Moments before... Heidi is all dressed up as a dominatrix and trying to decide whether Christopher or Nicholas sucks worse. It's another fine episode of Models of the Runway!
Katie pipes up to publicly chastise Christopher for being in the bottom two three times in a row - even though she's not even his model this week.
Katie, you suck. Besides, Nicholas is the one who is OUT, so Kojii - sitting there in his ridiculous outfit - is the one who needs to worry. She wonders if she's jinxing the designers because hers are always in the bottom three. I don't know, but you keep getting picked, Kojii, so you're doing something right.
Kalyn bounces backstage wearing Irina's winning multi-shades-of-brown-snowbunny outfit to congratulate and gush.
We get a snippet of Irina telling Kalyn that ever since the movie costume challenge she's really come out of her shell. Kalyn decides she wants to stay with Irina because she's the most talented designer and the one who talks prettiest to her. She loves pretty talk.
Here is Cheetos after not winning:
Nicholas comes backstage to bid farewell and he apologizes to Kojii for putting her in the losing outfit. Kojii defends him, saying he had to design an outfit inspired by Greece and he's never been there. Fail. Not ever having been to Greece is not an excuse for making crap, so later Nicholas. And Kojii even admits that she didn't feel pretty or sexy in his outfit. The models philosophize about Nicholas's future, but it's not too interesting.
Heidi time! I've decided that this portion is filmed right before the black slip lineup. Heidi's not in her dominatrix outfit anymore, so this is all a conspiracy to get us off-balance. First Heidi wants to rip on Nicholas for screwing up so bad with a Greece-inspired outfit.
Katie has lived in Greece (oh great) and says that all anyone wears there is long flowy dresses because it is so hot. And Nicholas made long sleeves and long pants. I'm no fashion designer, but isn't there a whole genre of dresses inspired by Greece? I mean, he had a total head start with the word "toga." I don't know where Kojii's office slacks came from, but I'm guessing not Greece. Anyway, Kojii's nervous now that she might get eliminated.
And back at the modelplex Delta Burke is tired. Not Mater and Kalyn! They decide to do a workout video and Cheetos scoffs. Here's where Katie contemplates threatening Christopher so that she'll be sure to get to go to Bryant Park.
Seriously, who made her Queen of the Skinnies? I don't get why she thinks that everyone reports to her. And does she honestly think that a tongue lashing from his supposed "muse" is going to make Christopher come up with anything better? It would be fun to watch, though, so maybe she'll do it despite my logic. Cheetos thinks it's their job to push their designers. Hey morons - it's your job to WALK. That's it. Stop overestimating your relevance here.
In other non-interesting news, Kojii and Celine go out for drinks to talk about how similar they are. They both like clothes and music, you know, the important stuff. They discuss their "unusual" looks and wonder which one of them Logan will pick.
The next day the girls all head off to burlesque class. At first I thought this might have something to do with the show, but alas, it's just something Delta Burke suggested for them all to blow off some steam. Meet Lux LaCroix, Mistress of Burlesque. She will be our friendly burlesque instructor for the afternoon. And lest we don't notice, she's also a PERFORMER so she knows of what she speaks. Mistress LaCroix arms the girls with feather boas and leads them in shaking their tiny boobs around.
Celine calls it a "bump and grind class." Interesting that they paid money for this. Even more interesting that it was deemed camera-worthy and then airtime-worthy. That's the end of that story.
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Comments (5)
I am abroad now so TVgasm is now not only my weekly entertainment but also a way to stay on top of the eliminations of my favorite shows....
So THANK YOU for keeping this up and making it so much fun to not watch my shows :)
In other unrelated news: I watched clips of an old VS fashion show and saw none other than FD carrying around a set of gold wings for a model! This might be as close to fashion designer as Epperson's H&M career *lol*
1 of 5 | Posted by germgurl | Posted on October 27, 2009 5:55 AM
germgurl, type "realitytvfan" into google, it'll make your day.
Don't know what else to say about this show. It's so....so...um...
Nope. Got nothing.
2 of 5 | Posted by itchy | Posted on October 27, 2009 9:19 AM
I got nothing either, travesty that Logan and Christopher have outlasted Shirin and Epperson . . . bland and clueless they are. Katie has certainly continued to endear herself to me, (ka-hem) what an emaciated doll she is, so charming, and she all but ruined the look of Gordana's best work yet--Celine or Matar would have fit that better.
Nicholas wasn't the worst, but everyone is so meh, I thought Irina's was sooo 70's ala Mahogany . . . is it me? . . .
Love to ya, Honey!!!! XOXXOXOXOXXO
3 of 5 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on October 27, 2009 9:40 AM
Honey, I'm so glad it is you watching this show and not me. Seriously.
Gotta say, I'm rather a fan of Paige jeans. I thrifted some a while back, then went out and bought my own they were so comfy. I think it is an LA brand started by a model (who actually has hips and so makes them for girls with hips, kind of refreshing). And they were on ANTM about three season or so ago, I think. One of those stupid challenges where the girls had to model a set of words. It was nearly as painful to watch as it must have been for Honey to have watched a bunch of stick insects try their hands and bony hips at burlesque. Ick.
juddfan: It's not you. I thought Irina's look was bland, but it is very on trend for all the brown/tan. I really wanted a bit of color in there.
I did think Feathers missed the Greece mark, though. I was pissed he was sent home for it. I didn't find Christopher or Logan particularly image-evoking. I used to wear Christopher's look back in high school -- Express all the way -- and Logan's were total crap.
So tired of the bad judging, but even worse fashion. I miss Shirin; she was actually talented for all she ran around like a chipmunk sucking helium. And Epperson wasn't my sort of designer, but he had the basic construction skills to pull of a pair of pants, unlike Logan, who manages to look good in pants but not make them well. And Christopher - ew. His looks are too twee. Except for the Christina outfit; that was just downright cheap fug (Xtina loves her fug expensive). I loved Louise, too (I've been a fan of her skip dresses for ages b/c they are so beautifully done). So very frustrated at the crap being out on the run way. None of these people would have made it to the sixth round in previous seasons.
And if Model of the Runway was supposed to make people in the audience relate to working models, uh, FAIL. I'd rather watch Sundai Love chittering away on ANTM (she's gonna be gone next week, right? please, fickle fashion show judging gods?)
4 of 5 | Posted by jennaboa | Posted on October 27, 2009 1:28 PM
Sorry about the late posting, it's been a crazy week around here (even the pumpkins are yet to be carved) - but I can't let a week go without posting because, really, honey, you have one of the most thankless jobs in the whole TVGasm, trying to squeeze gold out of this plain brown cardboard box of a show. And yet you manage to do it! So thanks for making it so I don't have to watch this show anymore, and still enjoy it (actually, reading your recaps AND not watching it seems to me the only way to enjoy it). And well, wow, burlesque. I did catch a minute or two of that as I was getting ready for bed. It was so... pointless. Your summing up of it was so on the money. OK, gotta go jump back on the crazy stuff.
5 of 5 | Posted by sayhuh | Posted on October 28, 2009 2:48 PM