dilemma

this is the dilemma to end all dilemmas:

my precious St. Louis Cardinals play for the pennant tonight

or

the grand finale of project runway and premiere of top chef.

comatose

i just noticed today is oct. 17. it occurs to me that, with the exception of about three or four days, i have no idea what i have done the rest of this month. it's like i'm in some sort of coma. i am so ready for things to slow down again at work. >sigh<

on a good note, however, tomorrow night is finally the end of project runway. that's a good thing, because i'm actually starting to get tired of it. i feel like the past three episodes have been the same damn thing. pick someone, already!

and the sadness of project runway ending starts the bliss which is top chef. i was obsessed with the first season, but i'm reserving judgement on the season which starts tomorrow because all of the chefs that have been introduced in top chef tv ads seem annoying. bring back lee ann and chef dreamy.

pr-eunited

so apparently i had it right all along: the much anticipated finale of project runway, season three, IS oct. 11. it is ALSO oct. 18. i forgot they sometimes split their grand finales.

its ok, i can keep liking bravo. they haven't put me too far astray.

i don't have much to say about the reunion except these things:

1. jeffrey gained a few small points in my book
2. vincent lost many large points
3. keith is still an annoying dumb ass and i'm glad he's gone
4. i love that tim gunn is more of a linguistic nut than i; it gives me something to aim for
5. vincent is an annoying dumb ass and i'm glad he's gone

i'm already planning my project runway 'whole lot of ugly' throwdown for oct 18.

penultimate p.r.

what a cop out!!!

not only did they NOT narrow down the pool of four project runwayers to three, as they generally do going into el finito episode, they had been alluding to the fact they weren't eliminating anyone since the last episode. what they allude to during the previews is generally a ploy to keep you from guessing what their little surprises are going to do.

ah well, i guess it was the right thing to do. uli won that challenge fair and square. her dress WAS different, and it was good, even though i wasn't keen on the tiedye fabric. but, the fabric was what made it uli.

i thought michael's dress was a beautiful color, and almost there, but i wasn't a fan of the humongous boobage on the dress, just like ...

... the boobage on laura's dress (again). but laura's dress, was still extremely beautiful, extremely laura.

jeffrey, on the other hand. i was thinking the whole time 'snow white and the seven dwarfs?'

but the fact is, love 'em or hate 'em, they've all proven they have talent, so it's hard to send one home now. uli was probably the top candidate to go until she knocked the judges' socks off. it's hard to boot any of the other three before the finale.

and speaking of finale, what was previously promoted as an oct. 11th grand finale has all of a sudden become an oct. 18 finale. are you trying to kill me slowly with a blunt object bravo? you're testing my loyalty. obviously i will watch the finale, but it doesn't mean i have to watch you next season.

fashion week update

ok, ive seen the project runway designers' collections, and i have to say i honestly can't tell who the decoy is, though i wasn't as impressed with michael's as i hoped to be ... BUT it was better than some of the bloggers made it out to be.

i was surprised by jeffrey's designs. they were different, which was a good thing. uli's was definitely uli, but better.

but if i were voting, my vote would definitely go to laura.

go laura and michael!!

damn, oct. 11 is so far away.

fashion week

project runway finally presented today for fashion week in nyc. apparently, its normal for them to present the final four designers, with one acting as a decoy designer so that everyone is left guessing who the three finalists will be. darn.

the good news is michael and laura are still both in. i hope pr changes the rules and they're both allowed to win -- michael can push a chic urban line and laura can make the dresses she's so good at making. i'll buy one.

it took me all day to find some fashion week coverage that included pr, but i finally found some. i don't fully like what they have to say (KG you may want to stop reading here).

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i'm not thrilled with what asap had to say about michael, and season one winner jay mccarroll predicts jeffrey for the win. apparently he had an impressive line today.

i guess we shall have to wait until oct. 11.

project runway

i'm not allowed to say too much about tonight's project runway as some of my readers (ahem, KG) weren't able to catch the show tonight and hate spoilers.

i will say this: much ado about nothing.

spoiler?

it's fashion week in new york, and i may not be the most fashionable bitch on the street, but i do love to look at all the pretty pictures. not to mention i've long been a huge fan of sex and the city (which dedicated a whole episode to fashion week), but also there's project runway. of course.

i was checking out the olympus fashion week website, and i noticed that pr is slated to present designs on friday. the three finalists, whomever they may be (ahem, let's hope michael, laura and uli) "face-off in front of an audience of movers and shakers at New York Fashion Week in September," says bravotv. well that week is here, folks, but we've still got five contestants left. and unless two people disappear on wednesday, which having seen the preview ads might be a possibility if kayne gets the boot and laura decides she can't handle the stress and pregnancy, then we won't be down to the final three by friday.

will fashion week provide us with a spoiler? here's the site where pr's designs are posted after they've been presented. i don't know if i can handle a spoiler, but i imagine i won't be able to resist a peek.

stay tuned. 9 a.m. friday at the promenade. or 9 p.m. wednesday on bravo.

on second glance

i did a little research after that last post and found that macy's is indeed selling the winning design. and they're selling it for $257. mind you the designers had to make their outfits on the show on a budget of $100. and honestly, it looked cuter on the show than it does on the macy's page.

apparently macy's is only selling the outfit online and 'in select stores' ie. the 'burbs of nashville are not classy enough to feature such a special outfit. not that i was going to buy it anyway.

and for anyone who thought angela was a good designer, my friend pointed out this website.

project runway - the shirt

i haven't reviewed the past two project runway episodes because i haven't seen the third one - the dog outfit one - but i have seen the fourth one where four groups make an outfit for macy's inc clothes line. the winning outfit was featured in a window display at macy's herald square and was to be worked into the inc line.

i went shopping today to celebrate tennessee's first sales tax holiday (which turned out to be a total bust). i happen to love macy's and like inc, so i was perusing that area of the store. i had completely forgotten about project runway when i saw this white t-shirt with a sketch on it. it looked pretty cool, and on closer inspection i found that the design was that of the winning outfit on project runway with angela's signature (the winning designer). the back had a small project runway logo at the top, and the total cost was $27+ a 10% discount.

now i was under the impression that the actual outfit, which was fairly cute, would be made for inc, i didn't think it would be a cop-out put the design on a t-shirt and sell it move.

i tried it on. it was cute. i thought about getting it, but i didn't. $27 even minus the 10% and the sales tax is still too much for a t-shirt.

project runway 3.2

almost a week late, but i've finally watched the second episode of Project Runway, season 3. like all reality shows that are some sort of competition, it takes me a few episodes to determine who i'm rooting for. my early favorites, however, are kayne and laura. kayne is just fun and both of his designs have been top-notch. he understood the challenge of designing for a beauty pageant and totally delivered. with laura, i love the 'i'm a bitch, but i'm good, so get over it' attitude. i'm sure some people hate her, and we'll see if i still respect her by the end of the season.

it hasn't taken me long to decide i do NOT like vincent. he's annoying. he's not very good. he should have been eliminated in this episode not only for the stupid sleeves he put on his otherwise decent (green) dress, but also for the horrible leadership skills (actually lack thereof) that he showed as team leader. i'm not so much a fan of angela, but good lord, she tried to do more. being a good team leader is what ultimately won it for my love, Harold Dieterle, on Top Chef. i guess it just goes to show that fashion does not mirror the real world, but food kinda has to.

project runway

i finally saw the first episode of the new season of Project Runway, only about a week late (that's why i like Bravo, they show one episode of any particular show at least 40 times a week so that even people like me can manage to catch it at least once.)

if you don't want to know what happens, stop reading here.

the challenge required the designers to use items found in their apartment to design a dress. they were given 15 minutes to rip apart matresses, cut down curtains, remove light fixtures -- whatever they wanted to use for their design.

the best part of the whole episode? when they were done designing, they went back to their apartment, and everything was just as they had left it. some designers had nowhere to sleep. there were no curtains to block the outside. it was hilarious.

the worst part? the hat made out of what appeared to be a mixing bowl or a flower pot.