This being the gayest show in the world, the designers lose their shit when she walks in. It's like Jenna Jameson walking into an Auto Body Shop. Sarcastic fabulous heroines are our giant boobies. Chris starts crying like that little homely girl who was in love with Sanjaya. His obsession with Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City inspired him to move to New York and design wearable parade floats for drag queens. SJP's , um, loud clothing from that show flashes through my mind as I wonder how many drag designers have that exact same story.
In case you didn't know, Jessica has her own fashion line called Bitten! Oooh aaaah of couurse who didn't know? tear drippy. The challenge is to create a two piece outfit for it! Wooooaah wowww bow feet kiss. And it has to cost under forty dollars retail, which means they will only have a budget of fifteen dollars. Screeeech!! Now's the time to cry, big boy. There there, let it all out.
Tell me you don't see it.
WTF, SJP? Knowing just when to stop preening and start selling like a pro, she explains. Bitten's goal is to provide high end fashion for a low (verrry low) price. Sounding even more practiced than she does in her Garnier ads, she tilts her head and brings the slogan home: "Fashion shouldn't be a luxury, and quality shouldn't be a privilege." Awww! A touching show for Thanksgiving! Unfortunately, I wholeheartedly disagree with this slogan's sentiments, but SJP is putting her money where her mouth is by wearing a grey yarn blanket off the couch in the greenroom with a simple black belt, so I'll let it slide. This girl can wear anything.
I've got a Hello Kitty sleeping bag you'd look divine in.
The mood in the work room has darkened considerably. This group looks almost as upset to design for poor people as last years group did when they were forced to design for fat moms the every day woman. Chris says that he's afraid he'll have to use toilet paper and masking tape. I hope so! I still can't get his portfolio's tossed salad dress out of my head.
Step ball change, grapevine, dosey-do and toss that salad!
They will have thirty minutes to design their Fall/Winter look and the top seven sketches will move on to the next round and be completed in teams of two. No one looks too thrilled with the idea of working in a team, not when Elisa's still around, but there's no time to moan. Go!
Christian, who looks a lot less like Jerri Blank when he's smiling so much, seems to know how to capture the poor but fashionable look pretty well. And I'm saying that because of his sketch, not his cheap looking...everything. Elisa looks like she's designing the cold pilgrim cape she showed in her portfolio, and Ricky's, well, Ricky's busy telling the cameras how much he sucks and sobbing like a little bitch. Have some confidence. You've already proven today by wearing that Village People homage on top of your head that you've got the cheap part down. Now all you need is some fashion sense. You're half way home! He sniffles and snivels "I can do this!". Only week two and he's cried and lied to himself like four times.
Good lord, woman. Get ahold of yourself.
SJP is easy breeze during the pitch sessions, but the designers not so much. The straight guy is so frazzled after Sarah J suggests his skirt is "really a button story" that he gets up and scrams without shaking her outstretched hand. Chris literally stops mid-sentance and stares at her glassy eyed with a big paralyzed smile on his face. Hilarious. Carmen tries to hide her nerves, but her pitch turns into her shouting her name over and over again. Carmen! Webber! Carmen like the Opera and Webber like the baller! Come on Carmen, keep the basketball references to a minimum. You're talking fashion, here.
Denny Crain!
Steve, Kit Pistol, Chris, Victorya and Rami all sketched pretty much exactly what SJP is wearing at the moment, which is pretty lame. Especially in the cases of Victorya and Rami, because their designs are also variations of what they've already shown every single time so far. Victorya says "I was thinking a shirt dress!" You don't say. Way to stretch. Rami, too, stays within his drape-y, barely sewn look and tells SJP that he envisions a short shirt dress with tights that can be worn when you're dating, married, and pregnant. One size fits all. Sexy. If the Woman who buys his dress isn't Forgotten yet, she will be.
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Comments (16)
Man this show is great. I'm so glad crazyface is still there. Kinda sad to see sad squiggy leave though. Poor thing.
Love the recap!
1 of 16 | Posted by CheriesTake | Posted on November 25, 2007 3:36 PM
LOL...sad squiggy!
Flipit, Thanks for the good laugh. I laughed out loud so often that my husband thought I was losing my mind.
What a great writer you are...really special around here. Salute.
2 of 16 | Posted by moxy | Posted on November 25, 2007 5:47 PM
flipit I've been reading your recaps since your first one, they are all great. I finally had to tell you that:) thanks for entertainig us!!
3 of 16 | Posted by justina | Posted on November 25, 2007 5:59 PM
Oh my. In preparation for Thanksgiving festivities, I (accidentally?) hurled myself down a flight of stairs & now it literally hurts to laugh. D*mn you, Flipit! It hurts!
4 of 16 | Posted by Lime23 | Posted on November 25, 2007 7:12 PM
Loved your FIDDLER screencap. I laughed out loud.
Also, I think that Nina Garcia might have been pregnant or nursing when this was filmed. Maybe that's why she shows no signs of the botox.
5 of 16 | Posted by ReeseWitherspoon | Posted on November 25, 2007 9:32 PM
I love reading the recaps, so I finally registered because I have to share what I know... regarding the be-hatted crying Ricky, I have worked with him. He conveniently left out all of his career experience when he vaguely interviewed, "I came to NY to dance, and well... I ended up with my own lingerie collection". He did not mention the years of working for other people, designing a licensed collection, and walking off that job literally an hour before he was fired. Another big scandal ensued at his next company, and I heard he was threatened with a giant lawsuit for certain conduct at that job. He showed his collection at a trade show, received small orders, and promptly went out of business. The next I heard of him, he resurfaced on this show! I have to wonder if the Bravo producers did any sort of background check on the people they choose to have on the show... beyond the mess that is his career, he is a nasty spiteful person with horrible taste- both these facts were the reason he was about to be canned before he walked off that first job I mentioned (with no notice- very classy). I told several coworkers that he's on the show, and were so thrilled he was in the bottom three the first episode! One more thing- those are purely crocodile tears being squeezed out for the camera.
6 of 16 | Posted by vivalasvegas | Posted on November 26, 2007 4:53 AM
you're not allowed to use botox when you're preggers? that's when you need it most! like wine. lame.
lime, feel better! i hurled myself down the stairs on purpose this tday. wah me. thanks so much for commenting guys. and thanks for the gossip, viva! i can't wait to see little ricky craaaaaack. what a dope. LOVE
7 of 16 | Posted by flipit | Posted on November 26, 2007 8:55 AM
Hey Flippy!!!! So nice to start my return to work with your refreshing dish! I wasn't hating on Ricky . . . but now . . . well, I think I'm buying what you're selling flipit--withdrawing . . . I know I weep my ass off when I'm out of clean needles--and forget that spoon burning shit . . . I need ready to shoot!!!
Very ho-hum fashion this week, for me, I was confronted at the water cooler and I had to squeeze my little brain to remember anything, other than top 2 and last. Are capes in!? I thought leggings were a fashion don't . . . they certainly are in my world! (unless accompanied by fishnets!)
Something about that Steven guy was bugging me . . . next to go!?
8 of 16 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on November 26, 2007 12:05 PM
"No, God Complex, it's a hypothetical. Christian gives her permission to say he should go since it was his design and she squeezes out some salt as she chokes "him."
I started coughing I laughed so hard at that. My little sister and I are sooo on the same page. I looked at her and she said "Jeez calm down, she's asking who you want to go home not the gas chamber."
9 of 16 | Posted by PixieGal262 | Posted on November 26, 2007 11:59 PM
Great recap!!
I learned two new things from this episode. 1. Steven might be a serial killer. Or Art Garfunkel's cousin. 2. Sarah Jessica Parker has far less fashion sense than most people give her credit for.
10 of 16 | Posted by memememe | Posted on November 27, 2007 9:46 AM
so I went to S&B to buy the winner dress and vest (not to wear together, me being in the Midwest, we don't typically mix and match like that). Anyhoo - the dress is there in plum and black - v cute. But, it is SO shorty - would definitely need pants for fear of showing your Britney. And, without the vest, it is very shapeless - so I sort of looked like I had the shape of a purple pumpking. With the vest on, it was much more flattering. The jury is still out on if I would purchase, but thought I would give you my 2 cents...
11 of 16 | Posted by cfab | Posted on November 27, 2007 1:56 PM
Flip, excellent recap!
12 of 16 | Posted by slutty_whore
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Posted on November 27, 2007 4:53 PM
Steven's nickname should be Slingblade.
13 of 16 | Posted by dojean | Posted on November 28, 2007 3:50 PM
This recap was truely excellent. I spit out a peice of cake when I read the Elisa cootchie licking bit.
I want to add some other factoids though. Steven does have a super crazy way of speaking, but he's no Slingblade. As someone who's dated him he's totally hot in real life, and probably much better looking than anyone who is sitting around home so much that the think using "Slingblade"as a pejorative is still a viable as comedy. Also Steven works at a museum, but one hastens to add, he's a secretary at that museum- not an exhibit maker. Word to your mother!
14 of 16 | Posted by jazzhandstheworld | Posted on November 29, 2007 2:34 PM
Steven and Jazzhands sittin in a tree...:)
15 of 16 | Posted by flipit | Posted on November 29, 2007 4:21 PM
Jazzhands-
Yeah, you're right. It was a stupid comment and a dated reference at that. Just a note of caution, though: if there is anything tougher than the world of reality television, it's the blogs about reality television. Much tougher than what you've probably run into while dating museum secretaries. Be prepared for your ex and his fellow contestants to be savaged weekly. First by each other and next by the blog commentators. The judges remarks will be the least painful things they hear each day. Have fun.
16 of 16 | Posted by jeanhyclak | Posted on November 29, 2007 4:54 PM