And then there's the peacock feathers to deal with. Last week I mistakenly referred to Keith as a straight guy. Sorry bout that, but I would like to add this to the evidence pile that I may just be right. Exhibit A: What creative gay fashion designer wouldn't at least get a camp boner for peacock feathers? Exhibit B: Did gay guys pass a law allowing rat tails and no one told me? I've gotta get out to the bars and vote. My life is passing me by. And come on, he's generally...unwashed.
Vote no.
Jerrel, though, the one I was counting on to rip out his model's throat, is orgasming over her choice of aqua and sky blue. And she even thought to buy thread? He strings some gay attitudey words together and nod rolls his head. I think he likes her! Suede is also happy with his model's choices, and he also got cotton Jersey. Take that, Kenley! He seems to be draping a toga over Tia, but don't worry it's not gonna be a toga. Suede wants to put a little Suede in it, says Suede.
I'm sorry. What's your name again?
Stella's model brought back earthy colors and wants a beach-y, free flowing dress. Stella, who now only looks 72 instead of 73 after her black sludge drink, isn't liking that. She tries to explain that she prefers to do really hard looking things. Her model's like "who doesn't?" Stella drones on about how this is so not what she does and she's so confused and drone drone drone. I get tired every time she talks. If she makes it to the final five and we are forced to spend an extended length of time with her, I might slip into a coma. I'm just warning you. Tim comes in to take the models away for some quiet reading time and tells the designers to get to work.
I love this commercial!
Emily, the pretty one, isn't heard from much because she's vanilla. That happens to work in her favor for the green episode, though, and she wholesomely tells us how important it is to stop pumping dye into the ocean. Thanks pretty one. Now could you move out of the way? I'm trying to watch my show.
Blayne's putting together some kind of bright pink and light pink ruffly dress as he "entertains" the rest of the designers with his "wackiness". He says that the only one he's afraid of is Heidi, who he dubs as Darth Vader, or Darthlicious. She's all pretty and put together on the outside but inside she's crazy! I hope Christian Sirriano gets to meet this tool at the Bravo Christmas party and burn him with a cigarette. Korto tells us that she is African and her model is Puerto Rican, so they have hips and butts and she wants to "enhance those features". Just what every model wants. A cocktail dress that makes their butt look more Puerto Rican.
Gong!
Kelli walks up to see how Stella's doing, which opens a floodgate of whines and drones. It's important for the judges to know what she dooooes! This is so not what I dooo. I'm hiiiip and urbaaaan! That's the first thing I think when I look at Stella. Hip. Urban.
Montage of Suede talking in third person. Suede likes stripes. Suede is a bisexual (LOL riiiight). Suede likes long walks on the beach. Please with that. I don't think Suede has taken a long walk in Suede's life. The other designers comment on Suede's talking about himself in the third person, but no one flicks his forehead and sternly barks "NO!", so they are all now accomplices in my book.
Wesley, Joe (who can officially be given the honorary title of Straight Guy now that it is confirmed that there's no one else competing for the title) and Leanne all have the same fabric, so Leanne decides that to set herself apart from the pack, she'll implement "new shapes." Thank God. I was so sick of the circle, the square and the triangle. I've been waiting for someone to come up with something new. Fashion needs the squircangle.
Korto looks over at schoolboy Wesley and sees striking similarities in their work. Their dresses are both in the brown family and they both use pleats. I think the reasonable thing for her to do is to spend her work time going around and whispering about Wesley's possible aping of her design to every designer individually. And she does!
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Comments (21)
Okay, "squircangle" is my new favorite word to replace "Holla" and "cuul"! *snap* *snap* Flipit, you PEED, gurl!
love, J-Mo :)
1 of 21 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on July 24, 2008 8:34 AM
Hey Flipit, sooo glad your recapping PR (fav show/fav recapper). I have a question though, on the poll, I could have sworn that Suede's talking in the third person recieved 47% of the votes, yet they circled the first one (tanolishous) with 30-something percent. Did I see it wrong, or did they make a boo boo? Let me know.
2 of 21 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on July 24, 2008 8:54 AM
Awesome as usual, Flipit!
3 of 21 | Posted by Clair | Posted on July 24, 2008 8:59 AM
flip, please call Suede "Pleather" from here on!! LOL. Love.
I thought the same thing about Stella's model buying the fabric: like she could do any worse!
And featherhead, you are correct. I caught that too.
4 of 21 | Posted by Pegster | Posted on July 24, 2008 9:23 AM
Glad Shorts is gone. He was such a bore.
5 of 21 | Posted by foxbasealpha | Posted on July 24, 2008 9:35 AM
Great work as usual - and kudos for getting done so FAST! Tim Gunn would be impressed.
Your Scott McClellan line stole the entire recap - well played.
6 of 21 | Posted by chelle | Posted on July 24, 2008 10:49 AM
Maybe Suede's dress looked better in person because I honestly did not like it.
I also noticed in one of the interviews that Stella looked a lot better with the right make-up... I'm sure they'll do a montage of her talking about leather on the reunion show near the end.
7 of 21 | Posted by murphena | Posted on July 24, 2008 11:23 AM
I will never get tired of Project Runway as long as I have these recaps to look forward to the day after. And so fast!
I looked up Holla in some online dictionary and found out it's something guys say to hot girls (that being not me) when they want to hook up later. So that's why I've never heard it before...
You keep calling Blayne Bryce, Flipit. Given that Blayne looks just as sun-damaged and wind-eroded as Bryce Canyon, it's understandable.
I'd call Suede Polyester, but I like John Waters too much to do that to him. But I liked his dress yesterday, so ouch.
And J-Mo, given the geniuses on SG this year, they are bound to cut someone's hair in the shape of a squircangle yet...
8 of 21 | Posted by sayhuh | Posted on July 24, 2008 1:10 PM
Flip it, You are too good to us!!!!! thanks again for gitin' it right out there!!!! Too funny about Tim losing it, on the show and here, I did always wonder about those deadlines and whether there was some wiggle room . . .
I thought Keith's Scarlett Ohara curtain dress in cream was pretty fug, and moved funny, and I confess, the whole time I thought Bluehawk, I mean Pleather was toast, way too much screen time for him not to go, and they hardly showed short-shorts the whole time! I did think blank white girl with the inspired squircangle's was a goner too, she did say she thought she might win, and calling it a school project was LOW!!!!
Leathah is entertaining to me, for the most part, must be the Lawng Eyland accent, glad she pulled one out, and even licious managed to not suck--glad his model didn't pick diaper material!
Independent Eyes Terri was meh this time, but I'm still seeing her as front runner. Like Betty Page and Korto too!
Oh, and Flip, on your "Did the gays give permission?" question, I often wonder those things too, and what is the ruling on Mohawks, and Fauxhawks, and should I tuck half my shirt in now, or all, or leave it out . . . eh, I'll just suck so I don't have to think so hard . . . but do let me know what you discover on the rats tails . . . soooo Aimee Mann from Til Tuesday!
9 of 21 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on July 24, 2008 3:02 PM
Thanks Flipit,
I still love you with all of my heart, but I'm not loving PR. This is my favorite show, but I'm having trouble getting into this season. These people are NOT appealing!! Please tell me it'll get better, please!
Oh, and yes, featherhead, they did make a mistake with the text poll... it was the third person talking Suede, not the tanorexic Bryce/Blayne who won that one. I guess Bravo with pulling for that leathery loser.
Love,
Michigan
10 of 21 | Posted by michigan | Posted on July 24, 2008 7:06 PM
Great recap as usual..but one thing.. People named Tia are the bestest, most specialist, most beautiful people in the world :0) Just so you know. And not just because my name is Tia too!!!!!
11 of 21 | Posted by cuzimbtyful | Posted on July 24, 2008 7:33 PM
Flipit, you rocked with "squircangle" - although I do prefer them to the freakin' rosettes! No more ROSETTES, ever!!
As for rooting for who to lose, maybe we need a Vote For The Worst Designer website?
I hated Microfibre's dress as well ... and as for selling it on BlueFly.com ... maybe that's why that bitch is walking around airports and weddings naked - all she has to choose from is his horrible dress.
Keep up the good work!!
12 of 21 | Posted by arizonatom | Posted on July 24, 2008 8:37 PM
I can't tell whether the independent eye thing is a sign of severe alcoholism or just plain magic, but either way I'm in favor of it.
I rewound a few times to LOL and to get some direct quotes for this recap, but all I could really hear was that sound chocolate milk makes when you blow bubbles into it through a straw.
LOL! Loves it!
First time commenter, long time reader. Love the recaps!
13 of 21 | Posted by Fluffy | Posted on July 25, 2008 6:55 AM
He said he's salty, not saucy. It means mad that his model was stolen.
14 of 21 | Posted by protegefox | Posted on July 25, 2008 8:07 AM
I can't remember which "designer" (I use the term loosely this season) it was that said it, but did anyone else notice how when they said Natalie Portman's company made vegan shoes, that whoever it was said they use material like leather? Really??? You think a vegan company uses leather. Interesting...
Also, has anyone else notice how in the commercial for the show, Heidi says something to the effect of "What else is there to watch?" What marketing...
15 of 21 | Posted by User Name | Posted on July 25, 2008 11:17 AM
I had to post here for the very first time because I have been reading this and every time I ran across the word "squircangle" I nearly collapsed in fits of laughter. Thanks for the laugh and keep it up!
16 of 21 | Posted by Y3KPhenom | Posted on July 25, 2008 1:37 PM
Love love love the recaps, Flipit :).
User Name: The designer said faux leathers and such.
17 of 21 | Posted by PixieGal262 | Posted on July 25, 2008 3:13 PM
Isn't faux leather a fancy word for plastic?
18 of 21 | Posted by sayhuh | Posted on July 25, 2008 6:11 PM
I was wondering what the fuck was going on through Korto's head when she said "Women from both of these countries have big butts..." WTF?? When did AFRICA turn into a country? It's one thing when other people say it, but why would an AFRICAN say that?? I don't remember which country she said she was from, but I'm imagining she knows... (Gigantic pet peeve of mine...I actually had an argument in 7th grade about whether or not "African" was a nationality.)
Me: African is not a nationality.
Fucking idiot: Yes it is.
Me: No, it's not.
FI: YEAH, it is!!
Me: Do you know what NATIONALITY means?? Africa is not a NATION. AFRICAN is NOT A NATIONALITY.
FI: ...
19 of 21 | Posted by Rock Star | Posted on July 26, 2008 1:18 AM
I loved how Nina said the fastest way to look cheap was to wear short, tight, shiny dresses .... right after Heidi had come out in a short, tight, somewhat shiny dark chocolate dress that looked a little cheap.
I know lots of people love Natalie Portman, but really. WTF does she know about fashion and dress manufacture exactly?
We had started calling Suede "Naugahyde" around here but Pleather probably works better. Less syllables and easier to spell.
Love the recaps!!
20 of 21 | Posted by Mememem | Posted on July 26, 2008 12:39 PM
I know I'm late, but great recap, Flipit!
There's something really off about this season (even beyond %'s not adding up to 100%), but it's still better than most things on the old TV.
One point of disagreement, I kind of like Suede's dress. (I know!) While I thought Tim was insane when it was just a pile of craziness & he was, like, praising it, I thought the final product was actually OK! At least after a couple of glasses of wine & some intentional blurring of the eyes. But, maaaaan, is Bluefly *bleeped*. How would they even replicate that?
21 of 21 | Posted by Lime23 | Posted on July 28, 2008 6:31 PM