By The Wiz
Soooo, project runway gets all “lifetime”-y on us and goes maternity. I’m cool with that. I love it, in fact. I’ve been pregnant. I know what I would want to wear.
And I’m sorry, but much like Top Chef, the editing at this point makes it too obvious who is going home. No camera time at all? SAFE! Suddenly tons of camera time where you talk about your concept over and over and how you know what the judges want, and apparently you know that other designers need to find their inner hatchling or whatever? Oh, and then we see you SOME MORE? AND you’re designing chicken wear for pregnant women? AUF.
Mitchell, honey, what is up? Can I call you honey? No? Why not? Because we’ve never met? - Ok, then, good reason. Seriously, though, those shorts scared me. Like, a lot. But yes, she wasn’t nude. Kudos for that.
Mostly I liked much of what came down that runway. Of course, it came down on models with no boobs, and I don’t know if you know this, but pregnant women? Have boobs. Lots and lots of boobs. But hey, I guess they couldn’t fake the pregger boobs as easily as the pregger belly. And I did find myself saying “I like that” over and over again. It was fun.
Did I know Rebecca Romijn had twins? No, I did not.
Shirin got the winner’s edit as much as Malvin got the loser edit. So no surprises there. But a gorgeous, gorgeous dress with a fabulous jacket beautifully lined. It was fierce. (hello, Christian!) My one complaint would be that when I was pregnant, I had nowhere fancy enough to wear it. But hey, that’s not a valid complaint when it comes to fashion. Just when it comes to shopping. The detail on the “waist-line” won it for her. No question.
Finalists: Epperson, Shirin, and oh, let’s say Gordana. This isn’t based on much at this point.
Next to go: Mitchell. Unless he seriously steps up his game.
Honestly, those shorts sucked. Really. You could see it coming when he held them up. But at least not another nude. I hope he steps up next week because so far I am just not seeing it. And every pregnant woman wants to see herself as though she is carrying a huge gigantic egg. But there were some beautiful dresses.
Comment #1 by pollyAugust 28th, 2009 at 10:42 pmThat egg? Looked exactly like a Moby wrap.
Comment #2 by KellyAugust 28th, 2009 at 10:50 pmI thought so too.
Comment #3 by Tracy MAugust 28th, 2009 at 11:37 pmI predict that Mitchell will get booted next week, unless he has all the sewing and tailoring (and designing too?) done by his partner.
Comment #4 by mommie dearestAugust 29th, 2009 at 12:58 amI’ve been pregnant 3 times (well, 3-1/2) and remained a Nearly A (sadly, unlike in the Ds, a double A does not mean a really big A cup!) for all but the last one. Didn’t even get bigger when I nursed the first two. The Boob Fairy finally took pity on me with #3, and I grew to a B while pregnant and a C when first nursing (it didn’t last).
Is this all too much information? LOL. Just had to stick up for all the boobless pregnant women out there. (Unless I’m the only one, in which case … waaaaah.)
I caught the rerun of PR last night. I loved the winning dress, and also the lingerie-ish dress with the tiers. The egg thing was oddly (very oddly!) compelling as an idea, as “art,” but even giving leeway that fashion often = art … yeah, no. Nooooooo.
Comment #5 by RCHAugust 29th, 2009 at 6:04 amCAUTION: WRENCH THROWING AHEAD!
Although I DID NOT like the whole chicken and the egg thing, and personally Malvin gives me the creeps, I liked that his ideas were in deed “innovative” and well constructed. He’s very influenced by Asian design and you could see it in everything the kid did. I wanted to see more of what he would put out there. Is it marketable to you and I? No, but look at the real runways in the real fashion weeks and you’ll see a lot of out there fashion that he could definitely compete with. And some rich chick who is edgy and hip would buy it.
As far as the guy who shouted from the roof tops about “LOVING pressure, give me pressure, the more pressure the better I work!” and then moaned about his model being the source of his lack of designs and sending her down the runway in a draped caftan of crap… um the original idea of all the smocking? Holy cow. The second week proved this guy may have ideas, but absolutely couldn’t pull them off with sewing or crafting or a hot glue gun if he had one. He should have been sent packing. I don’t think he has a game to step up into.
Comment #6 by s'meeAugust 29th, 2009 at 9:13 ams’mee, I agree- Malvin was more interesting to watch than Mitchell- Mitchell needs to be the next to go.
Comment #7 by Tracy MAugust 29th, 2009 at 9:37 amI’m actually really surprised Mitchell didn’t go. I didn’t like the egg thing, but it wasn’t poorly constructed. Usually poor construction sends people packing faster than anything. I mean, if you can’t sew, you shouldn’t be there. The judges must have really hated the moby wrap thing - I’ll bet it was a hard decision.
Comment #8 by The WizAugust 29th, 2009 at 11:05 amThe undergarment of the egg thing looked good - the judges even commented on theri approval of the black whatever-it-was. Mitchell should have gone home for sheer lack of skills. He should have been gone the first week for trying to pass off that nude thing and then blaming his model.
(I can’t believe you got me hooked on Runway. It all started out with laughing at your comments….)
Comment #9 by ScarehaircareAugust 29th, 2009 at 12:01 pm“sheer” lack of skills…LOL!
Comment #10 by s'meeAugust 30th, 2009 at 9:19 pmThey’ve done a maternity challenge before when Heidi was pregnant in another season… I don’t think being on Lifetime had anything to do with it.
That jacket the winner made was AMAZING. Loved it. I cannot believe that Mitchell didn’t go home. I didn’t think the egg thing was that bad honestly. Am I thankful I don’t have to listen to his inner dialogue video diaried anymore? You betcha! But Mitchell was so rude to the bowling ball dress guy I wanted to punch him!
Comment #11 by CarrieSeptember 2nd, 2009 at 9:22 amI agree that Lifetime probably didn’t have anything to do with it, either. But I read some other people that thought it did, and so I referenced it. I don’t think the show has changed really at all, with the change of networks.
I don’t remember the other maternity challenge - which season was it? I only got addicted at season 3 - was it earlier than that? I do remember Heidi being pregnant, though…maybe she was pregnant for more than one season, or maybe my memory is just bad.
Comment #12 by The WizSeptember 2nd, 2009 at 9:33 amI saw the episode for the first time last night. Ugh, that egg thing was bad. It was like some sort of baby sling thing. And YES…no boobs. I too am of the boobless tribe, but even with nothing, there was still some curve. Those bellies looked weird. Why didn’t they get pregnant models? Oh, and that model show after the show…pretty dumb.
Comment #13 by KatieSeptember 4th, 2009 at 7:44 pm