"I'm the fiercest elf of all, bitches!"
That's just freakin' funny. I bow to the Maestro, The Manolo, for producing this, the most marvelous of the fairy tales.
And while we're on the topic of Project Runway, I cannot tell you how badly I want Christian to fall flat on his face at Fashion Week. The troll is extremely talented, yes, and he's definitely more talented than, say, last year's winner, Jeffrey, but his clothes are not flattering to a woman's body. He makes them for himself, obviously, because he takes such joy in trying them on every episode. He's yet another gay designer who wants to make Barbie clothes for a living, but his Barbie is the one packaged as "Androgyny Avant-garde Barbie." Despite his being part of that annoying trend, he's a. too young and b. TOO FULL OF HIMSELF to deserve winning. He needs to be served a whopping portion of humble pie.
I suspect, however, with Victoria Beckham on the judges panel, he'll win though. She's got a thing for funky little trolls, so I suspect she'll throw her weight (HA!) toward him.
Perhaps there should be a reality show called "Behind the Dummy" that would follow Christian around after he won Project Runway, and would capture his downward spiral. I mean, you know it's going to happen, right? He's just way too full of himself. He's a pretty scrawny guy; if his already lopsided head gets any bigger he's going to tip right over.
As far as the rest of the crew is concerned, well, Jillian's attention to detail---cut and fit, mostly---has grown on me over the past couple of episodes. My mother (master seamstress that she is) would probably love Jillian. Mom's rule of thumb is that you should be able to turn any dress inside out and still be able to wear it. No loose threads, no messy seams, no uneven hems---no nothing. I think you could probably do this with Jillian's work---and that says something rather remarkable in a competition where the contestants generally have less than forty-eight hours work time to put together something fabulous. I'm sure all the time she spent fussing with the iron would have warmed my mother's heart, because my mother couldn't live without her Rowenta. Jillian's the dark horse. She could win it all, and I can sincerely say that I don't think I'd mind if she did.
Rami NEEDS to lay off the draping. We all KNOW he loves the draping, and he can do it very well (and, I can definitively say that, after watching my mom and sister struggle with it for hours on end, draping is NOT as easy as he makes it look, so he is rather talented in that area) but, for once, I agree with La Nina: I want to see what else he can do. If he doesn't pull something out of his ass, Chris will get the coveted runway spot by default. That said, I think his clothes are, by far, the most beautiful of all the designers and are the ones I would LOVE to wear. I think that if you put on one of his dresses, you'd just feel beautiful. That says a lot.
As far as Chris is concerned, well, I just love the guy. I want to give him a big hug and invite him over for a grade school-esque sleepover. We could have catty conversations while we drank steaming mugs of cocoa in our bathrobes. It'd be SO much fun, but I'm not really certain he should be in the competition at this late stage. He's definitely got a taste for the flamboyant, but, surprisingly, his work never really elicits anything other than 'ho-hum' for moi. I really thought his dress this past week was gorgeous, but it was derivative of what he did with Christian for the avant-garde challenge. I really just want him to go nuts, but to do it the right way, with the right taste level, and I don't know if that's going to happen.
So, what say you, my devoted Cake Eater readers? Who are you rooting for?
Posted by Kathy at February 18, 2008 10:14 AM | TrackBackFirst, I don't think the contestants this season have been as strong as those in the past three. I would have really like to see what Jack would have done before he took himself out of the competition. Those that are left have their thing and I hope they wow me in the lines they come up with.
I agree about Christian -- I don't know of anyone who would wear what he creates. . . its "ARTSY FARTSY" in my opinion, but fashionable - no. And he is so conceited -- I would love to see Chris just sit on him!!!
Rami-- as far as I have seen he is too one dimensional -- drape drape drape. What wins here is being able to do many different sewing/designing techniques. What he has done is beautiful -- but to give Chris flack about his last dress looking to much like the avant-garde challenge and not auffing Rami for draping again and again . . . all I can say --Reality TV at its best to create DRAMA.
Chris -- you got to love Chris. He at least tries to do something different each week . . . and we know what he does great - the haute couture over the top gowns. WOW -- but you don't see that each week. I am very interested to see what he comes up with to compete against Rami. And I hope he gets to show at fashion week over Rami.
Jillian-- Her attention to detail has almost gotten her auffed too, but that detail has put her in the running for winner. I love what she has made and you don't have to be a size 0 to wear it either. She is a great seamstress and designer.
So I hope it comes down to Jillian and Chris with Christian falling flat on his face with some goth inspired line for his groupies.
Again, someone is going to have to wow me to win -- but then I don't get to vote.
And by the way Russ makes fun of me for watching the show!!!