We didn’t really think the judges had a good reason to auf her, so they made one up. The only design issue was that it was too small for the model to wear. Otherwise, it was a perfectly good bathing suit and better than at least a couple of the other ones on the runway. Good god, girl!...
S1/E6: Congratulations, Austin!Congrats to Austin! While we think this is a pretty bathing suit, this was, for the most part, a bullshit challenge. Winning it had more to do with how well the designer and model could whore themselves rather than how well the garments were designed. And apparently, there are no 2 bigger... Alexandra, Kevin, and Olga The TerribleFeh. Alexandra really likes that loose, flowy stuff but she looks like a stack of lampshades. Yeah….no. If there was a critique, we would offer it, but this is just bland and nondescript. A little too grecian for our tastes and like a lot of the offerings this week, it looks less like a... Robert & WendyWe wanted to break these up as the “Best of the Rest” and the “Rest of the Rest,” but really, there wasn’t enough of a difference so we’re doing it kind of arbitrarily. Lorenzo nailed it. He said she looked like the bride on top of the cake and he’s... Bridal WaveAnd Tropical Storm Morgan keeps rolling along, destroying everything in her wake. Poor Jay. It’s to his credit that he didn’t have a complete design meltdown. Despite having quite possibly the worst client ever, he still maintained both his composure (relatively speaking)... Austin Scarlett, Man of MysteryGirl, what the hell were you thinking? “So, I figured, ‘Why not shake things up and dress her up like a Chinese dragon?’ I mean, when you think about it, it only makes sense, right?” Before we get to the dress, can we just say… …we hate the... Wet Hot American Fashion DesignersThose whacky designers have done it again! Hey! Nora and Austin are wearing pieces from the Sarah Hudson dresses! How is it that we never noticed that before? We’re surprised they were allowed to take them out. Was Bravo not auctioning off the garments this early in... SayaNora!WARNING! WARNING! We are heading into a bra-free zone! Please keep your hands inside the car and refrain from jumping up and down! Poor thing. She tried to give her client what she wanted and what her client wanted was the fashion equivalent of one of those 99-cent greeting cards covered in... S1/E5: Congratulations Kara Saun!And it’s Kara Saun for the win again! We couldn’t have agreed more. This gown was GORGEOUS. The one thing that T&L were in disagreement over was the trim around the neckline. Lorenzo loved it but Tom didn’t think it was necessary. God bless freeze-framing, because this... MORGANZA!!!!!!!We told you she was crazy, didn’t we? They should’ve just stapled a wig to her head. What she needs? She needs to up her dosage, that’s what she needs. We like the “Go down and get her.” Like she’s an unruly dog or something. This will now officially be... She’s a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown.Y’know, we can’t even imagine the pressure these designers are under and we do try and take that into account when we sit back and judge them, but there really was no excuse whatsoever for Nora’s accusation and outburst. “I came here to compete.” Well you know... That Bitch is Crazy.Man, we knew she was nuts but even we were surprised at this one. Oh, sorry. Are we being unclear? Here, let us help you out: We repeat: THAT BITCH IS CRAZY. [Screencaps:... Crack-Smoking Judges Strike AgainTwo years later and we’re still not over the fact that this look was totally ignored. It was the only look on the runway this week that wasn’t 100% derivative. Original, striking and perfectly executed. Plus, Jay’s team was the only one that was completely devoid of any... Ciao, Vanessa!“Oh fuck, did I just say that out loud?” We didn’t think she was the one who needed to go, but unfortunately, she didn’t seem to be taking the competition as seriously as she could have and that became fairly obvious to the judges when she ran her mouth off on the... Congratulations Kevin!Oh, Melissa. What have they done to you? Not only would this not have been our choice for the win, we considered it the worst out of the three. We’ll grant you that a design challenge like this means you can pretty much throw everything out the window and do whatever you want, but this... Here is a story about a magical Princess.See the Princess jump. Jump, Princess, jump! See the Princess flap her hands dramatically. Flap, Princess, Flap! “Oh!” she thinks. “If only I could fly!” Why is the Princess excited? Because she knows that the PRGayBoys will be on the couch tonight watching Episode 4... The Rest of the RestAnd the retro train keeps rolling along. Funny how each designer seemed to pick a decade. Alexandra: 1930s, Austin: 1950s, Wendy: 1960s and now Vanessa: 1940s. We’ll give her credit for at least updating a 1940s look instead of simply redoing it outright. We don’t really like this... The Best of the RestWhat is it with all the retro stuff this week? True, Banana Republic did have a “Grandma’s attic” story to sell, but the designers went a little overboard. It’s pretty. The top and the neckline look great. Delicate and feminine, which definitely seems to be... Fashionably WastedAh, when fashion and alcohol meet, it’s rarely a pretty sight. But it’s a laugh riot, you gotta admit. Did anyone else feel the dread when they started drinking? Darlings, the likelihood of us applying to be on a reality TV show is about equal to the likelihood of us suddenly... The Austin Tea PartyThis one definitely deserves its own entry. This dress is gorgeous and Nina was hitting the crack pipe just a little too hard this week. Yes, there’s a retro vibe to it, but no moreso than Wendy’s dress and one of the themes of Banana Republic’s... Modelicious!One of the very best things about S1 (from our admittedly gay perspective) was the fact that the models were a much bigger part of the process and subsequently there was much more model drama. And who doesn’t love model drama? Because of the way the model selection process was set up,... |