1. Agreed.  Especially since the jugdes bashed him for transforming the material....and then bashed Jesse for not transforming the material.  Personally, I loved it, with the subtle little designs hidden in the mesh.  Maybe would have changed the top.
2.  Dear god just no.  And luv for Micheal Kors not making a 'had to leave the house in a hurry and grabbed everything" remark.
3.  Some of the metallic I liked...if the colors were nicer...Seth Aron got close with the brushed metal, but too much damn silver and bronze. But SA disappoints because really, this should have been his time to shine.   Also, metallicness does not need to be spread over a woman's stomach unless it is a corset fit.  The crumpling is
4.  Same.  I loved how it 'clicked' when the model moved but felt where the skirt met top was awkward and that, once again.  Fucking color blocking.


And I LOVED the top on Amy's.  The boring, stiffly moving skirt?  Not so much.  Maya's was cute...but really only the jacket and necklace was all that inventive or original, and it's not like either would have been all that difficult to make.  I felt Jay totally deserved the win - my only complaint is that the colors and shine and shape almost made the outfit look...gummy?... but I am in love with those pants.


Emilio's was HAHA but not, how do I say, painful to look at.  Just dumb.  Ben's was so plain and boring and stiff.  And Jonathan's was cute... just, like I mentioned, the colors were expresso and the mid-section unflattering.


ilu Anthony. What was it he said?  "Making a woman look like a lady never goes out of style."?

Last edited by OnlyInThisLight (03-04-2010 09:33:42 PM)

Who are your top picks for the final three so far?  It feels kind of difficult because I've seen good and bad from all the designers, and each has their strengths and weaknesses.  I feel like Ben and Jonathan aren't going to make the cut - I barely remember their outfits.

My top's would be Amy, Seth Aaron and very, very, very sure Jay.  Though granted, Amy and SA, especially Amy need to make sure that they pump out at least one more win or stay well within the top three for challenges.  Either of them bottoming again would very much 'even out' the group of designers as far as chances of winning goes.

Mila is a maybe.  The judges seem to eat her stuff up.  I don't hate her stuff...I just find most of it rather easy.  Maya would be a bit more likely.  She would be my closest pic to replace Amy or Seth Aaron if they fudge it.

I know Anthony won't win either, but I love seeing what he puts out and listening to his point of view, plain and simple. 

And fuck one-day challenges.  And not getting to see the critiques for each outfit.  I would really be interested in seeing the judges opinions on the 'pass' outfits, because they would have stuff about them that they loved, and that they thought could use some improvement, not just pure loving or bashing.

I'm personally not a fan of Seth Aaron's work up to this point, with the exception of the top he made on his adult model during the Childrens/Womenswear challenge; that was so impeccably made, but I feel like nothing else of his has been remotely close to that piece as far as construction and execution is concerned.  I'll be surprised if he is one of the top three.

I think that unfortunately Mila's consistency will give her a spot despite her rather apparent obsession with colour blocking.  Jay has also been very consistent and is one of the few remaining who hasn't appeared in the bottom 3 at all this season; his consistency reminds me of Daniel Vosovic.  As for the third finalist, I don't think it's Maya (SPOILER ALERT) since her collection didn't show at New York Fashion Week in February; what's odd is that Janeane and Jesse's collections showed along with the collections of all of the current remaining designers. (End of Spoiler)

I'm pulling for Amy to take the last spot in the top 3.  I've loved her work all season (with the exception of those horrid pants she made for the Childrens/Womenswear challenge).  After Emilio's little outfit a-la Wendy Pepper on Thursday, I've lost all hope for him (though I never really had any to begin with xD).  Ben/Jonathan have been blah all season, which leaves Seth Aaron, Maya, and Anthony.  Heidi's little "anyone can go home at anytime" line during the preview for next week has left me feeling pretty excited; I hope she FINALLY follows through.  The last times she's said "One or more of you may go home" have resulted in a single elimination.  Bring back the multiple eliminations Heidi! : (

Alright, starting with the bottom three.

Amy -  Oh.  Oh Amy.  Just.  I have no words.  This was terrible.  There is no other word.  A bowl.  A bowl of hair.
Ben  -  Sketch looked awesome -but if you can't execute a pantsuit, you can't.  Not surprised he was the one to get the boot. 
Mila  -   Haha, lookie who got caught being a one-trick-pony.  {though not a hideous outfit, though.  The vest at least I liked.}

And now the top!

Jonathan -  Well fucking done.  Gorgeous, detailed OMGSOMECOLOR and best personified his element.
Seth Aaron -  Like the night sky to Jonathan's day, the supervillianess to his stepford wife, I loved his as well.  So much work and detail, I really loved it.  Though I do wonder if he just made the element fit his design tastes or made his tastes fit the element?  Is he being bold and consistent, or just stagnant?
Maya-  Pretty, but I'm not huge on the color and feel like the ruffles=water is kind of a no brainer.  It did move beautifully though.  Still would have taken Emilio's over her's.


Jay-  I have no idea what this is.  Therefore, I can't say if it well done or not. 
Emilio-  I love that green.   Still an asshole, though.
Anthony-   Loved the dress, though I think if he was going for a charred remains thing he might have wanted to go for some jagged straps or just jagged in general or something.

I will have to reconfigure my top three, though:

I'm thinking Jay, Seth Aaron and Maya instead of Amy.


I mean.  Unless Amy pulls out consistently amazing stuff after this and Maya falters...this is how it's looking.

Last edited by OnlyInThisLight (03-11-2010 09:24:43 PM)

OH, LOOK, AMY'S GONE! WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?

It's not even that her top was ugly, per se. It was just...not good. To be honest, both she and Jonathan were off the mark when it came to the Upper East Side. If there was a team that should have done black and classic, it was them.

However, Jonathan's dress was . I think it could have been even better if it didn't flare out at the bottom. That's my only problem.

Mila & Jay-- Don't you love how Mila got called out last week for being a one-trick pony, and yet they keep praising her? Way to talk out of both sides of your mouth, judges. That said, her outfit was still cute, and I would kill for a pair of red tights.

Jay's outfit was a fucking mess. I was pretty damn disappointed. That and I have an irrational hatred for jodhpurs and harem pants.

Maya & Anthony-- Still Anthony. I wasn't a huge fan of the dress he made, though. I got that it was supposed to be a dragon, but the color made it look a bit like cardboard to me. I love him for actively trying to avoid a literal interpretation, but I worry if he's restraining himself a bit too much at times.

I liked Maya's outfit, and apparently, her inner dominatrix came roaring out today. I don't remember her being this assertive during the other team challenge. I do agree with Anthony, though, that her outfit was more evening than day. Also, that jacket was way, way cute. I'd love it with a pair of jeans.

Emilio and Seth Aaron--  Loved Seth Aaron's outfit, but I would also love to burn that fucking hat. I thought the fact that Emilio put his foot down and told him that they were using denim instead of black was kind of awesome. The use of colors actually made it look like an actual team project instead of solely Seth Aaron's.

Unfortunately, that dress was BORING AS FUCK. It was so...prom-like. Give the model a corsage and an awkward 17 year old boy, and it's on. That dress said neither "Harlem" nor "Billie Holiday" to me.

With Amy gone, I think my Top Three is Sethy-poo, Mila, and either Maya, Jay, or Jonathan(who, quite frankly, has shown himself to be one hell of a darkhorse lately).

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I am dead inside.

Last edited by Raven Nightshade (03-25-2010 09:03:54 PM)

Okay, now that I've calmed down considerably...*sniffle*

I liked Jay's outfit. I'd be all over the jacket, but I have a massive rack. They should have let him be critiqued, since he was the only one who wasn't.

I think if they were going to bitch about Anthony's one-note-ness, they should have mentioned it long before now. Even now, they only mentioned it half-assedly when they eliminated him. They should have just said, "WTF with all of the mini-dresses?" and it would have gotten the point across. This only makes Mila's continued existence all the more aggravating.

Speaking of which, what the hell was that goddamned atrocity that Mila made?! It looked like a 6-year-old's art project on butcher paper. I mean, YAY COLOR, but it was utter shite. And then we find out on the moddle aftershow that Brandise(the moddle) got bitched at by the judges for holding up the skirt so she could fucking walk in it. Just for the impaired motion alone, I'd have booted Mila over Anthony.

I'm really pissed about how the judges just shit all over Jonathan. I mean, MY GOD, they've never been that mean before. I'm willing to concede that the jacket was fail-tastic, but I liked his dress and the print he made. Dirty tablecloth my ass, Michael Kors. My only real complaint about the dress was that seamed/molded cups like that aren't meant for tiny boobs. Despite popular belief, they don't make your tatas look bigger because it's all shape and no lift. If anything, they make them look like you're trying to make them look bigger and failing, thus they look SMALLER.

And Heidi should no longer be allowed to talk if she's going show up looking like she "just freed herself from being chained to a radiator", to quote from the TWOP Project Runway thread.

As for the top three, I hated Emilio's print. I had a fleeting moment of love for Mila when she picked on him about not being able to read it, only for Tim to make the same assessment. My hatred of the print stems doesn't stem from being illegible, it's because that's the very thing I absolutely fucking despise about a lot of brands these days: the Coach C's, the Fendi F's, the Louis Vuitton LV's, Dooney & Burke's DB's. Then there's all the urban brands like Rocawear, Sean John, Baby Phat, and House of Dereon that plaster their entire name everywhere on everything. I feel like a lot of the prestige is lost from doing blatant advertising like that on your merchandise, and the fact that such items are usually the cheaper things available is highly suspect...excluding Louis Vuitton's full scale plunge into tackiness. I don't think I need an LV steamtrunk, kthnxbai.

Maya's wasn't as impressive as it could have been. The print was cute, but all that other shit just detracted from it. I'm also sick of the fluffy standing collar after Laura did it in Season 3 and got yelled at for copying Gaultier. I'm curious as hell about her announcement next week.

So much love for Sethy-poo and 2 day challenges from me this week. He cranked out that entire outfit, tie and all, in 2 days. Im-fucking-pressed.

...and Anthony's gone again. I wasn't actually a fan of my baby's dress. It reminded me of those frilly aprons that anime girls wear when they're naked.

The thing I realized about Anthony is that he knows how to make shit FOR people. Give him an objective and/or a client, and it's on like Donkey Kong. The problem comes in when you leave him to his own devices. Not that what he makes isn't nice, mind you, it's just not what the judges are looking for. All the same, it was still a total dick move to make Mila and Jay duke it out for the final spot and leave Anthony out.

In general, I pretty much hated all of it, except Seth Aaron's. I don't even know why we're going through with the pretense of the finale when he's going to win.

Jay's was okay, but it wasn't exaggerated enough for me. I'd have done a much wider pant leg with a fabric that had a subtle plaid or windowpane print. And the top did look like late 80's/early90's Michael Jackson.

Mila's was a hot mess. Granted, I'm a sucker for flowy, Matrix-y overcoats, but hers sucked ass. SO MUCH WRONG.

How the hell, did Emilio's win? I can't see what the judges saw. Looking forward to see him try to throw down against Tim next week, mainly because feel like I'm the only one that seems to understand why Tim has it in for Emilio.

Agreed.

I love every single fucking piece in Seth Aaron's collection. even the purple dress everyone seems to hate so much.

Mila was meh. There were a few things that made me go "Ooh?", but the rest was fucking dull, even for her.

Emilio was killing me with that collection. When Mila called it 1994, she was actually right. The coats were nice, and I loved the shiny gold gown at the end. I have a weird obsession with clothing that looks best on a runway or with an industrial fan nearby...or both.

And why the hell is everyone trying to bring back gloves for daywear? I have no problem with it, but I'd like to know the impetus for this.

I'm not even discussing the reunion show because those bitches were so fucking salty I retained water.

SO....anyone been watching the newest season?  It kinda started without my knowing, and I've been catching up on Hulu.  I kinda feel bad for Gretchen.  Maybe I haven't been watching closely enough, but she doesn't feel that OMGEVIL to me.  A bit proud and quick to critique the other designers on video confessional, and awkward socially...but all the designers are pretty much that way.  I think she's being villanized by Peach and April (And maybe I'm biased because I KNOW people like Peach and April in RL, who gang up together and need to have someone to hate in their lives at all times) and the show's overall need to have a bad guy.  I think she's one of the few desginer's I've seen who can do more with less.  You know.  That whole economizing part of design.  Subtlety. 


I want to take Mondo home and feed him cookies.  :3


EDIT:  Just watched the last episode.  Not cool how Gretchen went back on her word, but I don't really blame her.  The judges wanted an answer and she -and the rest- gave them one, that Micheal was the weakest link (thought honestly, I think that Aj was).  She got scared backing a line she secretly knew sucked.  :/  She could have handled it better, of course, but I think Tim was WAY out of line in what he accused her of -I don't think Gretchen bullied or manipulated anyone.  Everyone agreed with her designs, and she wasn't the only one to fumble on the runway.  She was a bit pushy... but only because she voiced her opinions first and no one saw fit to disagree.

She's a bit of a perfectionist.  She fears giving control to others when her name is on the line so she sucks at group challenges.

And they were doomed from the start.  Camel and Men's Wear for Women?  Ew.  I don't like some of the people on the winning team, but they pumped out some really beautiful stuff, also lot more original than what I was expecting from lace/military style.

Last edited by OnlyInThisLight (09-01-2010 08:39:13 PM)

Yes, she took over, but honestly, that's what happens when you voice an opinion or a thought and everyone agrees with you.  She didn't argue or 'force' any of her ideas down on the team.  She admitted that her ideas, organization and execution were a failure (which they were -the design aesthetic, the people doing separate pieces), and when forced to pick a 'weakest' link she chose.  She didn't choose herself because she's in it to win- just like everyone else.  She's not the only person on that team who went back on their word, or even the only person who knew the line sucked, but she was the only one willing to put her ass on the line and get grilled by the judges.  She's a self-serving coward who tries and fails to present herself as proud and sure because she is both narcissistic and insecure, but she's not evil and I don't think she was being manipulative.  I don't think she planned on (when they were back in the room) on being forced to cough up a scapegoat, and no one wanted to hear anything less than positive back there from the person unofficially chosen as the speaker.  Whether or not Micheal C was the weakest link isn't the issue; she honestly thought he was and so did the rest of the team -which she also knew- and also had immunity so when asked to throw someone under the bus she chose him, it's the logical, self-serving choice.

I'm kinda tired of judges demanding shit like this from contestants and then criminalizing them when they give it.


(Mondo is still love, btw.  I really loved his dress and wanted him to win.  Peach and whats-her-face with the straight across bangs also surprised me.  Jacket.  Must have.)

Last edited by OnlyInThisLight (09-02-2010 11:00:41 AM)

RAVEN MAH LOVE, I HAVE MISSED YOU.

But hell.  What is it with you stealing all of the words out of my mouth?  I was going to blather on about how April has really been surprising me lately, but that I would like to see her use more color, Mondo is still fucking awesome, the shows seems to have given up on making Gretchen a villian*, I adored Casanova if only because he admitted to his mistakes and took the critique as such (that one drama-llama meltdown aside), I like Micheal C's designs but would enjoy seeing something from him that is not a dress and is just a bit more...hrm...detailed?  Gretchen started out strong but damn is she attached to her color palette.  And I didn't get the connection between her two outfits either, and they at least would have looked worlds better sans the hippie-headbands**.  Honestly, I would have switched Micheal C out of the bottom three though, and put Christopher there instead.  That couture dress was tee-pee. 

Yeah, and the zipper.  The fuck, guys.  It's really annoying me because it looks so tacked on.  Like.  I had no idea the fuck to do to the back of this dress, or my dress is boring as shit.  ZIPPAH.


*Because they are all insulting the shit out of each other at every turn.  There is way more bad blood between her and Micheal C, though.  Otherwise, with the exception of Ivy, who gave me the willies and annoyed me with how clipped she was with the judges, they are all basically nice people.  Especially after April gave up that annoying habit of hers of dissing whoever won (though in hindsight, she probably did it partly to bond with Peach).

**Though it would have made an interesting photo by itself, with the model looking over her shoulder so you could see the gorg back of the dress.  Not entirely sure if that would be very editorial, though.

Oh, and that Jackie O was so not about making something a modern-day Jackie O would wear, but about making something modern that reminded the judges of Jackie O.

:/

OnlyInThisLight wrote:

Last episode.  Made me cry.  Buckets.

I just watched it and I cried through the whole damn thing. <:'3