I think I spoke too soon in my last few posts about the season getting better. While the challenges are definitely getting more creative, the entertainment factor of the show is still not enough to get me riled up…and certainly not enough this week to warrant actual Awesome and WTF Indexes. Nothing really pissed me off or knocked me off my feet this week and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. But for blogging purposes, it makes it a little difficult to keep things interesting. Here it goes anyway…
This week’s challenge: select a film genre from the 5 available (unless you’re unlucky enough to be the last one called and therefore have no choice) and invent a character that lives in that genre. The show is incorporating the Hollywood movie industry. I dig. The available genres were: Period Piece, Western, Sci-Fi, Film Noir, Action Adventure. Oh, and they only have one day to complete it (panic!).
When Epperson got handed the Western card, I just started laughing. Here was this Bob Marley look-a-like who had to design a character from a John Wayne movie? Awesome. He really went for it though. I thought his dress was fantastic – esp. with the detailing with the ruffles and the leather sling belt (I want a leather sling belt! It’s like a posh fanny pack). I am kind of regretting naming Louise as the one to watch – her dress this week was yawnsville. And hello? Her card was film noir? That is basically her MO! And I agree with the other contestants in that Louise’s mistake was not really having a concrete character in mind (I think her explanation on the runway was a person in 20s gear going to a party in the 50s? Lame.) Even after Tim Gunn told her that, as talented as she was, she wasn’t standing out enough with the judges. For her to have this advice and to still come up with the tired black lace over nude number was disappointing.
I felt so bad for Gordana. Someone give this little babuska a hug please! She just tries so hard! I do think her construction is really great – she is just having trouble thinking outside of the box. As for the rest of the designers (excluding Nicholas and Chris who will be discussed shortly), everyone was just blah. Oh and I HATED Logan’s leather jumpsuit! It’s like he just took a picture of Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider and copied it. And poor Ra’mon. I thought the jumpsuit was heinous but the dress wasn’t that bad…I was really torn when it came down to Louise or Ra’mon. I liked them both but given Ra’mon’s past win, I was definitely surprised he was kicked off. Especially because he is definitely more interesting to watch than Louise. I think my physical reaction was a widening of the eyes, followed quickly by a shrug.
As for the top two designers – Nicholas and Chris – they were both incredible. I loved Nicholas’ white and silver dress and I think he definitely took a risk with all the appliques. And Chris’ gown was perfectly made. I hate to say it, but I think he was wise to ignore Tim’s advice about adding sleeves. The dress was perfect without it. And the fact that both dresses were made so cheaply is insane.
For your personal amusement – here are some of the thoughts that ran through my head as I watched (my method is generally a list of one-thought-sentences that I later piece together to write a blog entry. Sometimes I have no idea what I am talking about):
- Carol’s crush on Logan – eww.
- Does Carol ever wash her face? She has permanent racoon makeup
- Shirin wearing pigtails = symbolism?
- I HEART Nicholas
- Ra’mon’s jumpsuit as “kermit the frog gone wrong” – word, ya heard? Except any outfit that can be liked to Kermit is probably no bueno.
- “I see your hands but not your eyes” – annoying judge comment from that Marie Claire editor. I sort of hate her.
- Judge telling Epperson’s model that she could “manage [his] farm anytime” – GAH-ROSS
- Judge – “risky and ambitious but no banana”: wtf are you talking about?
- Leary-eyed, slimey judge continuing to drool over Epperson’s model
- Yay Nicholas!
Work it Sister!
The End.
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