*This entire post is a SPOILER if you didn’t watch last night’s Project Runway*
I was literally shouting at the television last night. What the f-ck happened to my once-awesome Project Runway? I’m so, so, SO disappointed. Let me recap: last week, the judges decided that Seth Aaron and Emilio would be going to fashion week, and that Mila and Jay would have to compete against each other in a little mini-runway show, after they had prepared their whole 12-look collections. Mila and Jay did their collections, and selected their three strongest looks for the runway. And that’s when everything went off the f-cking rails.
Mila’s looks were so dated, so ugly, so retro-without-a-wink, so unstylish, I thought, “Well, all Jay has to do is not vomit on his pieces, and he’ll win.” And then Jay’s three looks came out, and they were fabulous. They were well made, they were beautiful, they made the models look gorgeous, they were unique, and most of all, they were modern and “editorial” – a favorite adjective of the judges. To see the two designers’ three looks, go here.
So the judge deliberated and I realized, with growing horror, that Heidi actually loved Mila’s trashy, retro, uninspired looks. And that Nina Garcia was on the fence! Michael Kors was the only one who was like, “No, Jay is the clear winner.” And then Heidi talked Nina into voting for Mila! UUGGGHHH.
So Mila gets to go to fashion week. Are you f-cking kidding me?!?!?!? A parade of f-cking black and white retro clothes, uninspired and dull. This one incident has me convinced that there are some serious shenanigans going on with Project Runway. I’m not saying the whole thing is fixed, but that certain people get promoted and get to stay, just because they make for better television. They did that on season 4 too, with that horrible, weepy bastard Ricky, who couldn’t design his way out of a paper bag, but made for “good television”. I think that’s happening again – someone didn’t like the idea of three male designers competing against each other, and made sure that Mila got ahead. Plus, Mila makes for “good television” because she’s such a pissy brat who doesn’t deserve to be there – her color-blocking ass should have gotten thrown out several episodes ago, when she made that f-cking beige teepee dress.
As far as the competition between Emilio and Seth Aaron, and who I want to win (because Mila won’t even be in the running, in my opinion), my money is still on Seth Aaron. He’s the stronger designer, and I just like him more. Emilio’s attitude is starting to piss me off, and from what I could see of his collection, it didn’t look all that groundbreaking.
Photos of the final three courtesy of Google images and My Lifetime’s Project Runway site. Tim Gunn in Massachusetts on April 15, 2010. Credit: WENN.
I was shocked that Mila was chosen over Jay. His pieces were fabulous and hers were just completely predictable and boring. My money’s on Seth Aaron to win it. I think he’s been the most consistent.
Agree, Mila’s stuff is crap. I personally find Emilio annoying, but I think Seth Aaron is only designing high end Hot Topic clothing. Hate to say it (since he has the most palatable personality) but I don’t see what the judges like about his clothing.
Kaiser I am glad to see I was not the only one yelling at my TV. Gawd I love Tim he so awesome on his home visit this time.
Don’t hold back Kaiser. Tell us how you really feel. No, really, don’t hold back because I feel the same exact way! On all counts.
Stoopid Mila – FAB Jay! Emilio’s collection looks like crap – it reminds me of taking an art class in school. There was this guy Kenny and each week he brought in the assignment and was each was amazing. Then at the end of class she gave us a “free” week and I was looking forward to his work only to realize that without the teacher giving him an idea on where to start Kenny sucked. Emilio seems the same way. He rocks when given the idea, left to his own ideas he sucks. SETH AARON ALL THE WAY!
Its just like Irena winning last season. Sometimes i look at Heidi and im like WTF who died and made you queen of all fashion. like i understand its her show but the only true DESIGNER on the judges table is Michael Kors and hes usually spto on Irena’s look was so blahh and dull and black an i turned the channel it was so boring. OMG i really wonder what theyre thinking half the time. And it would have been awesome to have three guys in the top this year cuz there were three women in the top last year
If a shoe had been in reach I would have tossed it at the TV (well a slipper, it is a new TV) Jay was so much better, it was a total shock that Milas homage to the era of Twiggy, basically retro but not ‘retro inspired’ actually just retro, in the same colorblocking she has done in almost EVERY single design beat out Jay. It feels like they (producers) picked Mila and Emilio from the get go and weren’t going to accept that perhaps they made a mistake by ignoring Jay.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I haven’t watched last night’s episode yet, and now I don’t even want to. WHY have they kept that talentless hag on so long! I really turned against her after the create-your-own-pattern episode when she made that ugly ass 70s tank dress that her model literally couldn’t even walk in. I’ve been a Project Runway fan from the very first season, but the judges have been making some seriously bad decisions the last few seasons. I don’t know if I’ll even bother watching the next season. 🙁
Jay was robbed, period. Heidi Klum doesn’t know shit from shinola about fashion and I think her personal taste is lousy. Mila should be designing for 50 year old frumps in suburbia. I think Emilio is an arrogant POS, but he can design the hell out of some clothes.
Half of why I hate Mila is her crack-ass model. Okay, a third or fourth. THAT’S a model? She’s unique, I’ll give her that, and I’m sure she’s only twenty two or something, but she looks thirty.
Ack, anyway. I’ve never liked Mila, every week, it was the same stuff, the black and white jacket with some sort of inset, chevron or stripe with a black or white pant, blah blah, and occasional mod dress. Then the disaster that was the teepee dress that even Brioche or whatever her name is couldn’t walk in. She should have been auf’d for that alone, although Jay seems to have the same fascination for flopping boobies as Althea did last year.
Anyway, Emilio and Mila have big heads, I love Seth Aaron and his wacky, badly cut weed-wacker hair and his totally Jeffrey Sebelius-style. I hope he’s not too out there and he wins. He seems to really rock the 70’s Euro punk thing.
I loved how Emilio’s model had that, “I smell poo,” face when she saw his collection, along with her voice over about how she really thought he respected her input about his designs. Yeah. Mmm hmm.
I love Seth Aaron’s model, she does sound like she’d smack him if she didn’t like something, what a bummer that her friends and family won’t be there to see her. I hope someone shows up to surprise her.
That dinner was hilarious, almost as uncomfortable as the models getting together at the restaurant. Have they ever gone out and not had a bitch fight?
I hate that I’m going to watch and probably be disappointed and that damn Mila’s going to win. Grr.
Oh Scarlet, I know just how you feel. It seems like Lifetime is afraid to have only men in the finale, but we don’t care men or women, we want the best not the demographic of the network. And the very fact that Ping ever set foot in that workroom just blows my mind, the woman couldn’t even sew she just draped and pinned, I did the same thing in college but we used bedsheets and called them Toga parties.
This entire season has been disappointing, but I knew Mila was going to win pretty much from the get go? Why? Cause her crappy design has been praised all freaking season, and I knew there was no way they were going to have 3 male finalists. I don’t even know why they bothered with this challenge really-the decision was already made.
I might give it one more year, but they really need to do something about the judging/feel of the show. Lifetime is just driving this show into the ground.
Same reaction at my house. Jay was robbed. Mila’s stuff, although well made, looked dated and matronly. Jay’s was hip and forward. Truly a bad call. Emilio is so full of himself that he is the only designer in the history of the show that I want to lose. I hate the way he poo poo’s Tim’s advice. Tim is right 90% of the time and has an impeccable eye. Besides, Seth Aarons stuff is so much more interesting and truly seems like new fashion which is exciting. If you go to nymag dot com you can see the final collections online.
Here’s an opposing opinion for you: I think Jay sucks. His clothes are too fussy, too overworked, and he insists on making pants and dresses that flare out around the hips and butt. How many of you women want to wear clothes that accentuate that area or make it look like you have even more junk in the trunk? Not me. Then there’s the fact that two of those looks he sent down the runway in the face off against Mila looked like Star Trek costumes. Yuck.
Anyway, Seth Aaron is the best, he should win, and the Mila/Jay faceoff didn’t matter in the slightest.
I didn’t even bother watching. The show without Anthony seems so boring. And once I knew it was Mila or Jay I wanted to scream! Mila is a b!tch! and that dress, which was the only thing that looked decent, was the EXACT SAME style as Emilio’s ES<3SA dress (Which I TOTALLY thought was Emilio Sosa love’s Seth Aaron just like Tim did) And her other looks I’m pretty sure she just recycled from earlier in the show. Black and white are nice, but unless she want’s to work for Black House White Market (or whatever it’s called) for her entire life, she needs to have another way of thinking, especially since they’re saying color block is out now.
Black black black black black black black. Oh and some silver. What gives?
MSat- See, if you’re talking about Jay throughout the whole season, I would agree. He did quite a few unflattering pieces, and he got called out for it.
I liked that he seemed to listen to the criticism throughout the season, and tried to adjust his vision. I thought those pants were gorgeous! And even though the clothes would only work on skinny girls, they were modern, and he does have a “what’s happening tomorrow” vision. Mila just doesn’t. Everything she designs just looks so old to me.
MSAt,
I do think that Jay ‘overworks’ things to a degree, but Mila makes things my mother would wear (well made, but sort of the retired person at Hilton Head Island ‘uniform’ think St Johns Knits) and that, while apropos for some doesn’t quite scream ‘innovative’ or ‘fashion week’… but what the hell do I know I live my life in scrubs and barn wear (designed by Fleet Farm)… 😉
But hey to each their own, I just like Jay (of those two) better. But overall Seth Aaron better win this thing, he is brilliant and an amazing tailor.
I am glad there is a woman in the final three, since the clothes are ultimately going to be worn by women, and in my opinion Jay had no clue what actually looks good on the female body. That purple dress with the flared out, layered pockets at the hips was a nightmare – like a uniform for a cocktail waitress on the USS Enterprise!
I would have preferred that Maya was that woman, but she quit, so Mila will have to do.
OK. I just watched it, and I’m even more pissed that Mila beat Jay. Her first two looks are soooo old. The jacket looks like something I’ve seen at Goodwill a dozen times. And the 3rd looks like a rip-off of Emilio’s dress as someone else mentioned.
Jay’s clothes looked more intricate and SO much better made. And fashion forward! And I actually like that he puts volume in his clothes in the hip and butt area–it can actually mask imperfections in your body because people think it’s the clothes and not actually the woman’s body.
Again, I’m soooooo disappointed…I swear if Seth Aaron doesn’t win I’m boycotting next season. While I’m not a fan of his style, that man can sure make some clothes–every week his things were tailored to perfection.
Of COURSE it’s all about television, not clothes. It’s a friggin tv show – ratings are the ONLY thing that matters. I’m not picking on this show, it’s the same with all reality shows – Top Chef isn’t about cooking, either, it’s about ratings. ALL of these shows have a disclaimer at the end that says the judges have to listen to the producers’ (or something like that). So they even admit it.
I agree with MSat that Jay’s fashions looked like something out of Star Trek.
Although Jay was fun to watch this season, his last 3 styles were bizarre.
Mila’s personality is grating, but her 3 styles were elegant and beautiful.
Still,since the judges were so torn, I think they should have allowed both Jay and Mila to present at Fashion Week.
I’ll tell you what happened to Project Runway. If you read the credits at the end you see that the Producers “advise” the judges. In other words what you see is not necessarily the real winner, but what the producers think will make better TV. I stopped watching during season 3 when I found this out. It was one of the very few reality shows I ever watched.
I think Heidi really pushed for Mila because she makes such fabulous maternity clothes.
SF is PISSED over here!
An awesome, awesome re-cap by the one and only Project Rungay:
http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/04/pr-prissy-vs-pissy.html
I read over at “Entertainment Weekly” that Jay did in fact get to show at Bryant Park. Several of the ousted designers including Anthony were able to send some of their work down the runway to serve as decoys. Because the show is taped so far in advance the producers set up decoys so no one can figure out who the finalists/winners are. So even though Jay didn’t win, he did get to send his “big booty” wear down the runway.
Ugh, whatever Heidi wants, she gets. I knew Jay was doomed as soon as Heidi put on her bitchy face. I think Nina was leaning towards Jay. And poor Michael Kors looked ticked off when Heidi asked if they had made their final decision. Ah well, Mila’s looks were boring. I can’t even create a mental image of them in my mind because they were too dull to imprint into my memory. Emilio’s attitude is really something else now. I started to dislike him after that dreaded bikini he made (bc that was his plan all along, not that he ran out of material) ahem..anyway. The reunion show looks interesting. I wonder how Maya responds to Nina’s question about why she really left…
@benny: Thats absolutely a truism. It has nothing to do with Heidi! Project runway is my show anyday-anytime!
@ogechi – Heidi Klum is still a producer of the show last time I checked 🙂