oh, project runway. i want to look away and not get pulled into another season but each time i find myself going back for more- despite the fact that i cringe every time i have to hear the phrase, “furnished by tresemme- professional haircare“. that “professional haircare” part bugs me every time. but last night i couldn’t resist watching (or jezebel inspired snap judging), so i thought it would be fun to dish (and hear you guys dish) about the show. but unless i want to come home to an inbox flooded with “why did you tell us what happened! i didn’t get to see the show yet!” emails, i’d better keep the conversation going after the jump. so click here, or just click “read more” below, to join the fun. or as tim gunn would say: “holla at your boy”. (or girl)
[i wish there was a better header picture to use above but they seem to have skimped on the pretty photoshopped "full cast" photo too. and publishing each episode theme and guest host for the whole season already? such a bummer. broken contract or not i'll miss the element of surprise.]
alright- phew! it’s after the jump and safe to talk about what happened last night. namely, they got rid of one of my favorite guys right off the bat. poor jerry. i feel like he was really misunderstood. either that or i was totally on a lean cuisine high (my dinner of choice when ac works late) and imagined that those clips of his outside work looked rad. he seemed so sweet and though i’ll admit his outfit was very american psycho (that other cast mate nailed the description), i thought it showed some thought and bits of inspiration here and there. i couldn’t have pulled that look off but i like to think that some tall girl on 5th avenue could. oh well, maybe the chemicals in the frozen food have started to go to my head.
poor cut jerry aside, here were my initial thoughts (jotted down on bits of paper around my living room):
1. HOW MUCH DO I LOVE CUTE MARC JACOBS BOY? in his cute little walking shorts and neat hair? swoon. i circled his name like a dozen times on my note sheet while watching- i just want to be his best friend and walk around the village trying on clothes with him. he seems super cute and sweet and like he just walked off a page of the sartorialist.
2. jennifer: i love jennifer. why? i feel like she’s like the first “normal” person i’ve ever seen on the show. you know how everyone on the show is all done-up with crazy hair and makeup and they just have that “pop” on screen? she doesn’t have any of that- and for me, that’s not a bad thing. she seems like you could give her a call and talk for hours about that special “anne of green gables” marathon that pbs is running. even her cast page photo looks like it would fit in perfectly next to my high school yearbook staff shot (though her shoes are way cuter). i like her and i hope she sticks around.
3. portland girl (leanne): she named her fashion line “leanimal“. how can you not love her? (and how fab was the jacket she wore on her first day? click here to check out her full, awesome, line)
4. terri: terri, terri, terri. when i saw the green jumpsuit in her portfolio slideshow the only thing i thought was “oh man, she was sooo lucky to make it in.” i know that’s awful but i just hope they picked some bad (or very old) shots to show as her portfolio. and the sort of wide collar, 1970s oil-stain print shirt? ack! as tim would say, it has me perplexed.
5. headband girl (emily): i wish those hippy headbands weren’t in right now. i just don’t get that trend. all i can think is: “forehead breakouts”. at least that’s what would happen to me. that and i’m sure one of the high school kids on my street would point and laugh.
(intermission: how fantastically gorgeous was that black and white diane von furstenburg dress they kept showing in the commercials? her office is across the street from ac’s office and i’m always dying to look in and watch her work.)
6. final runway looks: at first kelli didn’t catch my eye but that dress was incredible. imaginative, creative, artistic and i’d buy it in a heartbeat (she made hook and eye closures from a notebook spiral for gosh sakes). ditto for daniel, who i also love (even if he reminds me of mario from season 1). i love that jerell used that lawnchair material, joe’s pasta chevrons were great, and my marc jacob boy’s yellow dress was ready for henri bendel already.
and because i love making silly predictions: i hope that wesley, my marc jacobs faux-best friend, takes the cake. but i think kelli, daniel and leanne will do well. and maybe kennell, too. so i guess that wasn’t much of a prediction as much as a lump of people i think seem great so far.
have anything to add? dish away….