Diary

Tonight’s Project Runway was a perfect example of why the average woman has a hard time finding clothes. The majority of the designers had no idea how to design an outfit for a woman larger than a size 6.

I loved when they brought out the designers’ mothers for the challenge and it was a great twist to not pair them with their child. I started the show really liking Jeffrey when I saw his mama and she cried about how far he had come. It made me want to see him do well…and then he turned on us. I thought the way he treated Angela’s mother was terrible. So while I felt bad for Jeffrey’s mama, I quit cheering for him about 3 minutes after I’d had my initial change of heart.

I cracked up when Vincent said Ulli’s mom had a “European air” seeing as how she is FROM Germany, but he surprised me and designed a very nice dress. I still think he isn’t nearly as talented as some of the others, but this week he did a good job. Ulli’s design for Kayne’s mother was beautiful and my personal favorite. As usual, Michael did a nice job and I liked his mama!

Robert’s dress for Vincent’s sister was really bad, but in my opinion Jeffrey’s outfit for Angela’s mother was the worst. Bless her heart she looked so uncomfortable and when she had her chance to talk to the judges she threw him under the bus and so did Angela. I thought he deserved it though, because there was no excuse for how rude he was. I was hoping he’d go because I’m sick of his attitude towards everyone. Oh his poor, poor mama.

And Sister, you were right…Laura is pregnant with her 6th child. She’s a great designer but fashion, shmashion…she’s probably doing this whole thing for the free vacation.

Well, my goodness…I finally watched this week’s Project Runway and the cats were scratching. I guess the stress level is finally getting to them. That in conjunction with the fact that they had to make wearable clothing out of recycled garbage seemed to push a few people over the edge.

Anytime you have to make fashion out of something you get at a recycling plant and a craft store…you know there’s going to be trouble. When they showed Kayne’s dress with that huge flower and Tim called it a prom backdrop, I laughed out loud. I was worried though because I usually like Kayne, even if his designs are a little wild. He has that whole Southern more is more aesthetic and it usually works for him.

Michael, as usual, did a fab job. His outfit was clean, elegant and looked wearable. I said it last week and I’ll say it again, he appears to be the most talented designer. I also really liked Ulli’s dress and was surprised it wasn’t a top contender. Jeffrey’s dress was also good although I’m not sure it was a compliment when Michael Kors said he has a whole “ugly beautiful aesthetic” going on…most women aren’t really looking for “ugly beautiful” when they buy their clothes.

Where do I start with Laura? I like her style. She hasn’t made an outfit yet that I didn’t like, but my goodness someone forgot to take their medication. She managed to alienate every other person on the show before it was all over. When she told Kayne she always questioned his choices and he replied that he questioned her character? I thought we were about to see a good old fashioned cat fight.

I was really hoping that Vincent would be the one voted off. Kayne’s dress was bad and Allison’s dress with that Minnie Mouse hairdo…well bless her heart. But Allison has done some really cool things and Vincent is just bad every week. He also creeps me out and I’m pretty sure he creeps Michael Kors out which is probably saying something. Vincent kept talking about his dress turning him on and I was thinking, dude…keep it to yourself.

Sadly, Allison had to go and Vincent got to stay. Laura apparently wasn’t pleased with this because it ended with her telling Vincent off and I’m betting that at least that didn’t turn him on.

I was really going to try to do a Thursday Thirteen today, so what does it say about my creative thinking skills that I couldn’t think of one subject to think up thirteen things about? Maybe since I have seven days until next Thursday, I can think of something between now and then. In the meantime, here are my thoughts on last night’s Project Runway which is my new addiction (along with blogging) and not just because there is NOTHING to watch on T.V.

Last night’s challenge was for the designers to update the look of various fashion icons. The wacky, zany twist was that the models got to choose the designer, but oh wait, it gets better. Not only did the models choose the designer, they got to choose the fashion icon. There were pictures set up of all the choices and the models had to risk life and skinny, frail limb to get the one they wanted. Remember, a lot of these girls haven’t eaten since 2004 so they probably have a lot of pent up anger and frustration. It was truly great T.V.

I was a little nervous when I saw some of the fashion icons and even more nervous when Angela got Audrey Hepburn. Is there anyone more classic than Audrey? I just knew Angela was going to cover her in those rosettes that are her hideous trademark, but actually the dress she designed was very tasteful, in spite of the fact that she did in fact add some sort of rosette feature. I breathed a sigh of relief. I know Angela won the challenge last week, but I honestly wasn’t crazy about her outfit…it was a little too Michael Jackson in the 80’s with those tricky rosette buttons, but hey a panel of fashion experts voted for it so what do I know?

Laura had Katherine Hepburn as her icon and I loved what she did with her outfit. It wasn’t anything flashy, like Kayne’s “Marilyn meets Gwen Stefani”, but in my opinion it was totally modern day Katherine. Tasteful, tailored, elegant. I like Laura’s style and it was a perfect match with her icon.

By far, my favorite of the night was Michael. I really like him and not just because he used the phrase “Captain Save a Ho”, but because he stays above the fray and focuses on his designs. Now, I won’t be wearing magenta hot pants and a plunging neckline in this lifetime, but the outfit was fabulous. He’s my pick to win the whole thing.

As for the worst, Jeffrey designed an outfit for modern Madonna that I think was so ugly that really even Madonna wouldn’t wear it and don’t even get me started on Robert’s suit for Jackie O. I bet she was rolling over in her grave at that cheap linen (I think Vincent was laughing to himself when he let Robert borrow it) and rope belt. Yes, you read that right… A ROPE BELT. For Jackie O, the ultimate fashion icon.

At the end of the night, Bradley was voted off for designing an outfit that even Cher wouldn’t be caught dead in and that’s saying something because you know…she’s Cher. I think Bradley was actually a little relieved to be leaving. He always seemed like he had just wandered in off the street and thought “Hey cool, a contest. Sign me up”. I don’t think he knew why he was there in the first place. He just heard there were going to be models involved.

Last night I watched Project Runway. This is the first season that I have watched and I only started watching because there is literally nothing else on other than 600 shows dedicated to undiscovered talent in America. My thought is that the majority are probably best left undiscovered. Anyway I am loving Project Runway.

The first thing that caused me some distress last night was when Heidi came out wearing the skinny jean. I am in complete denial about the return of the skinny jean because frankly, they didn’t look that great on me before having a child. It kills me how the fashion powers that be can tell us one year that the bootcut, flare leg, etc. is so much more flattering because it balances out your hips and then the next year want to make us all look like pigs in a blanket on toothpicks. I spent a lot of time in my teens pinchrolling my jeans and if you know what I’m talking about you are probably old and wise enough to agree that skinny legs need to stay out.

The fashion challenge last night involved each contestant having one of those little pocket Britney Spears/Paris Hilton/Jessica Simpson type dogs to use as inspiration to create an outfit for the imaginary owner and for the little dog. The contestants all had their little backstories about the pretend owners but the prize for oddest goes to Angela. She started off designing for a fun-loving British headmistress and ended up designing an outfit for apparently the trashiest camp counselor of all time. Yes she did. Let’s just say that any child attending the pretend camp of this pretend camp counselor probably isn’t going to be learning how to make lanyards.

I am not really a fan of the little dog (or skinny jeans…have I mentioned that?). I have no desire to have a little dog that I carry in a Louis Vuitton bag. There is no reason for my dog to have nicer luggage than I do. We have two blue heelers named Scout and Bruiser neither of whom would fit in any kind of bag but both of whom would love the opportunity to destroy a Louis Vuitton bag.

So as I was thinking about dogs last night, because really there isn’t anything on T.V., I started thinking about my friend Jen’s dog. Jen has a lab named Willie. Willie has on at least three occasions gotten so excited by another dog walking by the house that he has jumped through her window to get them. You read that right…JUMPED THROUGH THE WINDOW. The closed, glass window. After the window jumping, Jen then has to walk very fast to catch Willie because in her words “if you run after him he’ll think it’s a game and he’ll never quit running”.

The best part of this, besides the jumping through the window, is that Jen is the person equivalent of Willie. She gets so excited to see the people she loves and while she has never jumped through a window, she has picked me up off my feet while hugging me on more than several occasions. So I guess you could say that Willie and Jen compliment each other very well, but I’m not sure if their fashion tastes are the same.