundraiser or something."
OH MY GOD. Thank you for this laugh. I really needed it today.
The robe looks like she bought it in the lingerie department at Burlington Coat Factory Outlet. And the bathing suit top, the only bodice style she knows how to make, has a boob dropping out the bottom.
Hey, maybe this would be good for New Years Eve: It could replace the other ball drop.
But the funniest thing about this was SweetP's continual harping about how the Diva was tacky. Helloooo! Has she looked in the mirror? She's covered in hideous tatoos, wears ridiculously inappropriate clothes, and has exhibited no taste whatsoever.
But it's the Diva who made her outfit tacky. OK.
This reminded me exactly of the way she was when she was paired with Elisa, and she complained over & over about how Elisa's construction was so poor, and she never works like that, and on and on. And what did we see every week after that? Just about everything she herself has done has been poorly constructed. She's just clueless (or she's playing).
--GothamTomato
No, I think she's clueless. Anything that turned out ok was just a happy accident.
Terrible but so much better than rami's piece of shit. Someone tell me why Rami can do no wrong please? He's more repetitive than ULI and that's REALLY saying something. At least sweet pea tries instead of just standing around look smug and semi-hot and draping booty shorts and asymetricalizing boobs. They pulled out all this shit talking on kayne for too much asymetrical stuff last year, why does Rami get a free pass???
"sewing siren said: Why didn't she put sleeves on the robe?"
She can't make sleeves. Remember the Tiki Barber challenge?
--GothamTomato
This outfit did not deserve your 500 words. But you are professionals and for that, we salute you!
Rami's outfit was still worse. I think it owes YOU 500 words.
I must be the only person in existence who liked Sweet P's outfit. I didn't LOVE it, but I liked it. I think the mistake she made was that she should have gone tackier and with more volume -- perhaps make a high-necked collar trimmed with a feather boa to go with the robe. After all, her wrestler's schtick is robe/disrobe, so she should have made the robe more dramatic. And I can't knock tacky, not when we're dealing with the WWE.
When you "started this blog 30 years ago"? LOL, I hope that was a typo.
Hmmmm, my pet doppelganger is working overtime today. First as 'snf in va', now here.
Hi there little monkey!
Sweet P didn't quite get this challenge either (doh!), but at least she made some adjustments that saved her butt this round.
Isn't it about time to retire the word "diva" from being used every time some chick puts on a lot of eye makeup and tosses her hair? Jessye Norman is a diva, Aretha Franklin is a diva. Stop cheapening the real divas!
Thank you. I agree 99%. (I subtract 1% because I use the term strictly for opera singers.) The Diva of Divas.
Now, back on topic. It was the robe that ruined this. It needed to be grand - fuller and stiffer and high-collared and glitzy. If you do "robe and reveal", the robe needs to make an entrance, to practically precede you into the room (ring). This one was a limp mess.
Sweet P clearly did not embrace the challenge. She should've listened to the client and paid attention to what was going on around the room. Tacky is what WWE is all about. She should've NOT listened to Rami tell her to edit and instead thrown the kitchen sink at the outfit.
Did she deserve bottom two with Ricky? No, that place was reserved for Rami's hot pink mess.
How is this challenge any different from the ice skating challenge? I don't remember such vehemence from that one...
I cannot believe that Sweet P didn't get bounced for that shit. It's so awful. I get that they were supposed to be costume and a bit tacky, but that's just straight up ugly and not even ugly in the way that her "diva" wanted.
"Sad tits"
The Diva's or Sweet P's??
OK, we all know none of these outfits is fashion outside the trailer park, but why can't the designers dress themselves less hideously?? It's like going for a haircut from a stylist who can't even do his/her own hair.
Sweet P's outfit, in my opinion, just was bad because it really looks like lingerie more than WWE wear. I mean, actually, the underpart? The bra and hotpants? That's classic WWE. But the robe was way too much like one that came with a lingerie set to actually be good. What she really needed for Candice Michelle is , well, a COAT.
Clueless, ridiculously inappropriate, hideous tatoos, tasteless, ... anything else?
1) She didn't spit on her garment
2) She knew enough not to use pink
3) She's still here!!!
Go PEA!! LOLOL
I honestly don't know what was so baffling about ths challenge. It seemed like they all had a hard time.
I did have to laugh when more than one of these "ladies" described themselves as a "girl next door" type. Um, next door to WHOM exactly?
Honestly, if Sweet P hadn't been so busy headless-chickening, she could've spent a couple of minutes to sit down with one of those product-placed DVDs and watched just one of Candice's entrances. Maybe then she'd actually have had an idea of what she could aim for instead of flailing around randomly and producing dreck.
I agree with Sewing Siren and Desertwind that all Sweet P's outfit needed was some sleeves, more of a placket in the front and some glam--feathers, fur, sump'in-sump'in.
But Gotham Tomato brings up a good point--always does--that Sweet P and quickly sewn sleeves are not a good match.
Well, she should have paid more attention to how Elisa made that polymorphic cape/hood. Imagine that with feathers on the outside and bling on the inside. Miss Go Daddy Diva could have rocked it while swishing between the feathers and the sparkle--then reveal!
The bikini itself needed a bit more glamour--I would have trimmed it what the jewels that VictorYa left behind in her Prom Dress challenge.
A pediatric fundraiser would never have Mariah Carey show up in that outfit or anything else. We have more taste than that. (We as in, I used to be in Peds...oh never mind!)
I'm still laughing about Mariah ruining the word "diva".
Poor Sweet P. She could have done so much with this challenge. le soupir s'est multiplié par deux
ohmygod "eye vomit" - heeeeeee!
Her client wanted over-the-top bats**t crazy, and Sweet P should have embraced that rather than resist. Had she done so she would have had some time and brain space for putting a Sweet P perspective on over-the-top bats**t crazy instead of making her client unhappy. And making our eyes hurt.
And whoever mentioned that - yes, man oh man, these ladies are in awesome physical condition, you've got to hand it to them. geez....
I think Sweet P had the easiest "diva" to work with. All she needed to do was a nice, finished robe for her to open and reveal her big breasts. She made all the wrong decisions.
She was the complete opposite of Chris. For him it was so easy (his drag queen experience, obviously) but mostly because he gave Maria what she wanted exactly. I mean, just look at that hideous leopard thing she was wearing at the beginning of the show compared to Chris' final outfit.
Rami's was even worse, but at least he listen to her client; he just couldn't deliver, totally out of his range.
Seriously, GT, if I was working with a partner who SPIT on my garment, I would have flipped too. I mean, what if she had wanted to wipe other bodily fluids on it? Where do you draw the line.
I totally would have complained ... and not in the very nice, gentle way Sweet Pea did. She was almost apologetic about it, saying "well, we have very different style of working. For instance, I use a fabric pencil, she uses saliva ... "
I would have looked the judges in the eye and said "SHE SPIT ON THE FUCKING FABRIC!!!!"
I don't think Sweet Pea is tacky at all.
lima bean said...
I have to admit, this is one of the few times that I am distracted away from the outfit by the body. I mean, WOW. Not an ounce of fat and fit, fit, fit.
Yea, and more plastic than a Tupperware party.
Eye vomit! Eye vomit! Eye Vomit!
Hee Hee!!
Tacky-fake-eye vomit whatever, that woman has got some serious gams.
"esmeralda said: For instance, I use a fabric pencil, she uses saliva ..."
But that wasn't the issue: As I said, SweetP was complaining about the quality of the construction - Elisa's construction - and the fact is SweetP has exhibited consistantly bad construction skills throughout all these challenges. There has been only one garment of hers that has not has glaringly obvious construction issues.
So while she might have, and did, complain about the spit takes, there was no reason for her to trash Elisa's construction skills, other than to call attention away from her own.
--GothamTomato
"suzanne said: I did have to laugh when more than one of these "ladies" described themselves as a "girl next door" type. Um, next door to WHOM exactly?"
Dow Corning.
--GothamTomato
This "Diva" was so tacky. I felt bad for Sweet P.
EYE VOMIT!
ROFLMAO.
This was a hideous, heinous outfit. I really think it should have been her instead of Ricky, as much as I wanted to see Ricky go. At least his was well made. But I guess since his was a bathing suit, that clinched it for him.
As far as this piece of crap, I am with you guys. I don't know where to begin. Where do you start? Didn't she look at what they were wearing when she met them and kind of get a clue as to what this kind of ensemble should look like?
This is Fredericks of Hollywood sale rack 1989. All she needs are some maribou slippers and she will be set.
"SweetP was complaining about the quality of the construction - Elisa's construction"
No ... I'm pretty sure she only complained about the Hawk-Up Loogie oozing off her fabric.
Elisa's construction quality was bad enough to have her eliminated weeks ago.
I don't see any problem with Pea's construction this week at all. I know you think there is a "boob drop", or some such silly thing, but I'm looking, and looking, and can see no hint of Boob dropping out. Those are big boobs.
Sweetie had construction issues with one challenge. The Tiki Barber challenge. When she was asked to make mens clothes. She doesn't make men's clothes. And the problem wasn't the sleeves, it was the collar. Sweet Pea has made perfectly adequate sleeves on several occasions.
Other than that, these phantom "construction problems" that have so plagued you have somehow eluded the judges notice.
Weird.
"girl next door" type. Um, next door to WHOM exactly?
My college dorm. We had a housefull of working girls living next door. Nice.
Yeah, the poor "Pea" missed the boat on the robe on this one - and my daughter said "she looks like a disco ball" then cracked up when The Duchess said the same type of "disco" comment. Now she wants to be a judge. Project "Run-Run" is her favorite show!
You should hear what she said about Ricky!
What you said, Boys. All of it. Hilarious.
Re sleeves: if you go on Bravotv.com and look at their little behind the scenes feature, you'll see there was a point where the robe had puffed sleeves. It seemed to look a little better, but either way, this one was a disappointment, especially as Sweet P had been doing so well in recent challenges. If only she'd been able to embrace the nuttiness of it all, and have fun. In the prom dress challenge, she was absolutely right to moderate her client's wishes. In this one, though, she needed to be more creative in interpreting the client's wishes.
As funny as this post was (And goodness, was it ever), I find the serious weeping over the culture hijacking of the word "Diva" even funnier, particularly in the comments.
SweetP has a serious lack of personal style herself, but so do most of the other designers. Rami and his International Male 1991 shirts, Christian with those horrid vests and skinny jeans, Jillian looking like Mork from Ork and Chris with his one and only leopard blouse with the lime green tie. So I don't think that contributed to this awful outfit.
I don't know what she was thinking. The lady said she was known for "robe and reveal" but Sweet P cut out the robe in the front so nothing was covered to reveal.
This is one WWE outfit that would have benefited from some tacky cutouts or something. Awful, hideous, poorly fitted, AND boring, all at the same time.
That robe looks like a Las Vegas hospital gown on backwards.
Worst/most boring outfit all season.
I loved the way the diva kept saying, "My personality is 'robe and reveal,'" as if this were an actual character trait.
It seemed like Sweet P didn't actually get it. I would have loved to see what Chris could have done with this one.
"In fact, this outfit looks like something Mariah Carey would wear to a pediatric cancer fundraiser or something."
Yesssssssssssss!!!!!
In fact, I think I saw stuff like this on the red carpet at the Grammy's!
profp
"I would have loved to see what Chris could have done with this one."
Wow. Can you imagine the robe he would have made. Dragalicious!
Oh well, here I am again responding late and all of the choice bits (no pun intended) taken. Never stopped me before, so here goes.
I too must lament the appropriation of the term diva for any skank with a tude and screen time. Mimi indeed!
I think that the reason she was in the bottom two instead of Rami, was that she missed the model's whole "schtick" (although I did love that reference, when she repeated it Oh, 3 times!) and didn't give what she wanted. At least Rami's model liked the glowing pink afterbirth. You could just see the sad little looks on the models for P (and Ricky) even though they were great sports and tried to rock it out on the runway.
I'm not a "P" hater, but have to agree with the camp holding her skills in a lower regard. America's next top fashion designer? I don't think so.
Also, asides to nothing, since
sam said...
...and Chris with his one and only leopard blouse with the lime green tie.
OMG! I just got who Chris has reminded me of all season...Fred Flintstone - just lose the pants and shoes and he's a lock.
Tim has been puttting pressure on Sweet P to change her looks more and more each week. It's like nobody else listens to him so he makes sure to give her his opinion and sure enough she listens and changes it. Will she be able to design her own collection without Tim?
Clearly not. You saw her "collection" from fashion week.
This whole challenge was ill-conceived. I would love to have seen a twist in the end where each designer had to model it themselves.
Oh, come on and give the girl a break. The bra and pants weren't that bad, but she just didn't get the robe and reveal part and let it all hang out BEFORE the reveal! If she had done a different robe it would have been so much better.
I swear to god, you guys have a Mr. Subliminal thing going on right here. I laughed so hard I cried.
When the Designers first got placed with their Wrestler, I thought that Sweet P had really lucked out. The gal outlined exactly what she needed for her role playing in the ring. Cruella Deville or Geisha (manderine collar not obi) or any fantasy sex kitten she could imagine!
I really like Sweet P but this really was a let down. I feel like she didn't even try. Tim Gunn summed it up when he described it as "Green Acres."
I....AM a diva!
and a deluded one at that.....
Construction problems would include the exposed seam on the inside of the robe. You can see where she sewed the fabric pieces together. And the fit problems with the bikini top. (Boobs should not peek out the BOTTOM ... they are meant to peek out the TOP.)
The robe should have at LEAST been lined with something fabu-glamorous. How did it take her so long to do so little?
That said, I thought Ricky's was much more heinous, and Rami's was an insult.
"this outfit looks like something Mariah Carey would wear to a pediatric cancer fundraiser or something"
LOL! Aww Screamen MiMi!
You guys are killen me!
Yeah, it's bad. I thought she was the one going home.
daxx:
"glowing pink afterbirth?" Damn, that was funny.
You guys weren't talking about Sweet P's boobs with your "sad tits" remark, were you? I hope not. Sure, she could get one of those Oprah bras that cost 70 freakin' dollars and make you feel like Brunhilda in her armor, and which temporaily disguise what gravity and age have done to your breasts. But with the hours those designers keep, I wouldn't recommend it!
Maybe you were talking about the wrestler's boobs?
I can't believe you saved this for Sweet-P's when Rami's was a total disaster. Granted, this was not good and deserves to be slammed, but holy shit, Rami's gives me nightmares.
Eye vomit!
Upon closer scrutiny, this outfit is beyond whorible.
How can you not fit a spandex top on a DD-Diva?
"spandex cocktail napkins"
THAT'S what we come here for. heefrikkinhee
Helloooo! Has she looked in the mirror? She's covered in hideous tatoos, wears ridiculously inappropriate clothes, and has exhibited no taste whatsoever.
She's just clueless (or she's playing).
This is the same thing you've been saying for ages, GT. I think we get it. You don't like her design, you don't like her personally. In fact, you hate her so much that you have to say it again and again and again.
As much as some people on here rush to your defense, quite frankly, I find your postings one layer deeper than bitchy or catty, and point to a very distinct unhappiness within yourself.
I like Sweet P. AND Gotham Tomato.
So there.
(wouldn't bitchy and catty be some sort of a compliment on this blog?)
Oh and ms. sangrail: "whorible"? Hilarious!
"In fact, this outfit looks like something Mariah Carey would wear to a pediatric fundraiser"!
TLo, you have outdone yourselves with this commment-so deliciouslly bitchy, and, I suspect, true- Mariah would wear this...although it might be a bit TOO much fabric for her...
And, yes, "diva" is sorely overused
Sweet Pea's mistake was in suspending her distaste for the challenge,and not creating an outfit that matched her gal's persona-her diva's stock in trade is the reveal, and everything was pretty much revealed before she untied the reveal. A more covered robe would have been better.
Yeah, I think the fit and boring issues of the undergarments might have been mitigated by a really over-the-top fabulous crazy robe, instead of the sleeveless housecoat. Even a completely different but complimentary fabric. Should she have stuck w/ the boa somehow?
Nah, didn't think so. She just needed Chris.
Jessye Norman is a diva -- ok you're way smarter than I ever gave you credit for. My apologies. Jessye Norman DEFINES diva.
I think the cut-out stars on the buttocks would have been tres' chic, and am ever so sorry that Sweet P couldn't get it together to try it.
I've always felt like she stumbled into whatever success she's enjoyed so far, that she's a total fluke. Anyone who dresses like she does with all those tacky tattoo's, the Target blue-light specials and that sad-sack stringy hair cannot claim an ounce of taste.
I think she's a good seamstress, who specializes in denim biker duds. Full stop, period.
As for diva's, Whitney Houston is a diva, and so is Cher and Bette Midler. I just can't muster up that sort of props for Ms. Carey.
This is one of my all time favorite Divas:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0082269/
In my world, there is but one diva, the unsurpassed Florence Foster Jenkins who I considered as a child a soul mate, as we were from the same area. *sigh*
Anyway, how much double sided tape was used to hold up that top?
I thought Rami's was BY FAR the worst (seriously, that girl had an amazing body and he made her look thick and blocky) - but I was worried that they were gonna send my sweet little pea home instead for her boring silver blah.
I'm glad Rick was auf'd but I have to admit, I thought Rami and Sweet Pea deserved it more this time.
Glad she got to stay - I think she's less academic in her approach to fashion, but actually has a more interesting aesthetic identity than Rami.
I can see Mariah wearing this on the slopes at Vail.
As disgusted as I am with this challenge, it is hard to summon words to describe any of these garments.
Thanks TLo, for another great post and AMEN on the "diva" complaints!
I love you two SO MUCH for listing Jessye Norman as a real diva, because she completely IS and I don't know if enough people know it!
"Once Mariah Carey started throwing it around like it was a degree she earned at a vo-tech school, we knew it was all over. In fact, this outfit looks like something Mariah Carey would wear to a pediatric cancer fundraiser or something."
LOL and so true.
"Dan said...
I love you two SO MUCH for listing Jessye Norman as a real diva, because she completely IS and I don't know if enough people know it!"
Yes, I know you bitches were fabulous but that tops everything.
Eye vomit may be the best phrase you guys have come up with. Still, I think it's more suited to Rami's pepto bismal mess. Sweet P's is also a mess, of course. I think both Rami and Sweet P managed to turn revealing into dowdy. Oh god, I sound like Ann Slowey.
RE: True divas
If you are not familiar with Parterre Box, you should be. It comes complete with a Project Runway homage, including a titscrepancy!
I was a little confused when Sweet P said "The thing she had on today, that scared the shit out of me" about the client's clothes. She's awfully prude for a bike chick, no?
Sweet P gets herself into the same predicament every week, with a design that looks like crap. How does she survive?
"Eye vomit"\
Fucking hilarious. You guys crack me up every time.
Didn't the client say that Sweet P's outfit looked like something she could buy at a stripper store? I love how Nina Garcia had no clue what to think of the spandex numbers being worn by the WWE divas.I hope this is the first and the last time they have such a tacky challenge.
Sweet P blew it. But they get so little time in these competitions... we all crack under such pressure some time.
I LOVED Chris's diva. She had SUCH a great personality. She needs her own TV show. I could tell from her voice that she was a non-stop hoot!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the Diva thing. I hate what the media has done to the word. Divas were once (and still should be) a very rare breed. Now every female celeb who puts on a pair of heels and fluffs her hair is labelled one.
This design is beyond tacky, fugly. Duchess was on target with the peignoir comment. Everything was bad, especially the disco-ball bra. Now I know that all the synapses weren't firing that day.
Loved the Mariah Carey line! I could see her wearing something like this, but it would have to be two sizes too small like everything else she wears.
I agree that Rami's was worse than this.
Word to Sam for pointing out that the other contestants make sad personal styling choices, too.
I think Sweet P gets hated on because she's fat and doesn't have a pretty face. Yeah, she has shitty construction skills, but how often do people here condem her for the way she looks, instead? For her *saggy boobs*? Lame.
Sweet P is one of those designers who I think needs to be half of a partnership. When she's not under time constraints, she can make some decent stuff as seen in her BP previews. I just don't think she has enough ideas to carry a label on her own.
Loved the Mariah Carey line! I could see her wearing something like this, but it would have to be two sizes too small like everything else she wears.
I like to call her MOOriah.
I don't find Sweet P. fat AT ALL and I think her face is gorgeous. Very confused on that one.
I looked at her line on her site (which is now closed I guess? her shop) and many of her designs were comfortable looking pajamas. Some designers have based their entire careers on PJs!
Stop cheapening the real divas!
I couldn't agree more!! I think I've been sick of casual use of the word diva for about ten years now. When will it end?!
Nothing much to add, but she got on my nerves this episode. I think her client wanted "more tacky" because when she got a sneak preview of the design, there was NOTHING GOING ON. P had already failed spectacularly. She wasn't saying she demanded these things, she was giving her more direction - drama! sparkle! - and trying to help.
Jesus, even my husband said, "Why didn't she do a robe with a huge collar, like a queen? Isn't she supposed to be the best?" Um, yeah babe, that would have been much better.
I get irritated when contestants of a reality show throw up their hands at the contests. Yes, they're ridiculous. YOU.ARE.ON.A.REALITY. SHOW.
gwen said..."I think Sweet P gets hated on because she's fat and doesn't have a pretty face."
is this supposed to be a supportive comment? 'cos it's not (and so not true IMHO). Can we keep it about the clothes?
That shit about Mariah Carey? Is priceless. It made me spit coffee at the monitor on a day when my back hurts like hell and I thought *nothing* could make me laugh.
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Funny how she was so intimidated and thrown by this clients demands, but not the bossy teen!
The color was way off --the wrestler had been wearing something rich and dramatic before. The shape --too timid. Too bad she just didn't use that boa around the neck like she'd first intended. Big Bird be damned!
I agree, kanani. I think this was a case where P really edited herself into oblivion. Had she put the feathers around the neck, it would have been properly concealing and hidden some of the poor finishing around the hemline. Moreso than her own taste, she was clearly stressing out about how the judges were going to judge Taste vs. Character, and in the end, she just made the wrong call.
CPK: No, it's not supposed to be a supportive comment. It's supposed to point out the hypocrisy among certain commenters who give passes to crappy work by Rami, Daniel V, and other attractive men, but who then call Sweet P "sloppy" and "tacky," and comment on her breasts.
Get it now? I'm not critiquing Sweet P's looks. I'm pointing out the fact that other people do. You're getting confused because I described the issue bluntly.
Putting it another way: It's okay to admit that someone isn't conventionally attractive. But it's not okay to judge someone's design abilities based on their attractiveness or lack thereof.
Can you understand which one I was doing?
"Gwen said...
Putting it another way: It's okay to admit that someone isn't conventionally attractive. But it's not okay to judge someone's design abilities based on their attractiveness or lack thereof."
But who is doing that?
The only personal comments in this thread are:
"She's covered in hideous tatoos, wears ridiculously inappropriate clothes, and has exhibited no taste whatsoever."
"Anyone who dresses like she does with all those tacky tattoo's, the Target blue-light specials and that sad-sack stringy hair cannot claim an ounce of taste."
But there are others in other threads, including several catty comments where readers ask if T&Lo are referring to the wrestlers' boobs sagging or to Sweet P's.
"But there are others in other threads, including several catty comments where readers ask if T&Lo are referring to the wrestlers' boobs sagging or to Sweet P's."
Hey! My comment was meant not to insult Sweet P (whom I like) but to stick up for her. As a middle aged woman, I know what it's like to have saggy boobs, and I know what torture you have to go through to disguise that fact. Good for Sweet P for not sacrificing comfort for sillouette. I read the comment "sad tits" and, since the wrestler clearly does NOT have sad tits (I'd take 'em!), I was just wondering who the guys were talking about.
I'm eternally grateful that, over the course of these past 30 years, your blog has evolved into what it is. (I'm not sure if that was a typo or an intentional funny- but I'm going with it.)
Your blog is the only MUST READ on my list. And this post, in particular, is freakin' awesome.
Thanks for all you do. The value of your contribution to the Project Runway experience is simply incalculable. (And now I must get back to the Project Runway marathon on Bravo.)
All this talk of divas, and on my Yahoo page is a story about Aretha being pissed at Beyonce' for calling Tina Turner "the Queen".. well, is Aretha a diva? Or "the Queen"? Can a diva be a queen? Are all queens divas, but not all divas are queens? I'm so confused.
This could be the major Oklahoma bias in me, but I think my girl Miss Carrie Underwood has Diva potential. But this title is EARNED over MANY years of a successful career, not just any floozy-of-the-moment with a little eyelash and glitter. Referring to these WWE girls as "divas" is a blatant contradiction in terms.
I've written my send off for Sweet P on my blog.
I enjoyed Sweet P's collection at Bryant Park.
That wasn't great, but it was better than Rami's.
And Ricky made a bathing suit, so...
I thought it was ridiculous that Sweetpea, her body covered in ridiculous, over the top, permanent TATOOS had the nerve to question her client's taste. This just proves that getting yourself branded with ink when you're in a biker girl gang may lead to embarrassing situations later on in life.
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