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Monday, August 27, 2012
11:08 am
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Kors wishes she had come out in a basketball jersey or had been 60 years old.
She felt great earlier anyway
Now Blorpheus. We find out for the first time that he is not used to designing for fatties, which explains so much how much he struggled with this challenge! He should have mentioned that before!
“Look what he did to my friend”
Heidi takes issue with his term, “real sized women”, as she happens to occupy space and obey the laws of Conservation of Matter herself. Even Friend of Blimp has to smirk that Heidi is chastising a fatty by saying every woman is just as real and a designer should be able to… design.
Not every day you see a supermodel smack-down
While the judges critique the fabric, style, proportions and smockiness of the look, Kors notices that the friend is making faces like they want to jump off her skull. She is awarded the floor and she highlights the biggest problem is Blorpheus as a designer didn’t get to know his client. She cries when she describes the client as a mother of 4 children, also caring for her elderly father, all while working full time and commuting 4 hours a day. Basically this is a lady who wears ten year old jeans because her happiness and personal presentation isn’t even a blip on the priority radar.
“Forgive me for signing you up for this?”
The judges are kind and say the skirt is good but the top is off and that the model is a delight and can blame all her problems, including her dad’s rising blood pressure, on Blorpheus.
Urkel describes his client as an “up and coming R&B artist” who wanted a sexy look for the stage. The model and her friend both defend the dress strenuously as just what they wanted and perfect for her life and performance
How could this go wrong?
The only criticism the client has is that she wants it to be tighter.
“Tighter than what? Burt Reynolds’ face?”
Heidi does not mince her limited English slang and calls the girl a hoochie mamma. Nina rips into the fit, fabric, length and accessories. Urkel tries to save himself by saying he followed the model’s directive but he is chastised as someone who should guide the client to the best look. Or does he think he is Liz Taylor?
Kors tries to save the skewering by saying that it is totally cliché and ice skaters and Betty White wear sheer sleeves but this girl is gorgeous and doesn’t need them.
“I would know, Betty White is my biggest client!”
“That girl is not gorgeous, she is also fat”
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MrsMia – love your recap! OMG, you too about Tim Gunn as a hubby? He is lovely isn’t he? I am thinking lavender honey in the hot tub! And no problem with him stepping out on me, as long as he can help me with my outfit on his way out the door.
Continuing on my stupid reactions to things on TV, I welled up during Skunk’s (temporary) redemption makeover and when Ven’s client’s friend defended her on the runway.
I am cutting and pasting my previous comments, lazy bitch that I am.
Uggh, Ven – I wish her friend took a belt and made him eat it. (Slather some gravy on it and that old baldy queen probably would have) Look, Michael Kors looks like an citrus orange in a black suit, but his clothes have a range of sizes and are flattering. This isn’t climbing Mt. Everest, this is designing and marketing 101. There is only so many lollipop heads and skeletons in manolos in the front row of a fashion show that you are going to get clothes on. There are a lot of fashionable women in the world of various sizes who don’t think mummus and peasant skirts are the only options out there. A really successful designer knows that.
The problem with that bloated cueball is that he was pissed that he didn’t have a size 2 to pleat around (one way monkey!) and he set himself up for failure and finger pointing. Of course that meant verbally abusing that poor woman and making her feel like shit, but in his myopic world that was collateral damage. Given that woman’s biography, she deserved a moment in the sun. If he had anything inside him other than an overdeveloped ego and a “fourth” meal at Taco Bell’s, he would know this.
Loved Dimitry’s dress – if he could do it in an A line, that could translate for larger sizes too. Fingers crossed for his first win, if only to hear him say again “Finally!”
I thought Fabio’s dress was fug. It looked like 50 shades of scraps stuck together out of the rag bag. But the girl loved it. Which is what counts.
Ven’s top looked like it was made out of cheap polyester grandma’s emergency hospital nightgown material from the 70s. And it looked like he lined the whole thing with a pillow. And then stuck some bunch of extra mess onto her middle. Her makeover turned out great. But for a dress she’d have been better off just going to the walmart.
He took such a bad dislike to her at 1st sight. It was kind of WTF? Since he’s actually the 1 that’s fat. And looked like about the same age as him.
Randomly assigned? I call shenanigans on that! Where is Heidi’s bag with the names?!!
*back to reading *
@kthxbai – “grandma’s emergency hospital nightgown ” LOL at this. All women of that generation had a never-worn nightgown in the back bottom dresser drawer ‘for emergency/hospital use only’. I totally forgot about that. Yeah, that was some cheap shiny glow in the dark fabric he had going on there. I guess he was trying to draw the eye away from her wide hips? If so, success!
But seriously, it was like he was trying to do his drapy thing on the top but it just mushroomed out of control and took on a life of it’s own because his client had actual boobs to mess up his design. and the skirt was just ‘there’. You know, because ‘black is slimming’. No belt made by man or god was going to help that monstrosity out. That was one of the worst things I’ve seen on PR, and that includes whatsisname’s antlers and lederhosen lingerie in season two.
Ven was disgusting in this episode. Tim is right size 14 is barely plus size. That woman had a great curvy figure and he made her look 30 pounds heavier with that satin wrap thing. If he spent any time thinking instead of felling sorry for himself he could have used some of his one way monkey pleating to really accentuate her curves. I already have several ideas in mind for her. I design big girls for a living and am one myself so I took great offence to his attitude. Plus he’s fat! He looks like a very unhappy buddha. I would not rub his belly for good luck, I might catch something.
I agree with kthxbai. I think Ven added padding to make her proportions easier to work with. What a scumball!
Thanks for the great recap Ms Mia Wallace. I would like Dimitry slathered in caramel and chocolate and agree with LAC on the lavender for Tim. I love lavender and might open the back door if the lavender was french.
I forgot about the belts. Since she was the ungodly size of 14 why did he try the belts on her? Does he not take measurements? I felt as if he was rubbing her weight in her face. I would have slapped and and told him to try the belts. Is it that difficult to make a belt? Since he is such a great designer I would think whipping up a belt would be easy for him.
Fat cow! Fat Cow! I HATE HIM!
(sorry for the rant, mr slut is no brad pit and I usually like bigger guys but I have to call Ven out on his inability to look into a mirror. I hope they get that challenge where they have to design for each other and Elena has to design for Ven.)
OMG MrsMia Thank You So Much for the picture of “the real Heidi”! Damn near peed myself I laughed so hard! As soon as the tears of hysterical laughter stop I will scroll back up and read the story…thank you again, damn, that just made my day!
Betty White is Kors’ biggest client! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Blorpheus absolutely must go. Please put him in a small room with Gretchen and lock the door.
May I suggest hot fudge.
In that photo of Blorph talking to both his client and her friend (page 7), you can totally tell the friend is looking at his muffin top and only crossed her arms so she didn’t slap him.
Tara’s dress made her clients boob’s look wicked odd. Blorpheus’ dress was not appropriate for work, especially if the lady has to commute 2 hours each way.
It doesn’t matter what size the clients were this challenge, I guarantee you that the ones that were the smaller sizes were not the height of the models. They might have a smaller waste but their proportions are totally different.
Here is the link to Ven’s facebook page, not much there. Notice that he does not have a photo of this challenge on there.
https://www.facebook.com/vengsarkar.budhu
If Ven makes it to the finals, I call bulls*** on this season. Any other season, he would have been gone for how awful he treated his client. He got away with a very light slap on the wrist. Does anyone know when this season was actually filmed? Turns out Ven showed at Fashion Week this past February. I thought that was the main goal for most of these designers.
MrsMia,
LOVED the caption – “So you want the reservation under ‘Not Fucking Getting it, Table for One’?” Totally snort-worthy.
I, too, wonder what happened to “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style.” Great show. I recall one episode where a woman was trotting out all the cropped pants she owned. Tim did his usual resting of his chin on one hand while standing, and drolled in his Eastern lockjaw, “Ahhhh . . . the slobbification of America.” I will quote that on occasion in the same accent.
Maybe Veronica Webb going through women’s underwear drawers on national television was the death of that show.
Mr. Black Where’s Waldo’s client was a bit delusional. She struck me as a girl with a pretty face, nice hair and a waist that her “friend” had convinced that she was “all that” as a way to get in her pants. She had really chunky, cheesy legs, and her arms were in need of either illusion or long-sleeves. She is a fat girl inside a skinny girl trying to get out. I would bet money that she packs on about 40 lbs in the next 10 years. And I wonder if her style of singing involves the heavy use of autotune ala the Cuntess. Thank goodness Waldo said no to the cropped top so that we didn’t have to look at the abs she insisted she had but probably didn’t.
Too bad Sonjia’s girl didn’t get a better dress. She may be pear-shaped, but she is gorgeous, and she is toned, so she could have looked killer in the right clothes.
Hilarious!!!! Opened up and only saw top of Heidi’s head but when I scrolled down, OMG, I just about choked!!! Now I’ll continue reading.
Some follow-up on the fall-out from Ven’s behavior and some behind-the-scenes info: http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2012/08/27/13509035-project-runways-real-size-model-show-was-adult-bullying-at-its-best#.UDwBOdXeb6E.twitter
He also had some spectacular, now-deleted, tweets when the show was airing about how it was all his client’s fault and it was all a conspiracy by the show and the producers to break him down.
@s-k-s: thanks for that link, it’s a great article. It does not make what Ven did any better, actually worse, but the other positive things (Skunk’s helping, Michael’s offer, etc) make it a little bit better. The one part about that article I call BS on is that she is a size 10. I don’t know where she is shopping, but she is not a size 10. She could pass for a 12 at certain stores. Ven’s outfit was super unflattering so it might just be that.
Maybe Blorph believes “real” people shouldn’t be allowed to dress fashionably. This explains why he essentially wears a school uniform every single day! Khakis & a polo…
This was the only show I’ve ever seen where the ‘before’ picture looks better than the ‘after’ reveal. I lost any respect for Ven with this episode. If he did show at Fashion Week, let’s hope it’s because they’ve been letting the loser designers show to throw off the audience for the finale.
@s-k-s – Thanks for the link! I am appalled that Blorpheus was even worse than what was shown! Also that he is blindly insistent that once the episode is seen everyone will side with him and agree how unfair it is that the models were a variety of sizes!
It also showed that Skunk was even more of a class act than was shown, color me impressed. Also I was so pleased that I nailed her age! She is 36!
This is starting to look like a forming PR nightmare for P..R… once the word “bully” gets used you’ve got a situation on your hands. I know Blorph deserved to go but I like keeping him around, he’s so satisfying to hate!
@LAC and Chicagoslut – love hot tub suggestions! Winners!
Since PR moved to Lifetime, their shooting schedule is off from the real Fashion Week timeline so nearly all the designers actually show at Fashion Week to camouflage the actual final 3. I think last season it was like 6 of them that showed, maybe 7.
This season’s designers will show in September, that part.has not been filmed yet. And they do.not usually eliminate for bad treatment of the client. Just think of what an asshole Jeffrey was to Angela’s mom in Season 3, and he won!
If you consider the fact that Ven 1) failed to please his client 2) made a fugly dress and 3) was a total asshat to his client, then yeah, he should have gone before Nathan. Nathan 1) pleased his client 2) made a fugly dress and 3) treated his client well.
When you do the math, Ven ends up getting auf’d, not Nathan. However, it’s been clear for the last several seasons that designers are kept not so much for their design skills so long as they bring a drama factor and have folks talking about the show.
Too bad for those of us actually interested in fashion.
thank you for this outrageously funny recap! Ven was an idiot – but Terri (the model) handled herself so well. She was great – good for her! I couldn’t believe I was actually liking Gunnar – aka Skunk – I normally can’t stand him at all. And, I’m sorry – that dress that won – freaking hideous! Did nothing for her, frumpy, unattractive – and what happened to the “young” they cry for on every runway? None of that in that gray disaster.
AMAZING recap. I erupted with a man-sounding bark at your reference to Andre and Red Lobster and immediately said in my head “Andre, why are you behaving this way?”
I am officially obsessed with Dimitry. I want to lounge across from him with a barely-above-freezing vodka martini and just listen to him talk. He’s as hypnotizing as a beautifully patterned cobra.
Awesome recap, MrsMia; thanks!
@timgunnssister, I’m with you; I watch these competition shows because I want to see the participants demonstrate the skills they claim to possess — fashion, interior design, cooking, whatever. Asshattery doesn’t interest or amuse me in this setting. Unfortunately, producers seem to like contestants whose misbehavior sets the blogosphere abuzz. By the same token, Ven HAS delivered some stunning designs (although not, perhaps, as stunning as HE believes them to be) so perhaps they’re keeping him around because of his perceived design potential.
I hasten to add that I read TVGasm because I DO love snark and I devour, with delight and gratitude, every syllable of the recaps and the comments for purposely over-the-top programs like “T&T,” “Dance Moms,” the various “Housewives,” etc.
GREAT recap, MsMia!! Thank you! I’m still laughing at your captions!!
FabioUnibrowHoboDumpsterDiverFreegan is ridiculous and both of his dresses are fug! That belt? ugh!
I won’t even comment on Ven’s attitude because it’s been beaten to death. Wasn’t there such brouhaha on that Fashion Show, the one with Iman and Issac Mizrahi and that “here go hell come”??
It’s really nice that Micheal Costello( I love ya, my weepy lil Chunk!) offered to do a dress for her, I hope they take him up on it. Ven’s massive offensiveness aside, is he really flipping stupid enough to think anyone is going to want to associate themselves professionally with someone who behaves like that?
No more Little Debbies for him!
I just read the article that@s-k-s posted and clicked the link in the article to the Facebook page that Terri and/or her supporters set up. The newest link on the Facebook page is this recap. I’m glad she is getting support. I could totally put myself in her shoes and that would have been my worst nightmare. I would have pulled my consent to being on the show if possible. I wonder if that was an option.
Ok, so I got excited when i saw the link on Terri’s page and came back here and posted about it. I just went back and read the comments and the whole thread was mad about the picture of Heidi on the front page. As a long time fan of TVGasm I decided to post a little context/defense of the recap and site on the page. I hope Flipit and MrsMiaWallace don’t mind that I took the liberty.
I did name drop both of them.
Here is a link to the page. You have to scroll down quite a bit to get to the thread.
https://www.facebook.com/terris.redemption
@unwise Thx for the link. I cranked up Facebook and went over there and clicked that I’m her friend.
And put that what she should take to heart are the thoughts in the words.
Oh and here’s my Facebook. If anybody wants to click my friend head
You’re welcome! Hope it helps the perception for the commenters over there. I’ll be happy to click on your FB. I can post mine when I go back on my computer if anyone is interested.
@unwise, thank you for the link! I think your explanation was perfect! I think (hope) they’ll understand!
@unwise – thanks, great explanation!
At the risk of bringing the internets to my door with pitchforks, I think the Facebook page is a bit over the top. Yes, Blorph was an ass and a bully. Which was recognized not just by viewers but by everyone else in the room and the judges. That puts good, compassionate people in the overwhelming majority and yet we now have a battle cry against PR accusing them of condoning bullying.
Some people are jerks and reacting to them with graceful disagreement and taking the higher ground is the best way to isolate and eradicate that behavior. Please see Tim Gunn. Going on a shrill entitlement campaign makes me less sympathetic. Frankly the client WAS somewhat overweight and given her schedule and lack of attention to her appearance she probably neglects her health as well. That is not something that makes her a bad or ugly person or in any way unworthy of kindness or a pretty, well-designed dress, but it also is not a home-run campaign for the beauty of “curves”.
Beauty should not be some binary choice where rejecting an anorexic standard means glorifying obesity and poor health.
@chicagoslut: OMG! That scenario (Ven designing for Elena and vice versa) would make THE episode of the season. She’s thin but I’m thinking not so easy to please…they’d probably make each other togas or some such shit.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought the winning dress was fugly. In photos it isn’t quite as bad as on tape, but – meh.
I can’t help it. I officially like the (now) cute little Skunk! I still adore Chrisropher (and I can’t wait to read that linked article cuz Michael is a faaaavorite!).
Lastly, to answer the Mrs.’ question…rootbeer and vanilla ice-cream. Dimitry would make a damn fine rootbeer float. Yum.
Can we just build a hot fudge sundae on him? I’d like to play around with the contrast of the hot and cold…and use coffee ice cream for variety.
OMG! I’ve been so behind on everything lately, and can’t believe I haven’t read this sooner!!!
Mrs. Mia, so funny, all of it, I noticed everyone of the call outs and also thought hysterical!!! You go grrrl!!!
I also guffawed at the heidi picture. I’m sure it’s from those pics where they fattened celebrites or something. We gasmi all know that’s it’s so funny because of flip it’s brilliance of always calling her fat heidi. I love the snark here, but I do get some people don’t get it, eh. there’s EW for you peeps!
My friend was with me when I watched, and I kept screaming in horror, “Holly Hobby, Holly Hobby” at that winning dress, I’m glad it wasn’t just me. I loved her makeover, but the proportions were so dowdy, and that belt! Ugh! I really thought he was to be aufed.
But alas, again, I just must know nothing about fashion. I didn’t really love many, but I agree Skunk didn’t suck, and I liked her enthusiasm. I also thought Sonjia’s look was fine. I don’t love shiny fabric ever, but I thought it was fine. Most of the neck lines were cut rather high. I’m sure deeper cuts might have helped many of them, but there I go again!
Blorpheous just doesn’t get it. Still doesn’t. Never will. To use the tone he did, and the continued burying of himself, just really made me know he just has not an ounce of compassion or self-awareness. Despite it all, I’m with Mrs. Mia, and am glad they kept him for more hopeful humiliation by his own mouth. I also didn’t think PR was condoning bullying. I thought they all reacted to him as most would, shock horror discust, even Eleana . . . and they showed it all. It’s always good to make the world a kinder place, despite our love of snark, hee. . . I’ll go read that link next and check out the comments.
Heidi’s wardrobe is so sad. Great call on the tight satin, Mrs. Mia!!! HAHAHA!
Lastly, if they are sending a million designers to show for Fashion Week, perhaps they should retime the show, and save some money so the designers can actually have some time to do a decent design. I’m just sayin’
And frankly, as I’ve said before, Vin’s stuff looks dated and uninspired. It takes more than sewing and pleating skills to be a good designer. I have no idea why he thinks he’s all that. Loved the buddah reference in the comments!
Though Ven is a talented designer (his stuff really isn’t my taste, however), he really should have been given the auf, not necessarily because of his insulting manner to the client, which was lousy, but because he didn’t even try. He just assumed that larger women don’t look good in anything, so he failed to take into consideration her likes, dislikes, colors that would look good on her, accessories that would flatter–nothing! Nathan’s client at least looked good in the “hootchie mama” dress he made. If he’d left things up to her, the outfit would have been even more tasteless. But it did fit her and she and her friend were satisfied with the outcome even if the judges were not. Sure, Nathan’s past work hasn’t been all that exciting, but Ven failed to meet the parameters of the challenge and proved that he can’t work with clients. He should have been left to stew in his own big, bald juices and Nathan given another chance to be boring. Kudos to Chunk for coming to the rescue, and while Little Miss Deatherage can be bratty, I’ll bet he’s actually a fun person to hang out with and be catty/snarky with. Let’s hope that he’s resolved his issues with Christopher.
My frozen black heart melted so hard reading that article. I love that Gunnar did that for her, and maybe I won’t hate him so hard anymore, even if he does go back to being an insufferable bitch in the next episode.
And I agree that the facebook page is overkill. Everyone knows that what Ven did was fucked up. An entire facebook page dedicated to the whole situation and then trying to make Terri the poster child for bullied fluffy girls is so not necessary.
And as horrible as his attitude was, I’m kind of happy that Ven wasn’t kicked off. I like his clothes way more than I liked BWW’s, and it’s always fun when you have people that you don’t like around on a show. If all the hateful characters get kicked off, it all becomes so boring.
I want Dmitry to be my best friend.
And that picture at the top of the recap is actually a real runway model! She walked in a show for Gaultier.
They stuck Heidi’s face on top though LOL.
I thought the designers were kept/aufed based on the designs *that week* – not on past work, or what the judges hope to see them accomplish in the coming weeks. Based on performance for this week alone, Ven should have been the designer to leave. His work was subpar; he didn’t please his client, he didn’t meet the parameters of the challege, basically he didn’t give a fuck and it showed. And while I agree with everyone that his attitude was awful and inexcusable, if the designers were aufed because of attitude, all of the designers we have loved/hated in past seasons would have been gone way too early.
Personally I thought the judges comments about Nathan’s dress were worse than Ven’s comments to his client. Nathan’s client was happy with her dress – until Heidi, Kors, & Nina started calling her slutty.
RE the Facebook page. Ugh. Close it down. The client voluntarily went on a show where she was going to be measured and fitted for a new outfit and make-over on national television. Given that she did not appear to be a stupid person, nor unaware of her appearance, she should have expected/known that unflattering comments would be made about her figure/weight/appearance. Could Ven have been nicer about his comments? Certainly. Should he have been? Of course. Is this a tragedy of epic proportions? No. Get over it and move on.
I don’t think Terri is running her FB page. I’m sure she endorses it but she’s not pulling the strings. I friended it because I have a soft spot for her because she reminds me of one of my clients. I do think it is getting a little ridiculous. And I didn’t sign the petition. I don’t think PR is bullying her at all. Just Ven.
I’m surprised so many people hated unibrow’s outfit. I loved it and was glad he won. He did a perfect makeover imo. The dress was adorable and I’d wear it.
Gunner and Christopher both give me menstrual cramps. But I am so happy Gunner was sweet this episode. It’s like he gave me a midol, let’s hope it lasts. I like his clothes. He’s like a young Ralph Lauren.
@AmyOops, I meant that I wanted Elena to design for Ven but either way would be funny. I think if she was making the decisions she would yell at him for having no shape then try belts on him in retaliation. In the end she would make him look like Darth Vader or some outer space demon.
I think Blorph should have to design for himself! He’d be on such a cycle of self-righteousness and loathing he would end up in the fetal position in the corner of the sewing room surrounded by Moon Pie wrappers.
@chicagoslut: Loving the belt idea. I think I tend to forget how Elena acted like a human being this episode and was appalled by Ven’s behavior. So absolutely let’s hope we get to see Ven get his comeuppance.
Mrs….I would PAY to witness that. I mean I’d pay more than I already do on my cable bill to get that damn channel.
I know I’m late on this one, but I had to catch up with the entire season after Mob Wives and Glass House finished. I just want to say, though, that I’m so happy to see that you and I are on the same page. WTF was up with me being all like the Grinch and the Whos with Skunkboy? His voice and manner make my teeth hurt, but now I love him. He was so sweet and surprisingly human! Fucking Blorpheus! Those two women he “worked with” showed great restraint and poise, because Sugarbush would have knocked a muthafucka out. When he told her that he was surprised she looked so good after her makeover and she goes, “Gee, thanks a lot…” Man, she is a keeper, that one. I could learn a lot from someone like her. She didn’t take the bait.
I’m with you on the Tim/Dmitry love. I’ve always wished Tim was straight and would marry me (and let me keep Mr. Sugarbush on the side). I thought I’d hate Dmitry, what with his Trent Reznor impersonation, but I love every single dress he’s made thus far and he’s sweet and dry-witted. These damn judges are all backwards on me this season. They hate everything I love and love everything I hate. Fuck them.
The “So you want the reservation under ‘Not Fucking Getting it, Table for One’?”…classic. I feel out on that one. Fuck Blorpheus and his total inability to see that he’s smuggling the world’s largest bagel under his self-important polo shirts. Even Elena was sweet during that challenge. WTF??
OK – back to getting up to speed. Fantastic recap! You do Flip justice!
So… basically Skunkhead’s only sweet and charming to frumpy overweight moving-toward-middle-age women? ‘Cause that’s the takeaway I got from his sudden transformation.
I would have loved for the show to have axed the fat designer guy. Even though I knew they wouldn’t really get rid of two designers, since that would have screwed up their schedule too much. Still, it was fun watching him sweat it out.
He should have been eliminated — he completely failed this challenge in every way. The other guy (haven’t bothered to learn people’s name this season as I’m speed-watching to catch up with you all) may be a sucky designer but he at least pleased his client : which is part of the point of this kind of thing.
But you know the disclaimer at the end of every show, where they admit that eliminations are based in part on producer input? There you go. Ven’s sticking around precisely because he’s an ass. And the producers love that.