This week on Project Runway, Ricky grew up poor.
VictorYA starts the episode by being the rudest most insensitive c word in the world while pretending to be a sweet little bimbo. She asks Sweet P "do you want more coffee, Kit?" Sweet P moans. "Sorry. Are you hungry, Kit?" Sweet P sobs. I have a feeling the editors cut out the last part. "That's right! Kit's GOOOONE! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!"
Poor little poor Ricky is trying to be excited to still be around this week, but it's hard to be excited when challenge after challenge you're told you're not good enough. Well, hopefully you'll just have to hear that one more time. The designers are all a bit sour today, and the stress is starting to show on everyone, even Christian. At least I hope that's his excuse for this ensemble.
Now I'm stressed.
After the designers gather to watch Christian decide which model lives and which will be sent of to the jerky factory (he cuts the one with Northern Exposure hair and sends her off with a completely insincere "thank you more than life!", saving Yentl once again. HOLLA!), Heidi sends them off to meet Tim Gunn, who will tell them about today's field trip.
Rami breaks it down for us. You never know what the field trip will be. Maybe it's dumpster diving and having to make a fabulous dress or maybe it's being flown to Paris for a couture challenge! Then you can all tattoo your necks, get "turned on" by your creations, and make Angela's mom cry. Today's challenge: relive all of Season 3 in one hour. Dumbass.
Tim hops in a van with all the designers and Christian is mortified to go over the Brooklyn Bridge into a gasp "borough". Aren't you from Baltimore, Blank? Get off your horse. I lived in Brooklyn for four years and it's the only place I know of that your haircut might still have a fighting chance.
They are brought to a huge warehouse on the pier, where they are met by the Senior VP of Levi's. Jillian tells us she has no idea what the challenge could be. Imagine the shock on her face when the chick who runs Levi's announces a denim challenge. The warehouse is full of jeans and bolts of white cotton, and the task is to create "an iconic denim look" that Levi's is famous for. Levi's is famous for that? I thought they were famous for cutting jeans in a way that guys with fat thighs will always feel left out in the cold.
Speaking of fat thighs left out in the cold, the jeans are hung up very far away and it's first come first serve, which means Chris, again, is screwed. Poor guy. Sweet P loses her shoe as she runs, and between the sight of her dirty foot and Chris flapping all over the place as he tries to sprint, I put down the slice of Little Caesars in my hand and sigh relief. This show has brought me back from the brink of diet disaster. Have I mentioned I've gained two pounds? WTF?
For those of you with a foot fetish, this should cure you. You're welcome.
The floor is practically made of dirt, but thankfully Ricky doesn't perform a monologue about the dirt floor his mom inevitably raised him on. He's too busy running like a woman on fire to get as much denim into his laundry bag. Rami goes for the darkest, Jillian goes for the lightest, and Chris goes for anything he doesn't have to jump to get ahold of. He sees a pair of jeans on the ground and goes to get them, but VictorYA blocks him, insisting that she thinks they're hers. Instead of slapping her like the little bitch she is, Chris wanders around the warehouse waiting for more clothes to fall off the lines. Classy, VictorYA.
Back at the warehouse, Jillian starts to work on a jacket that looks suspiciously like last week's as Ricky tells us that no one understands denim like he does. That he says this while wearing jorts and claiming to make his own hideous hats out of denim just kills me. Then guess what he does? CRIES!
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Comments (30)
Great recap! Your screencaps are hilarious! I am a straight female, yet I was totally distracted by Heidi's boobage the entire time. I also said "I hate her" a few times as well...she looks TOO good to be having 3 kids so close in age. I HATE HER! lol
Um, Ricky won...I swear this season of PR is going downhill each week. I'm glad Victorya's gone..but seriously, Ricky still being there is unreal.
And I gotta side with Christian on the whole "If I see one more tube dress, I'm going to DIE!!!" I have see soooo little creativity this season. Don't they know how to design anything else besides short, tube (or sleeveless) dresses?!?! I think only Christian has done that so far. For being the supposedly 'most experienced' group ever, they sure do suck. I swear I didn't really see the difference in Ricky's, Rami's, Chris's and Sweet P's dresses except small details and different color fabrics. I don't get it. If I knew how to sew, I'd be able to design a hell of a lot better stuff than a sohrt dress everyday.
1 of 30 | Posted by serjen | Posted on January 25, 2008 4:23 AM
I still love my little biotch Christian. I'm asking for my very own Christian next year for Christmas. He totally should have won this challenge.
With respect to Ricky: I think we've all been Punked. I'm starting to fear he'll never leave. He haunts me.
2 of 30 | Posted by Pegster | Posted on January 25, 2008 6:47 AM
OMG, I didn't think you would recover from a rICKey win to recap this so quick........ thanks xoxox
And I saw a commercial last night... you are going to FREAK....
They are designing costumes for the Tranny Freak Parade that is the Female World Wrestling Entertainment Cess Pool.
Thank you God, Amen.
3 of 30 | Posted by giffordsaz | Posted on January 25, 2008 7:24 AM
I had the horrifying thought, what if Ricky made it to the finals? I am not sure I could handle a runway show with ten of his designs.
4 of 30 | Posted by Fitz | Posted on January 25, 2008 8:26 AM
Great recap, Flipit! I was sooo happy when Whispering VictorYA went home, so condensending.
I also hated Levis when I was young - everybody & their mama wore them in high school, and I had to wear Lee's because I had an ASS.
5 of 30 | Posted by lexxi1129 | Posted on January 25, 2008 8:44 AM
Ugh. I am so over cryin' Ricky.
6 of 30 | Posted by ubiquitous | Posted on January 25, 2008 9:27 AM
Great Recap!!
I love the comment about the rodeo hookers and Ricky's dress.
Has anyone else noticed that the only time these people make sleeves on something is when they are making a coat, or pants in Christian's case?
Just like I'm sick of strapless wedding gowns, I'm sick of strapless dresses made of denim, paper, candy wrappers, jersey, etc.
Real people where sleeves most of the time. We wear them to work, to go shopping, to have lunch, etc.
7 of 30 | Posted by AnneM | Posted on January 25, 2008 10:00 AM
Another great recap. Did anyone else think the first ten minutes of this episode were freakin hilarious? From Victorya calling Sweet P "Kit" to Christian's 'deconstruction' moaning and bitching ("I'm going to die of BARFNESS!"). It was great.
I also loved how Rami said that because he's not American, his stuff is more edgy and fashion forward when he makes the same drappy/1940s dress every week.
Anyway, this season of PR is becoming more and more like the most recent season of America's Next Top Model. It's like the crappiest contestants keep sliding through while better people are kicked off (not that I like Victorya but she was slightly better than Ricky). I'll seriously cry if Ricky makes it to Bryant Park. He's this season's Wendy Pepper.
8 of 30 | Posted by halfempty85 | Posted on January 25, 2008 11:38 AM
I hate hate hate Ricky. Seriously what is this freak doing that he is STILL here??? To me the dress didn't look iconic, it looked ghetto fabulous.
Christian should have won this challenge hands down. The pants he made rocked, and Levi is dense for not wanting to sell them immediately.
Actually Christian should win the whole thing in my opinion =)
And Flip I always love your recaps, the Jesus pic almost made me spit my lunch out lol.
9 of 30 | Posted by pixi-stix | Posted on January 25, 2008 11:45 AM
I loved Ricky's dress, and am currently watching one on ebay because the effing thing sold out almost immediately. I've even hinted to the boyfriend that it might be a good idea for him to "find one" and gave him my size!
Sorry, kids. Totally unpopular opinion, but I love the tube dress. I bought a white tube dress from FIDM's student store in Downton LA. Best 5 bucks I've ever spent.
I love the recaps!! xo
10 of 30 | Posted by mle428 | Posted on January 25, 2008 11:51 AM
I think the reason they always make tube dresses is because of the time constraint. I'm assuming sleeves add a lot of work, and since most people don't have "Jillian Syndrome" they don't want to have to rush at the end the whole time. I love Christian and think his b*tchy comments are hysterical. He is hand down the most talented and creative one in the bunch. I think Rami was saying more that he has a different style bc he is Israeli - they where different styles than Americans do. I don't get how that reflects in his toga design, but I think that's what he meant.
11 of 30 | Posted by yankeesfan | Posted on January 25, 2008 11:56 AM
i actually DID spit out my soda when i saw the word "jorts."
12 of 30 | Posted by myfavoritesunglasses | Posted on January 25, 2008 12:00 PM
I SAID WWE WRESTLING CHICKS....
DIDN'T YOU ALL HEAR ME???
13 of 30 | Posted by giffordsaz | Posted on January 25, 2008 12:12 PM
you guys crack me up. i think wendy pepper looks cute and personable in comparison to this tool. and sunglasses jorts is a schoonie shoutout. jorts make him insane.
giff what the hell are you talking about, woman? what channel? what time? should we be recapping?
LOVE
14 of 30 | Posted by flipit | Posted on January 25, 2008 12:25 PM
As usual, great recap Flipit!!! And I LOVED Christian's outfit -- those jeans rocked and I'd buy them in a second! Actually, everyone I talk to about this show said the same thing too!
Ricky, Ricky, Ricky...you do bad and you cry - you do good and you cry! When do you not cry????
CANNOT wait for next week -- WWE? YIKES!
15 of 30 | Posted by smolls | Posted on January 25, 2008 12:42 PM
Jorts - LOL! That HAS to be a BB8 Joe reference....man, those things were horrific!!
16 of 30 | Posted by smolls | Posted on January 25, 2008 12:45 PM
Yawn, yawn, yawn. What a boring bunch.
Jillian ALWAYS bitches and moans about how she isn't going to finish, and yet still does.
Ricky ALWAYS cries. And sucks.
Rami ALWAYS drapes the hell out of whatever he's working with. That's my theory of the "nouveau" jean collar he had this week. His attempt to drape denim.
Victorya is ALWAYS a mega-condescending bitch.
Chris ALWAYS designs clothes for Angela's mom.
Sweet P ALWAYS designs something awful, starts over, and manages to make something not completely fug.
Honestly, Christian is the only one out of the bunch with a point of view. And he's hilarious as all heck! I echo the "I want one for Christmas" sentiment.
Great recap Flipit. LMAO at the Jesus screen cap.
17 of 30 | Posted by HereKittyKitty | Posted on January 25, 2008 1:25 PM
------giff what the hell are you talking about, woman? what channel? what time? should we be recapping? -------
Project Runway is designing for WWE Chicks next week Dude... and guess what, you are recapping it... have a ball.
18 of 30 | Posted by giffordsaz | Posted on January 25, 2008 1:28 PM
One of my hobbies is sewing. I agree that the reason they rarely make sleeves is that it adds to the work and fitting. Badly fitted sleeves are hard to hide. Plus... it adds to the fabric needed and they only have so much to spend at Mood.
Great recap. I actually liked Ricky's dress but I still didn't want him to win because I thought he would get immunity and be around for at least TWO more weeks. I was so glad when they said they weren't giving immunity anymore.
19 of 30 | Posted by snootchy bootches | Posted on January 25, 2008 2:42 PM
I forgot to mention. I didn't particularly notice Heidi's cleavage, but that dress she was wearing was absolutely gorgeous!
20 of 30 | Posted by snootchy bootches | Posted on January 25, 2008 2:44 PM
I suspect the reason cyring ricky won was probably becuase it would be easier to replicate when they have to sell the masses. looked like he could use just fabric while pocket gay's was complicated. so boo levi's. Ricky's had the LEAST detail out of everybodys.
21 of 30 | Posted by chibby | Posted on January 25, 2008 3:27 PM
I smell a rat, indeed I do . . . if Ricky somehow stops sucking it every week and gets to the finals I'm gonna, I'm totally gonna, oh nevermind, I'm not gonna do shit, but I think it's a fix!!! The difference between Chris and Ricky's tubes was minimal, and they rip Chris to shit over a frayed seam (that he felt strongly about leaving, obviously!) and then give the win to Hatboy. what do they have against Chris--he's so much more fun than Hatboy, and isn't that good for ratings!!!
Visions of Vincent is not a good thing, and if you look at the blogs on their site, every, every, every one, including Tim, can't understand how Ricky's still there, or how he won!
Love ya, Flip it!!!
22 of 30 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on January 25, 2008 5:53 PM
Rami gets called on making the same draped dress every week...
Victoria for the same shapeless silhouette...
Ricky for the 'lingerie' look...
But Christian has never been even slapped on the wrist for making the same tight pants/short, puffy-sleeved 80's jacket combo he makes practically every week...
I recall reading pre-season that this was the best crop of designers ever ... um .. what happened with that? The whole group is dull and uninspired but then again, so are the challenges.
23 of 30 | Posted by lmnopie | Posted on January 26, 2008 12:07 AM
Great recap, but dear God, fix that grammatical error in your recap headline! It's killing me.
To a previous poster, Rami is not an Israeli. He's a Palestinian Arab Christian born in Jerusalem but with the hometown of Ramallah. I wish he would expand his stylistic approach, but he needs to remain on the show to be eye candy. Nobody else is.
24 of 30 | Posted by Leila | Posted on January 26, 2008 3:00 AM
Rami isn't the only eye candy... Chris is eye candy too! He's a marshmallow and I love him smooshed between a hershey bar and a graham cracker. ;-)
25 of 30 | Posted by snootchy bootches | Posted on January 26, 2008 5:13 AM
I honestly have to admit,
some of these responses to this recap have been some of the dumbest I've seen in a while.
26 of 30 | Posted by you you you | Posted on January 26, 2008 2:51 PM
Well I appreciate you all for your wittiness... don't mind you you you up there^^^^ it is really rICKEY.
27 of 30 | Posted by giffordsaz | Posted on January 27, 2008 1:27 PM
As irritating as it is having Rickey still around, it's almost worth it just to be rid of that whining, snooty blob Victorya.
No, not "almost." It *is* worth it. Just so he goes home next week.
28 of 30 | Posted by Memememe | Posted on January 27, 2008 8:43 PM
Great recap Flipit! I'm trying to remember if I ever gave blowjobs when I needed a ride home and I was wearing parachute pants...
29 of 30 | Posted by krut | Posted on January 27, 2008 8:59 PM
OMG, this was your funniest recap EVER. EVER.
The Jesus draping, The Tim Gunn Mom jeans, the Extreme makeover of Ricky'd teeth, Nina getting outta bed to come judge...I will be laughing all day...wait, all week!!
Christian has made the same jacket 3 times now, BTW!
30 of 30 | Posted by melpadgett | Posted on January 30, 2008 11:09 AM