FINALLY!!!!
After leading Old Yeller back behind the barn for two episodes -- eliminating Kevin and then Kit -- I finally have justice.
The challenge this week was brought to us by Levi 501. The designers (only 7 left!) were asked to create an iconic denim look "that's lived in the heart of the Levi's brand." Tight bun Levi lady was a little into her product -- not unlike the Hershey lady from Times Square who was in it to win it. There's a warehouse, there's running and grabbing hanging jean paraphernalia, as per usual.
I've been lamenting Victorya's lack of character -- no, even worse than that, there's this bitchy entitlement thing going on, masked in an icy guise of aloofness -- and it's like she doesn't even have the zah zah zoo to actually be a bitch -- she's just kind of weakly shitty. Example: Everyone's running around the warehouse trying to grab their jeans and shit -- and there's this pair of jeans on the ground and Chris goes to pick them up and Victorya languidly says, "Those are mine." And Chris kind of points to the GROUND like are you fucking kidding me? And she's like, "Um, I think they might be mine...yeah, I think they might be mine." And then she swans over and picks them up.
What confuses me was how both Jillian and Victorya made a trench coat. Um, now if I remembered that y'all made a trench coat last week -- I'm betting that the judges (and the rest of the world) might have a trench light bulb or two...nonetheless.
This was also the episode where Christian got really annoying for me. Now, I've been backing him up this entire time because I thought he was good-humored about it -- and was just kind of doing his own thing, but this week he got mean. And it didn't suit him. I don't really know who 'being mean' really suits -- the Grinch maybe -- but only in the beginning because of that whole heart thing. They do kind of look the same -- Christian and The Grinch? WTF?!?! Grinchtian! So, he bags on Chris -- saying he doesn't know how to clean denim -- then he bags on CryBaby Ricky his questionable presence in the top 7. Then he just starts bagging on denim. The fabric. The inanimate object. "I'm going to die of barfness" was one of his choice insults to the fabric as it lay innocently in his lap. He ran out of people and then started berating a fabric. It was just bizarre. I think Christian had to turn to berating the fabric because no one bit -- no one told him to shut up, no one told him to fuck off -- everyone just rolled their eyes, chalked it up to immaturity and lamented that he needed his bottle and to be put to bed. Adorable.
And can we talk for a moment about how Sweet P's husband's name is Sage? Of course it is. I wasn't feeling her, according to Tim (swoon), 'happy hands at home granny circle' wedding dress. But, the great thing about Sweet P is that she listens, has no ego about the product and changed the entire design -- and landed in the top 3 with a dress that according to Michael Kors, "had the voodoo in it." Slimming voodoo, Heidi added. And with the right shoe (the best line of the night) Kors said he'd slip it on himself for a night out.
I loved Ricky's piece. "Denim done up" as he put it. It was beautiful and you can tell that shit was hard -- I mean, he made this tight little bustier dress out of denim. Like all nipped and tucked and pleaty at the bottom. He really knocked one out of the park -- winning the challenge -- to Grinchtian's ire and everyone else's delight. Of course he wept. I think I get it, though. I think it's such an emotionally charged thing -- really putting your shit out there and risking everything -- I think I get it. I get the crying -- sometimes. The all the time thing -- a tad much. And how fucking tall is his model though? I mean she made Ricky look like Verne Troyer standing next to her.
So poor Ralph Lauren Jillian had a whole freak out thing. And I thought this is where her inexperience showed -- Chris added that if she's still making these difficult, elaborate pieces (that landed her in the bottom) with only like 10 hours to make it in that she's refusing to learn about her surroundings -- and I thought that was really astute. Sweet P added that Jillian could freak out in 10 minutes, but that right at that moment she had to finish her shit. It just always amazes me that after every day/night in the workroom the group exits the room, down the hallway and at all times Jillian is being comforted by someone -- leaning on someone's shoulder, petted and held -- like she's the only one who's been in that goddamn workroom. I don't know -- it seems a bit over-indulgent. I do like her -- I just think she's forgetting that it's hard on everyone -- that's the point.
Rami -- There were zippers, dark jean material and a cute little dress. But, I think the big victory for America was that there was no draping. No. Draping.
Chris' dress once again was dated- - it sucks because I think he's amazing when it comes to construction and professionalism -- but he's just off the mark when it comes to taste. I think he's not long for this Project Runway world. My prediction? Next week maybe? Ugh -- break my heart. I think he's awesome. Maybe I can ask Ricky to cry about it for a week. Sniff.
In the end Ricky won the challenge -- I liked how he kind of broke down about never knowing if what you're doing is good, thinking that you suck and Michael Kors saying, "It never goes away." It was actually a really cool moment between artists and I completely identified with it. It was awesome.
And Snot Victorya got sent home. Finally.
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