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Monday, October 8, 2012
4:36 pm
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Sure enough, back in the workroom Sonjia is missing the gold fabric, but doesn’t really melt down, in fact she pushes forward, confidant she can make it work with half a palette. Frankly, the challenge is pretty dull in terms of drama. The designers eat lunch and talk about what Avant Garde is and zzzzzzz.
Tim Gunn comes in for an early pre-visit visit to make sure they are on track and gives almost everyone fairly positive notes. Chris is already getting kudos and making Unibrow nervous. Unibrow is doing something that involves boyshorts and a cranberry tapestry-like coat. This really has Tim troubled and Chris delighted.
For the record I like where this is going
For the record, this face requires a fist
Sonjia is in her normal state of indecision and has draped at least 2 dress forms. Tim comes over and we finally get some narrative on what we’ve already noticed in Tim really focusing on Sonjia and working her through her meltdowns all season. He tells her she’s won 3 challenges (totally impressive! Especially since she SHOULD have won the candy challenge too!), but he doesn’t believe she’s working up to her potential. Aha! I bet if she was a student of his in Parson’s, she would totally be his favorite! He tells her that she’s “got it” but just has to “get it out”. I just said that!
“We’ve all seen your tight little can, ditch the denim sister”
They wrap the day and have one more to get things finalized. I think it’s the seriousness of the challenge and the lack of people, but it’s a total snore. Dmitry is doing separates, which I’m guessing is to prove to the judges that he doesn’t always make dresses, but I would have really loved to see him run wild on a dress for this challenge. Unibrow has solved his jacket dilemma by turning it upside down. This is apparently something he does in life to double the length of his wash cycle and if it works on dirty underwear, why not a queen’s jacket??
It’s so boring they interrupt for an in-challenge commercial and we have the L’Oreal pirate back to further explain the nail polish, lip gloss and eye shadows in each Fantasie catagorie. Yummie in my Tummie.
It looks like the Wise Mystic’s boyfriend wasn’t so crazy about that ugly shade of lipstick
Sonjia is trying a floating concept with papier mache looking green pieces tacked onto the dress form and I’m excited to see the final project; Dmitry’s floating jacket was stunning so I’m hoping for something like that. Dmitry scoffs at Tim’s praise of this though and says “there is nothing Avant Garde about it”.
Ironically, Tim doesn’t feel Dmitry has actually grasped Avant Garde and is putting out something that is closer to prêt a porter. Chris is getting the “this is reading a little costumey” side-eye which is troubling since his tete-a-tete partner, Unibrow, is getting major props for flipping his jacket.
“If I was a finger, I would be an opposable thumb, because I am what separates you people from spider monkeys”
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Mrs….I must tell you that just your first page had me in stitches (and the second, third, blah blah blah). This thing just can’t be over soon because I will miss your recaps horribly!
However, I have to say I agree with Heidi on the two looks she hated, Tara and Unibrow. Blech. And *MY* darling grey-eyed Russian hottie made a FAB suit, but avant-garde? Not so much, right?
I am still trying to figure out how Tara got into the finals. She kinda sucked throughout the whole damn show, with a few exeptions. PR you chose the wrong peeps.
Back to reading…
Oh, and Chris rocks! Smart, funny/sarcastic, talented, occasionally humble, and a cutie pie to boot
Heidi did see Sonjia’s dress before. On Olivia Wilde at the Emmys in 2010 (I think). The dress was a white Marquessa. The right personal went home.
Wow…that first dress we saw Heidi in? If a contestant sent out a dress which fit the model that badly, they would be sent packing. We could see the outline of her underwear…and what it was attempting to cover.
I thought I read a long time ago that Heidi wears clothes by former show contestants when she hosts the show. No one on here has mentioned that, so maybe she doesn’t anymore, but I’ve always thought it explains the shittiness of a lot of her outfits.
Could Chris have been any less surprised or overwhelmed or…anything when he got picked for the finale? The way he said “You gu-uys…!!” like the judges were his besties was extremely irritating to me.
Love the recap!
Ugh, Heidi’s clothes were terrible this week! Wtf. I hope you’re right maryedith, because if she just thinks that’s good fashion…
I actually have liked Tara alot this season. I liked her look this week, but kind thought those floating weird wings on dresses were more avant garde than this look (like on the L&T challenge, I think?). I think if she would have done those, but like, really huge, that would have been kind of awesome.
I think you’re anti-Tara because she’s a female. I think she’s the most interesting designer this season, which isn’t saying all that much, I suppose. But still. Her stuff is always pretty great and more original than the others’.
Dmitry’s ass aside, his stuff consistently resembles ice-skating outfits (except for this week, Avant Garde week where he made a…. suit?) I think he’s in only because he’s a great tailor.
Chris is competent, I suppose, but his designs are cloying. Unibrow is a waste of space. Sonija is beautiful but lacks confidence. Hence the insistence on covering up that bod of hers.
@AmyOops – you’re so sweet! I am writing recaps for this season of Homeland now as well. I don’t think I quite have the hang of recapping a drama yet, but it’s an amazing show so I’m having fun learning! Also you can always find me in the comments section of any RH recap
, I can’t resist!
@natural redhead – first off, love your username. Secondly, GREAT pull, it was the 2009 Emmys and you are dead on!
@itchy – not sure who hates Tara, but I personally think she’s very good. Her style isn’t quite my personal cup of tea, but she’s been putting out solid work all season. I think I write the least about her because she stays out of the drama and doesn’t seem to be one of the judge’s darlings. In the one challenge she did win I loved her work although some thought it was reminiscent of a condom. I also think she should have won this challenge, if winning meant anything. Dmitry’s look did nothing for me.
I am very much wanted Tara and Dmitry in. I’m conflicted about whether I would chose Sonjia or Unibrow. On one hand, her body of work deserves for her to stay, but I am also intrigued by what he might send out during Fashion Week. Chris I guess deserves to go, he is talented and I understand why he has fans, he has just started to grate on me with his cockiness and aw shucks facade.
MMW, I’m late to the par-Tay as usual, but just checking in to say that your job was never in danger. Homeland isn’t my cuppa, but I love your ‘caps.
Now on to reading.
Here’s Olivia Wilde in a much better version of Sonjia’s design: http://www.justjared.com/2009/09/21/olivia-wilde-emmy-awards-2009/
I got over Dmitry a long time ago. Chris for the WIN!!
I thought that Sonjia’s dress would have been soooo much more organic-looking if the waistline hadn’t been so straight-across. It really sliced the whole image, and made it look very “here’s the skirt, and here’s the kinda goofy top quickly stitched onto a bodysock” as opposed to a drapey, leafy Adam & Eve vibe…which I thought was the intention.
Unibrow’s ungapotch was just a nasty hot mess…made her model look like a sad, fat recycle bin. And just turning the jacket upside down is what you’d do in art school if you were DESPERATELY trying to squeak by with a D.
I agree that my leatherman Dmitri played it safe, but I don’t think he was worried. He knew he had the chops to get to Fashion Week, and didn’t want to screw it up on this challenge by going all iParty on them.
I also agree that Chris’ cutesy-poo fakery bullshyte is terribly annoying. He’s trying too hard to be twee and it comes off totally insincere. And his look – without those featherarms, his dress would NOT have been much more than a Disney villainess madame.
Tara R.’s look, while a little Pop Art, did work well with her “Muse” idea, and though it wouldn’t have succeeded in any other challenge, it fit the bill here.
@MrsMia, between your mahvelous recap and Flipit’s hilarious ReDub, you have just made my lunch hour (well, lunch half-hour)! Thanks!
Still on the Dmitry bandwagon; Chris just irks the bejayzus out of me and as for the remaining designerszzzzz……. (Oh, sorry, fell asleep for a moment there.) Frankly, I find them boring.
Nevertheless, am looking forward to home visits and the final runway.
On tom & lorenzo, I saw the dress Heidi wore (at judging) in its designed format. It was much cuter then (though it looked young for Heidi, in my opinion). Heidi hiked it up and added a belt, which ruined the look.
The picture of what Heidi’s dress originally looked like here: http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2012/10/pr-judging-the-judges-week-12.html
That red-dub was so funny, I must go comment on it!
Guess I agree that overall Sonji deserved it more than Unibrow . . . I don’t see a lot of people wearing his looks, and the straps on the top needed a sheer to hold them in place.
I hated the color of Sonji’s dress, and OMG! Good call, @Natural Redhead!!! You are dead on!!!
I like Tara, but I’d rather it be Elena . . . . This was the epi to do that front panel thing she keeps doing.
I loved Dimi’s suit, I agree, it’s more secretary, but I do see the castle aesthetic, and I think if he added the jacket to a more completed flowy bottom, it would have been more Avant Garde (my autospell hates this word!) but none of them really were.
oh well, meh and snore . . . can’t wait for the finale!!!
Was anyone else grossed out when Kors said the comment about Sonjia’s model, how the skirt “cupped her ass”? I dunno if it was the comment itself or the way that Orange Ewok said it, but eeeuuughhhh.
Mrs.Mia thanks for the great recap, as usual.
@NatPatBen thanks for the link to Heidi’s lace dress. It was so hideous, my eyes were glued to it. Had to remind myself to close my mouth, I was in danger of catching flies. It looked better before she “tweaked” it, but not by much. Does that woman dress herself for the show?
Loved the redub too.
Re: Heidis judging dress vs original in the link – I don’t get the whole ” I’ll just put a belt with it” look ? It wasn’t designed with a belt for a reason!
Her Caesars Palace cocktail waitress dress in the beginning was of Xtina style quality fit and sizing !
Dimitry’s Frankenberry Suit was well made but a NOT “out there” avant – still love him tho …don’t worry Dimi
I kind liked Taras the best- considering the stupid makeup commercial they had to deal with and the “characters/colors” they had to use…it was a stretch.
Did you see Elenas decoy collection:
http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2012/10/pr-elena-slivnyak-decoy-collection.html
IMO, none of the designers really embraced avant-garde. Had they done something more outrageous with the hair and makeup, it would have helped all the looks. Avant-garde ISN’T about making wearable fashion – it’s about experimenting with shape, color and design. Much of McQueen is avant-garde, yet do you ever see real people actually wearing those pieces? Not often. BUT, you do see elements and adaptations of his fashions in wearable pieces. Avant-garde should provide new directions, fabrics, shapes, etc. for more commercial designers to draw from. None of the contestants achieved that.
As to what Heidi’s been wearing, I don’t know why she doesn’t just come out naked – she might as well be. And, unfortunately, the ones that aren’t 5 sizes too small are a total snooze.
And Christopher, I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t take the win. PR has been under fire for the last few seasons for picking the winner early and bending over backward to ‘assist’ them in reaching the end. It’s possible this is all so they can say “Hey, it make have looked like we chose him in episode 2, but since he didn’t win, that’s proof we don’t do that!”
Um, no, it really isn’t. And I love Dmitry but thought Elena’s decoy collection was the best – too bad she couldn’t win.
Oh and MrsMia, this says it all – “Flamboyant men in suits. Only one of us is doing it right”.
I bow to your fabulousness.
@blueberry, I’m so sad Elena didn’t make the finals, coz her collection is really amazing!!! A clear winner. Of the rest, I can’t tell who’s gonna win . . . I really can’t, but part of me just can’t wait to hear them justify why it’s Chris’s . . . .grrr . . . it’s like Gretchen all over again . . . . well, actually, Gretchen had one of the worst collection’s I’ve seen . . . just awful, awful!!! But what do I know about fashion . . . .
I still think Elena would have rocked this avant-garde challenge . . .
Looking back over previous challenges, Sonjias candy dress was more avant-garde than what she turned out for the avant-garde challenge. I think she is still struggling with her identity as a designer. Having a ‘signature’ that doesn’t make your designs one-note, repetitive or boring would, IMO, be difficult if it doesn’t come to you naturally. Ven’s is an example of a signature that simply doesn’t work. Dmitry’s does – you can tell a Dmitry design when it steps on the runway yet his garments don’t all look the same. They are close so he needs to be careful, but they are not the same. Sonjias looks were, for the most part, great but wildly different and I saw no real signature.
Chris realized quickly that his shredded fabric signature was too distinctive and would sink him if he continued using it. I actually like Elena’s signature when she tones it down. And, though most here won’t agree with me, I like Fabio as well. I do wish he’d use his personal style (I like it) in his designs more than he does.
I agree with you, @timgunssister! Fabio is very, very “quirky-cool”. I love his personal style.
@juddfan I loved Elena’s collection too. Going back and looking at all the decoys on tomandlorenzo hers is by far the best. colorful and unique
Chris IS this seasons gretchen..but less evil!
Mrs. Mia – thank you for the great recaps – all that jetsetting has not affected you.
Based on Heidi’s assessments, I can safely say that now I know why I wince everytime she comes out behind the stage. Who is designing her outfits? The “WTF” line found in Dress Barn?
I am sorry to see Sonija go, but that dress could have been better made. Fabio did capture the spirit of the challenge and I was intrigued by the style of the jacket.
Yay, home visits with Tim!!
Am I the only one who thinks Elena’s collection looks ridiculous? Yes, it goes together and is a “collection” but there isn’t a single attractive or wearable piece in there. Just my two cents. Anyway – love me some Dmitri!