Project Runway Recap: You Can’t Call A Baby An A$$hole

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   msjacqmills
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 9:57 am

   Fatcamp – Page 5 – is that a reference to “The Birdcage”?! If it is, I will love you forever!

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   msjacqmills
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 10:04 am

   I was worried for Dmitry the whole episode. I didn’t like his baby outfit, and as it was coming along, I was so worried he’d be sent home. I think Tara Reid should have gotten the boot this time, but Elena really hasen’t designed anything decent this whole season, so I was fine with her going.

   And, Sonjia’s lipstick – WTF?!

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   fatcamp
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 10:16 am

   The turban thing? It’s from Soapdish!

   Poor Elena. You’re right though, she was the only designer left who hadn’t even won a challenge yet. Tick-tock, boo.

   I suppose Sonjia thinks ugly-ass lipstick is her “thing.” What she looks like is a reject mannequin from 1985.

   Thanks for reading!!

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   Stacey
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 10:45 am

   Welcome fatcamp! Best Project Runway Ever! The babies from hell were an awesome touch. Love me some Dimitri and agree about Ms Bad Lipshade. Tara Reid has got to go but so glad nasty ass Elena mouthed off to Nina…the smirk of Death on Nina’s face told me she was gonna enjoy cutting the bitch!

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   Perfxcked
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 10:49 am

   I an falling more and more in love with Dmitry. I just want him to win a damn challenge and wrote that smug little smirk off christopher. Also I think this was a stupid challenge. I mean, I watch this show to see true fashion design, not Heidi stealing ideas from hapless amateurs as opposed to coming up with her own shtick.

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   CynTV
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 10:51 am

   Great recap! I love that Heidi wears things on the show that would be easily ridiculed by the rest of the judges. And I swear these designers have never watched the show before. All these challenges have been repeated in past seasons (I wanna say “cycles”, but Tyra will slap me). Come on! Don’t be surprised when they come up again!!

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   timgunnssister
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 11:12 am

   Welcome, fatcamp – great recap!

   So, can Lifetime and PR get any MORE obvious? Not only did they do an extra trip to Mood last week to keep TaraReidsSister out of the bottom and to allow NotGunnar to buy more sparkles, this week Heidi tells NotGunnar exactly what to make – and he wins! And they have once again proven that they keep who they want and send home those they don’t, regardless of their designs or skill. TaraReidsSisters design was hideous, impractical and apparently unwearable but hey! she stays. Elenas was cute and yes, those pants went with the outfit. You see tons of kids outfits with that shade of pink and green and both colors were in the jacket design. But, apparently Elena was scheduled to leave on this epi.

   And Dmitry, my love. ‘Kids. It’s like making an outfit for a cat’. Marry me?

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   caligal
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 11:27 am

   Loved Dmitry this episode, “I’m a father, now.” HA! I will give Chris credit for the best line of the episode regarding the crying, mechanical baby, “No wonder Judy went off the deep end with Liza!”

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   blueberryPancake
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 11:36 am

   you referenced Soapdish… good gawd that was amazing.

   the dumpster diving one would be the best with a real baby …kinda horrifying

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    caligal
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 11:42 am

    And great recap Fatcamp! Welcome!!

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    timgunnssister
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 11:59 am

    Oh, and to all the Dmitry lovers out there – did y’all know he won an episode of 24 hour catwalk? Gods gift to Fashion – that’s all I’m sayin’.

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    Jawn
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    I wish Flipit was recapping. You can’t have a baby episode without gratuitous references to Nina eating them after the runway :/

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    msjacqmills
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Who’s recapping All Stars, I wonder. I wasn’t a fan of the All Stars, but this one looks like it could be sooooo good.

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    timgunnssister
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    I just want to see Wendy and Ivy get into a hissing match.

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    juddfan
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    @msjacqmills . . . really on the All-stars . . . who do you like? I was disappointed, esp. with Emilio joining.

    Great Cap fatcamp, and as fast as Flip It! ; ) Very impressive . . .

    I too feel it was definitely Tara’s time to go, sadly, as I do like her, but I wanted Elena to do well, and I’m especially bummed she’s gone before the avante guarde episode!!!! Argh!!! My thought is Sonjia, Uni and even Christopher will do very weak looks . . . . Tara and Dimitri have potential, but I feel strongly, this would have been the one where Eleana could shine.

    Making them do baby clothes is stupid and cheap, the whole thing was. And very interesting to see how little the winning dress had anything to do with the final product. I was okay with Sonjia’s win, tho!

    And I wondered if others would notice how spoon fed the winning look was . . . sigh . . .

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    juddfan
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    Anyone want a link to Blorphs final collection . . . I really, really want to talk about it!!!

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    c8h10n4o2
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    Can we get someone to make a Live Dmitry doll? Instead of crying, it could throw out barbed one-liners, and the three things you would need to do to make it stop wouldn’t be describable here.

    Great recap!

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    cherryred
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Am I the only one who thought Sonjia’s kid outfit was awful?

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    fatcamp
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 4:14 pm

    Thanks, you guys! You’re the best. I’m so thrilled to be recapping at the best TV site there is.

    @timgunssister @juddfan I realized today that I completely missed covering Heidi’s steering comments! She did straight up tell Christopher what to do and what to use. It was bullshit.

    @jawn I did notice that “Nina Garcia eats babies” was a previous tag, and I almost went with it!

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    juddfan
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Here’s Ven’s collection. They are re-running them as each designer is eliminated. Scroll back for Gunner’s African Extravaganza!!!

    http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2012/09/pr-ven-budhu-decoy-collection.html

    Nina was a total bitch . . . She seemed very snooty and condescending, and I’m like, OK, Bitch, It’s fucking free designs for frickin’ baby clothes . . . do you really think it’s fair to eliminate a designer of woman’s clothing over this! Maybe she was just so unhappy she couldn’t eat the tasty treats being paraded before her!

    Anyone catch Dimi trying to ditch his black doll . . . I was a bit disappointed in that . . .

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    timgunnssister
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    Dmitry does not seem at all racist – this could have been in response to something Sonija said. Personally, I think he was just trying to ditch the kid entirely.

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    carol
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    I call BS on Hilary Duff, she was totally still pregnant. Notice they never showed her below the boobs? The one group shot they did, she was huge. And with the amount of paparazzi photos of her right after she gave birth, she was not that big.

    Unibrow’s mom’s dress made her look pregnant.

    Dmity’s one liners this episode were amazing. I hope he makes it to the final three simply for the fact that the less designers, the more screen time Dmitry will get.

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    kthxbai
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 7:43 pm

    @FatCamp Thanks for making me laugh so much. And for my new vocabulary word of crotchfruit. Plus the perfect words for next time I have to make a baby shower card!

    Just feed the little asshole and teach it colors and shapes and how not to ruin your nipples.

    You’re really good at this!

    I’m so glad Sonjia’s got this far! Watching road to the runway I wrote down a note that said “super talented but too pure and innocent for reality tv.” 1 of those times it feels good to be wrong!

    But you’re right about her lipstick problem. At 1st I thought it was just the lights they use. But it’s happened too many times. How can somebody be that out of touch with their own fucking undertones? And then turn around and pick such a pretty hair color.

    @juddfan I noticed it. And went hmm. Because I’m coming up on 93.Π% of being sure how come Blorph got randomly matched up with a size 14 girl for real people week. I think they’d heard him say something. And knew it was a good chance they’d get some drama. So you can’t help but wonder. Even if it’s just a 2 m’d hmm’s worth.

    Specially with the way they’re lining up Christopher. Or lining up us. You never know what they’re liable to do though. I mean to me it looks obvious that of the 5 left. And right now in all their careers Dmitiri’s the best designer.

    But if my job was in the ready to wear business. And they said take the 1 you want. Thinking ahead for the long term I’d pick Sonjia. Just because I think Dmitiri’s closer to his potential all opened up. And Sonjia’s just now pulling the ribbon off of hers.

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    Detinha
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 7:53 pm

    What a great recap, fatcamp! Welcome and thank you! Just I minor request, please, wish it had more pics of the outfits..

    I just imagine Heidi’s face conveying her ideas to the other producers! The fuehrer in her! lol

    I saw the cast for “All Stars 2″ and was disappointed as well, Juddfan! There are some people that I don’t even remember AND Jersey Chore AKA Joshua McKinley?!

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    andyourlittledogtoo
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    The site ate my first response (I hate you!) so here is my truncated one because I am not typing all that again. :/

    1. Dmitri forgot to give his baby a giant spoon to carry down the runway. Because he created an outfit for Baby Heck, son of Phil, the Ruler of Heck. You know, the place that is not as bad as Hell from the Dilbert Comics?

    http://search.dilbert.com/comic/Ruler%20Of%20Heck

    Still, big points for ‘It will be like dressing a cat.’ and ‘I am a father now.’ My love for Dmitri knows no bounds.

    2. Sonija’s baby’s mother will be complimented on the outfit she made for her little boy by an endless stream of people coming up to her and saying, ‘What a cute little girl!’ The pattern and neckline of that ‘boy’ outfit are very feminine. That is simply not a boy’s shirt. Sorry, but it’s not.

    3. Michelle’s outfit was horrible. No way did she deserve to stay, and I like her. But no.

    4. Fabio’s baby looked great. And this is where as a mother of boys I really appreciated that outfit: one piece. Two piece outfits for boys never settle right. They ride up, they ride down, they twist around, they are made of stiff fabrics that don’t seem comfortable… Fabio’s was perfect. A little old fashioned outfit that looked comfortable and fashionable. And he is good with fake babies. Who knew?

    5. Christopher’s outfit was beautiful. However it was also designed by Heidi. Christopher designed the jacket, which the judges hated. Heidi designed the dress which won. And someone, I think Christopher, said the leaves ‘snap’ on. Okay, easy for washing etc. But you don’t put small things that snap off on a toddler’s dress. Choking hazard. Even if they were sewn on the point of contact seemed small and too easily torn off. I would worry. But it was very pretty.

    6. Elena’s outfit was okay. The jacket was too fussy and frilly and looked uncomfortable to me. The shirt and pants were better. I think the colors were fine together.

    The fake baby drama was a marketing device to draw even more attention to the episode since it was about Heidi’s children’s line. No other reason for it. I hate when Heidi uses the contest to get free publicity and designs and show off her new line. And her clothing lines I never like. The fabrics and colors I find off putting each time. I guess she must make some money on them but I sure don’t find any of them attractive.

    Still like the show. It was a good episode. Dmitri for the win!

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    NotaNJHousewife
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    “Specially with the way they’re lining up Christopher.”

    Yeah, so totally lining him up. Like they lined up Anya. I don’t get it.

    Also, why is Fabio still there? He made one good piece, that shades of grey one for the real person. He’s sweet though.

    So who are the final 3? Dimitry, Christopher, Sonjia?

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    maryedith
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 10:47 pm

    LOVED how Dmitri’s baby was enthroned on the bed next to him instead of installed in a crib like the others’ babies. That just killed me.

    I’m so glad I’m not the only one who hated Sonjay’s outfit. I thought it made the baby look messy and kind of neglected. I could see that that was the hipster point of it, and I could imagine a Jolie-Pitt toddler sporting it, but I couldn’t stand it.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 12:05 am

    “I better call Tyrone.”

    Hahahahahaha! Genius!

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    ApplePie
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 1:30 am

    Loved the recap and all the comments. Dmitry is my hero. Do you think we’ll get to see him show us his ballroom moves on the finale? I’m sure Uni would be his partner, especially since he’ll be in a dress. And what does Uni wear in a bag around his neck? His own dried, shrunken testicles? I think he will be a great dad, and his boyfriend seems really nice, too.

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    Smango
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 4:45 am

    Dimitry was ON this week. Love him. Great recap!!

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    bubblesballentine
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 9:11 am

    A stiff white cotton sheath with a side zipper? That’s like hands down the worst idea for a dress designed for a 14 month old once you exclude bdsm gear. Not to mention the stinkeye and lecture you’ll get from the pediatrician when that zipper catches and rips delicate baby flesh!

    It would have been really touching to see Nina’s gooey smile and hand to the heart when the babies came out if you didn’t already know that it was just cause she loves a good buffet.

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    JJ
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 11:01 am

    Juddfan, I will talk to you about the decoy collection! My first impression of it is that I am torn between two explanations…Ven really is a “one way monkey” or that collection was a big F-you to the judges. What are your thoughts?

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    LAjane
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 11:18 am

    Dmitri gets more loveable with every episode. His obvious disdain for the fake babies was making me weak in the knees.

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    Enrique's Mole
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    This was one of my least favorite PR episodes ever. I’d rather see them design outfits for dogs. Dmitry’s the king of one-liners, and he had some good ones this go’round. I preferred Fabio’s outfit over Sonjia’s. A baby would look a total douche in that get-up. And Dmitry’s baby outfit was totally 70′s Euro, which is why Heidi loved it. My ex-bf grew up in southern Germany in the early 70s, and he almost had the exact same jammies!

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    timgunnssister
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    I looked at those collections – Ven’s was simply proof that fabricgami is really all he can do. Christophers was a snooze, Gunnar’s was, well, interesting. I was amazed at how much I like Elena’s. And Melissa’s was proof that more time didn’t solve her problems. I fell asleep during Fabios and Sonjia’s was as expected.

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    timgunnssister
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    Oh heavens! I forgot Dmitry! Forgive me. His was good but not showstopping. But his style is far more clear than either Melissa’s or Christopher’s. I knew those were Dmitry’s as soon as I saw them.

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    MyrnaTyrna
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    CROTCHFRUIT!!! That is classic. I’m going to steal that and use it as my own.

    I liked Sonjia’s jacket and pants, but that cleavage-dip pajama wifebeater was awful.

    And I cringed watching that poor little baby have it’s arms ripped out of their sockets trying to get into Melissa’s hooker dress. If it had to have a freakin’ zipper, why couldn’t it have been up the back so the baby could step in? Geezus.

    Dmitri is so sharp and dead-pan hysterical – I really want him to get his own show. And his work is always edgy and interesting.

    Oh, and if anyone is wondering why they can’t find self-tanner or pancake in the shops…it’s ALL on Kors and Elena. That was just NAAAAASTY. (Though it was even worse seeing Elena’s busted skin WITHOUT pancake…so maybe it’s better that she puts on a layer or two.)

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    Detinha
    Posted September 29, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    Saw the collections too, Judd! Ven, Oy Ven! Shiny origami!

    LMAO @bubblesballentine RE: Nina’s buffet!!

    About these baby outfits, didn’t like either one! They all seemed so depressing! What those designers have against colors?

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    chaosbutterfly
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 12:03 am

    LOL when the babies came out and Nina was moaning about how cute they were, I know she was just imagining them in various preparations. And I wonder if Heidi came up with Truly Scrumptious as a line name on her own or if the name was one that Nina suggested, along with “Absolutely Delicious” and “Cute ‘n Tasty”.

    Hilary Duff was perhaps one of the most useless guest judges in Project Runway history (you know how much they love that phrase). She literally repeated everything the other judges said, and I guarantee you that nobody cares what Hilary Duff is wearing. They should have grabbed a celebrity mom with a brain and that people actually want to see. Jessica Alba or Gwen Stefani would have been good choices. I refuse to believe that Hilary Duff was the best their asses could do.

    I still freaking love Dmitry…the abuses he rained down upon his baby made me laugh so hard.
    I think at one point, several of the the babies were crying and above the din, all you heard was Dmitry telling his baby “you ungrateful little brat”. Clearly, children are not happening for us, which is a little sad.
    And it was scary that Fabio was actually so good with his baby. When he said he was a babysitter, I was like FOR WHO, but no, he’s actually great with kids. I do hope that he gets to be a father one day, even though his child will likely be a dumpster-diving, dress and rope wearing freak. Just like daddy.

    Christopher wins this cycle (fuck Ty Ty) and PR is dead to me.
    DEAD TO ME.

    Also, the next all-stars season doesn’t look tooooo bad.
    I’m very much looking forward to seeing my beloved Jersey Ch0re again. I liked him so much.
    And Anthony Ryan, Althea Harper, and Uli will also be welcome in my home.
    The others….idk mayne. And Wendy can just straight up get the fuck out.

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    sagittariuskim
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 12:24 am

    I don’t understand why people try to dress their babies stylish either. Why spend all that money on clothes they’re going to grow out of in a week.

    I so happy I never had to deal with those dolls in high school. I just got to laugh at the people who did. I actually had to point out to this one girl I was in band, who was some guys throw her doll around and crap, that it had a chip in that kept track of mistreatment. This look of shock on her face was hilarious.

    It’s to bad Santino isn’t on the All-Star Season, especially since Andre on it, we could have gotten more stories of Andre and Tim’s Red Lobster adventures.

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    VelocityBird
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 5:03 am

    Does anyone else think that, right now, Fabio is trying to legally adopt his robo-baby?

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    polk8dot
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 7:38 am

    This whole judging was so F-ed up!!! I’m furious. If you compare the two side by side, Chris’s and Tara’s dresses are BASICALLY THE SAME thing! Tiny white dress, in an A-form, stiff fabric, with ZIPPER ON BABY SKIN!
    During the ‘critique’ Heidi prettty much told Chris to put flowers all over the dress. Without them it would have been virtually identical to Tara’s. Plus he lucked out by getting a little older baby, who was standing straight and walking on her own, while Tara’s had to be dragged by the mom, with arms raised way above her head, thus making the dress and the vest ride up and look like shit.
    I can’t believe that – YET AGAIN – the judging had nothing to do with reality, or the outfits. It was clearly just ‘lets get our favorites thru to the next round’, no matter what assinine crap we have to say to justify it.
    Incidentally, I think Tara should have gone home, not Elena. At least Elena’s baby had some stuff to mix and match – ugly, but functional. Tara’s was one fricking useless mess.
    I swear this season blows more and more with each episode.
    And, BTW, did you guys see previews for All Stars 2???
    Why, oh why is Eye-sack back? I can’t stand that douchebag! I was already on the fence with the ‘stars’ they asked back, but seeing that fat prancing looser fixed my mind – no All Stars for me. What a shame, this show is going to the dogs in such a hurry, it probably has 1 maybe 2 watchable seasons left in it, and then it will be ‘bye, bye’.
    P.S. Fat bitch was totally OBNOXIOUS with her ‘take care of your baby’ joyous crap. It was clearly her idea to give the dolls to the designers; she was so f-ing in love with it she drove me to near destruction. I wish they all would have declared a ‘strike’ and refused to take care of the dolls. Oh, Heidi-Ho’ would have had a conniption fit, I can just see it.

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    Detinha
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 7:56 am

    LMAO! You guys are killing me with those Nina X Babies stories!! (I’m looking at you chaosbutterfly- lol)

    One of the ALL STARS will be SUEDE, as in speaking about himself in the third person Suede or as Flipit used to call him: PLEATHER! I bet he said: “Suede is gona be so happy when I tell Suede he’s gonna be on All STars!”

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    Khakie
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 8:01 am

    I almost wish Blorphistopheles was in this episode so I could hear you use that nickname more, it’s fantastic!

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    polk8dot
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 8:04 am

    The winning designs were again re-worked for mass production, so why bother?
    Sonjia’s ‘GTL tank’ was turned into a short-sleeved onesie, and Chris’ combo is only available in navy.
    Here is the link if anyone cares:
    http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=runway%20winning&origkw=runway+winning&f=Taxonomy/TRUS/2254197&sr=1

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    Detinha
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 8:48 am

    @polk8dot, Issac will be “Tim” or judge, do you know?
    Man, it’ll be a snarkfeast! Please, fatcamp recap it for us?

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    polk8dot
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 10:53 am

    @Detinha,
    ‘Last year’s host Angela Lindvall has been replaced by model Carolyn Murphy. The resident judges will still be Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman. Joanna Coles will be a mentor.’

    Also, I kept thinking that it is a shame Elena was kicked off RIGHT before the avant-garde challenge. It would have been great to watch her creative process in regards to something she really knows and digs.
    The same regret about Ven – I thought the judges took entirely tooooooo long to cut him, but in retrospect having him leave RIGHT before the baby challenge was a crime. I can just imagine how he would have made the baby cry every 10 minutes, and fucked up its whole future with a childhood tailspin into bulimia and anorexia.

    @fatcamp and @Flipit – it would be totally amazing if you guys could do a special post about all the ‘decoy’ collections, at the same time as the finale recap. Such a shame to have soooo much to bitch about, and not have a venue to let the tongues reign free. Please, pretty, please

    @fatcamp – that means you have been adopted into the family and are now a full-fledged gasm snarkorator. Welcome and thanks for the fun.

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    Detinha
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 11:05 am

    polk8dot, Joanna is NOT Tim! *pouting* I remember Issac was a mentor in a wanna be Project Runway show and he was actually good doing that. I don’t understand how they can call it “Project Runway” without Tim, Nina, Kors and Heidi!

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    Detinha
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Oh and I went to link to see the winners (thank you Polk!) and they are $30.00 and “MADE IN CHINA”! I’m starting not to like Heidi…

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    timgunnssister
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    Supposedly, it was decided that it would be unfair to both the All-Stars contestants and Tim, Nina, Michael and Heidi to have them thrown back together as these judges have already judged these folks and may be biased. So, new judges and mentor.

    Of course, I think the real reason was ’cause they didn’t want to have to deal with a bunch of losers (as in, none won PR). And I’d wager the contestants don’t want to face the same folks they did before since these same folks auf’d them. There are a few I’m interested to see – but only a few.

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    kthxbai
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    @polk8dot LOL I even put that in my last week’s comment. That I wish they’d done this challenge earlier. Just to see how quick Blorph would bust his artificial baby!

    Lifetime would have to break their rule. And stick a camera in the bathroom. So we could see him sneaking it in there. And pulling out its voice box with somebody’s toe nail scissors.

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    Khakie
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    I hated the last allstars but Uli is my all time favorite contestant. I hope she goes far.
    Also, Dmitri needs his own spinoff. Like starting now.

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    jillybeans
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    I will be honest I don’t think they are lining up Christopher. *Sorta spoiler alert* DONT READ.

    So I live on Long Island and Christopher was on the LIRR the other night I took a picture with him and he just seemed really down and I asked my aunt who knows his family and lives in Massapequa if she knew if he won or not and she said she heard he didn’t win the whole thing but came close. Idk if that is the truth or if he had to lie to not give away the results but…
    He was very nice though. Freaked out about a pimple he had on his face lol.

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    Sunny
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 2:28 am

    I learned a long time ago not to expect the mass-produced items based on winning designs was a cheap ploy. I remember because I was so excited to get the pussybow tunic dress/multiform capelet combo that won the Sarah Jessica Parker challenge way back when. My sister and I went to our local store to get the set and thought they weren’t carrying it because we couldn’t find it. Nope, they had it, it was just a broadcloth tunic dress with no bow and absolutely no cape to be seen. I felt like I’d just learned there was no Santa Claus.

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    Sunny
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 2:30 am

    Whoops, I mixed the sentences “learned not to expect them to look like the winning design” and “the mass produced items was a cheap ploy.” Ugh. Time for bed.

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    timgunnssister
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 7:10 am

    Well, I’ve seen his runway show and it’s kind of ‘meh’. Actually, all but Elena’s were kind of ‘meh’ and we know she’s not in the running. Wonder if this was all a set up to make it look as though Chris had it in the bag then ‘BOOM’ – they give it to someone else. You know, just to show the viewers how clever and devious those crafty judges are. Not. They were so obvious with Gretchen, Anya and Mondo on all stars so perhaps they’re trying to get past that?

    Still, he might have won but was just told (like all the lothers who showed) to be non-commital.

    I don’t know. As to pure talent, Chris has it, Dmitry has it and maybe Sonjia. Melissa is a solid technician but her time management failures kinds neutralize that. Fabio is slow and steady but nothing really interesting. Elena’s decoy collection was awesome- maybe when she isn’t designing to someone elses specs, she pretty amazing. Should make for an interesting few episodes – wish they’d let them just design.

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    Jaime Sommers
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 9:34 am

    I’m with Maryedith! I full on cracked up when I saw Dmitry’s baby tucked into the next bed over. At least he took the time time to put it under the covers facing the right way with its head on the pillow and everything.

    That guy never gets old. He has the rare gift of just saying enough and never tries too hard. Plus he’s icily beautiful.

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    juddfan
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 10:21 am

    Yay!!! Decoy talk . . .

    I thought Ven’s was utterly hideous . . . flower after flower after flower. I swear he doesn’t know what else to do. I would agree it’s an FU to the judges, but it’s a big waste to use an opportunity like this for that. To me it looks like a Valentines day wedding . . . the pants with the studs all over, meh, and he literally did an exact mock up of his original origami rose look. He did do a non flowered dress with interesting heart shaped stitching, and it also demonstrated that he can fashion a bra . . . I don’t know why he didn’t employ those techniques more, on the show and his line. I still think design is more than fancy sewing. If it doesn’t fit right, and it doesn’t flatter, it doesn’t matter! And I hate shiny fabric!!! It’s looks thick, uncomfortable and tacky, not to mention, those flowers on the bust line were creating football players without the shoulder pads.

    Haven’t seen all the collections in a while. I remembered liking Melissa’s and especially Elena’s. (so agreed it was a crime to cut her before avante guarde . . . she’s like the only one who could do it!) Melissa’s was more average, clothes and cuts, but I got a good first impression. Dimi’s I don’t recall, but it didn’t seem cohesive. Sonjia’s I hated, Gunner’s was bad, but I appreciated how far out he went. Christopher’s and Uni were bad like Sonjai’s . . . .nothing special . . .just meh. It’s funny how everywhere I’ve looked, Elena gets top honors . . . and not a lot of people liked her either.

    I’ll wait and see if they post the dummy collections . . . or perhaps they could just post links to the T-lo site. Those two do have privileges with the PR producers . . . . They may also be on the Getty clip art site.

    and yeah, between Jersey Shore (who I predict will be insufferable) Pleather, who was never good and wont be now, and Emilioth . . . . I barf, I barf. I did like Uli, and Peach was nice . . . but I don’t think I’m excited about one of them. And I find Issac snively!

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    juddfan
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Here’s the link to the collections together in one place, check them out at your own risk, but to be honest, I have no idea who’s top three, nevermind who won . . . Elena has the best overall show, and we know it’s not her!

    http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/category/reality-tv/project-runway/page/2

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    Escapee
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 7:28 am

    Thanks for the collections links, juddfan! Loved Gunnar’s African show (totally unwearable off the runway, as the white model showed) and Dmity’s clothes – but wtf was with his model’s Eastern European eyebrows? His models were just plain fugly, all of them – that had to be some weird deliberate move. I don’t get it. Ditto Elena’s putting green and yellow lipstick on her models. Huh? Jab at Sonje?

    And finally, maybe I’m misremembering which designer used them, but it seemed like Venn’s models were, while not fat, definitely bigger than most runway walkers, big strong thighs. Was tat part of his fuck-you?

    Overall, not that impressed with most of the collections, which is why t models got my attention.

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    kthxbai
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 7:47 am

    @jillybeans That’s just it. We don’t know if they’re lining up Christopher to win. Or for him and us to all think he is.

    Since nothing they decide ever seems to have jackshit to do with how talented people are. Or even skilled. It’s just a guessing game.

    Of the decoy collections, I liked Gunnar’s. I can’t think of ever seeing a grey evening dress I wanted before.

    But in 30 yrs the thing people’ll be saying about this season is that it was when they saw Afro Ken on tv for the 1st time. And you watch. Every single 1 of them will say they could tell right off he was a genius.

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    VelocityBird
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    I haven’t agreed with a winner since Seth Aaron. Even Mondo’s All-Star win fell flat…he should’ve won his actual season.

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    Dan T.
    Posted October 4, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    @sarcasatire thank you! I gambled hoping just one person would appreciate that reference.

    @kthxbai you kind of seem like the queen around here, so your approval is greatly appreciated!

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    Shana
    Posted October 5, 2012 at 4:07 am

    I sadly did not care for Dimitry’s look this week (which is unusual for me, as I am a fan), it was outdated and blah. It was too tight and it looked like it would be hard to change a diaper in that outfit. I loved Fabio’s–he got what worked–not only how it looked on the baby, but for the convenience of the mom as well. I am assuming Heidi and Nina have nannies and therefore didn’t seem to appreciate the amount of thought that went into his design (easy on/easy off classical nautical look).

    I agree that it is crap for them to be designing for either Heidi’s sports or baby lines, or Nina’s magazine. It feels like a home-ech teacher having her students sew drapes for her own house. But I bet both bitches look at it as if it is an HONOR for the contestants to get to work with them. And I don’t think the baby clothes line is impressive at all.

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    Shana
    Posted October 5, 2012 at 4:20 am

    The runway shows really disappointed me. I only loved a couple of outfits from each person’s line. Elana’s made me sing, “them bones, them bones, like to…knock around, them bones, them bones, like to…knock around…”