Project Runway Season 5 : ... [Premieres July 16th @ 9PM]

SO EXCITED

i had no idea when it was gonna start again.

I don't care now, but I'm sure I'll be obsessed a month from now.

i thought I heard this wasn't going to be on bravo anymore and was moving to A&E or some shit?

ok i heard it was gonna be on lifetime but now i have no fucking clue

This is the last season before it moves to Lifetime.

super cub with the hard facts

thanx for allaying my confusion!

i have no information on this

I heard some of the dudes are gay.

it's kind of weird that they don't have teaser info up like profiles and such. Usually that stuff is up on the website weeks before the season debut. The whole thing seems rushed and half-assed - like a last ditch effort to squeeze some more profit from the franchise before it goes to a different network. Doesn't bode well.

i thought the same way, but after finding out that Lifetime PR is moving to LA i don't care how shitty this season is because one more "real" season is preferable to any number of seasons of the neutered version that'll be on lifetime

guys this aired tonight; they're rerunning it right now! i had no idea...

so excited

like, half of everyone picked tablecloths for the first season supermarket challenge. these people are kind of feeble. tim gunn just told them off.

Kelli is my early favorite.

the guy who got kicked off, his outfit was better than the leather girl's. just sayin.

he shoulda just left out the rubber gloves. the dress underneath was cute! and the coat wasn't even that bad. it was like, evil nurse trolls for sex. which i mean come on, that can work, as a look.

no, that coat was hideous. he sucked.

yay, Kelli won! i am feeling a little lukewarm about the season, though.

the coat wasn't as hideous as that thing the other chick tried to call an attempt.

they both sucked but that dude deserved to go. it was all just so wrong everywhere. the coat didn't fit, the dress was amateurish at best, the gloves signaled a really bad idea of what is "edgy" and unique. also he thought it was the shit where at least the goth chick was like "i was a tard for picking trash bags and this thing is gonna blow". (btw was she referring to her dress as "trash" and "garbage" on purpose? cuz i dont think so. she kept saying "my fabric is trash!" but she was like dead serious. it was v weird.)

i thought cup dude should've won but i wasn't really mad at the girl winning even tho the coffee filters over the tits was not a good look (looked like she should've been serving hours devours on those things). cup dude is def this season's christian except his confidence is v silent also he is kind of boring.

also lol @ the dude who looks like tuomas

this dude is def my favorite. looooooooooooool @ this pic
http://www.bravotv.com/widgets/bin/gallery/cache/eaf324955f72d22f7b01e315378194af/watermark/wat_they_wore_jerell_501.jpg

this shit right here was really really bad

http://www.bravotv.com/widgets/bin/gallery/cache/4b9789d611e56ec7e415db743a5ba149/watermark/rate_runway_03_501.jpg

dunno looks pretty gd on iphone

my fave PR contestant ever was gillian(?) - the girl in lst yrs final. her clothes were great; she dressed the best too

otm

would've kicked it w/ her

really? she was kind of boring

personality wise.

me and Zulema from season 2 would be cool

and Santino

I like big personalities

ya zulema was rad

jillian seemed really chill to me, kinda my speed

haha how do you feel about SUEDE and the dude with the awful fake tan who made that awful lingerie thing

wesley :D

my faves from this ep:

http://www.bravotv.com/widgets/bin/gallery/cache/4b9789d611e56ec7e415db743a5ba149/watermark/rate_runway_01_501.jpg
(love the asymmetry of the skirt)

http://www.bravotv.com/widgets/bin/gallery/cache/4b9789d611e56ec7e415db743a5ba149/watermark/rate_runway_15_501.jpg
(well-deserved win)

http://www.bravotv.com/widgets/bin/gallery/cache/4b9789d611e56ec7e415db743a5ba149/watermark/rate_runway_11_501.jpg
(i like the way it moves)

yeah I dunno what is up with Suede.. what is with his hair? He is totally blah.

and what is with that dude who's addicted to tanning? "holla at ya boy?" oh lord...

ya the first one you listed was way underrated-- i guess they lumped it in w/ the "really good but used real fabric" bunch

i missed the beginning of the ep. did he say why he calls himself suede?

ya that dude is a wreck. he's gonna stick around for a bit on the virtue of making awful shit that is just vaguely interesting enough to not be worse than someone who did something poorly made and boring

lol http://jillianprojectrunway.blogspot.com/

hott
http://bp3.blogger.com/_Ml6ovgxZaP8/R76Jg0YYAkI/AAAAAAAAAMo/sS2qc1OUxCs/s1600-h/Season-4--Jillian-Lewis-project-runway-4.jpg

the coffee filters over the tits were NOT great but the skirt part was A+++. i did love the girl with the red lipstick's outfit posted above tho -- red top w/ blue asymmetrical skirt. should've won :/

i actually really liked the bodice piece of tanning guy's outfit, but the diaper part looked absolute crap.

and as for the cup guy, he's cute. but i wouldn't go so far as to say he's this season's christian (thank goodness). and i don't find his quiet confidence boring.

the hottest guy on the show may very well be that adorable prep with the slight schnoz who arrived in shorts and the longsleeve button down. i'd KICK IT.

yeah that adorable preppy dude is adorable.

let it be known that Keith Bryce is the absolute hottest-looking man ever to have graced the program, and for this reason I hope he stays a very long time.

guh, kind of slow start no?

Tanning dude freaks me out and he seems like someone who has really shit taste but thinks that makes him "edgy".

xp which one's Keith?

Keith's the really cute one with the buzz cut and beard who does "urban" stuff that they only gave like 30 seconds of the entire show to. Tanning dude is trying waaaaaaayyyy too hard to be the new Christian.

let it be known that Keith Bryce is the absolute hottest-looking man ever to have graced the program, and for this reason I hope he stays a very long time.

-- Stevie D, Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:52 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lol u should try and date tuomas

the cup guy deserved to win more than the coffee filter girl -- that top was an abomination against god and all that is holy. the bottom was fucking awesome but jesus christ that top was the ugliest thing that anyone came up with this episode. including punk rock gramma and girlicious.

keith is hottt. shirtless.

the thing with tanning dude is he might come up with something amazing. seems like a hit or miss kind of guy maybe?

the bottom was fucking awesome but jesus christ that top was the ugliest thing that anyone came up with this episode.

ya seriously. shit was inexcusable.

the hottest guy on the show may very well be that adorable prep with the slight schnoz who arrived in shorts and the longsleeve button down. i'd KICK IT/

wesley :D

-- J0rdan S., Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:19 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Link

coffee filters would be better as a skirt, something poofy

the tanning dude is this season's kayne. he may win a challenge that is tailored to ridiculous and ugly flamboyant shit and he'll skirt by on the normal challenges as the boring designers fall by the wayside but once he gets to the final 5-6 he's gonna fall apart

yes WESLEY

http://myitthings.com/images/posts/600/10152008111648k(498x443).jpg

Balenciaga S/S 09 vs. Kenley

I actually like Kenley's dress more.

BUT STILL, i could see claming ignorance if, say, you did the handpainted thing like that with a different silhouette or with the shoulders different but that is practically THE SAME FUCKING DRESS.

i think this has been said already in this thread, but i do think kenley is delusional about the reality of influence. she struck me as not quite right throughout the season.

kenley stand by her statement that she has never seen any of these other collections she bites off of? i mean really? she is just so scary talented and creative that she coincidently came up with these design ideas on her own. come the fuck on.

i don't think she perceives herself as lying. i think she is crazy.

I wish the show had gone a little more into her homelife to explain how she got so crazy — there were hints around it — but I guess that's for another type of show entirely. I suspect a 30-second interview with her father would have made her a totally sympathetic character.

Actually, given the way influence runs through the fashion world, there is some slight possibility that Kenley is accidentally re-creating things by borrowing "inspiration" from their trickle-down through the general consciousness and other lines and ads and movies and so on. Obviously this would be every bit as much a failing, and it's kinda why you either have to be in or our with this stuff -- either you're a know-nothing "outsider" or you just plain have to pay attention to what's going on so you know your context. (I mean, it's fashion! Kind of the ultimate in arts that involve knowing the flow of trends around you and how your stuff fits into them!)

Hahaha fashion and indie-rock, basically

I find it somewhat hard to believe the nearly identical McQueen wedding dress was created by accidental inspiration, but you are right about the rest of that, I think.

To be fair, Kenley puts weird shoulder poofs on everything, loves gardeny florals, and makes a lot of fitted dresses. The print on the Balenciaga has a similar palette but that's about it, print-wise. It's a very different-looking outfit below the shoulders, different neckline, ... also, totally agree that it's better-looking.

I don't want to be cap'n save a ho (c. Michael Knight), I just think her work can be taken on its own merits, and a lot of it is very nice.

Actually, given the way influence runs through the fashion world, there is some slight possibility that Kenley is accidentally re-creating things by borrowing "inspiration" from their trickle-down through the general consciousness and other lines and ads and movies and so on. Obviously this would be every bit as much a failing, and it's kinda why you either have to be in or our with this stuff -- either you're a know-nothing "outsider" or you just plain have to pay attention to what's going on so you know your context. (I mean, it's fashion! Kind of the ultimate in arts that involve knowing the flow of trends around you and how your stuff fits into them!)

just to be clear, it's her failure to acknowledge this that makes her seem insane to me. among other things, of course.

50% of the girls ive seen walking around in new york look like leanne

guys, leanne won because she actually designed an entire LINE of clothes rather than just a series of dressed -- despite the fact that she had a very strong, maybe even overpowering visual theme, she had the most variety of the TYPE of garments she was showing. kenley and korto went with the "OMG i can make a million dresses" route while leanne had a lot of tasteful separates that could be easily mixed

P.S. for some reason i was NUTS over the fans korto's models flapped on the runway, it was a great little touch that added a whole lot of atmosphere to the collection

polyphonic, you are forgetting that they were both hand-painted. It's a pretty crazy coink-i-dink.

and oh, can we talk about the runway music? kenley's runway music was wicked dumb guitar shit and so totally out of wack with her collection, korto had some nicely appropriate fela kuti shit and leanne had some weird squarepusher vibe going on that really fit A+

yeah i loved korto's music. i would basically have korto's babies.

I thought Korto's collection was the best and Kenley's was the worse, there was a couple definite klunkers and no one really wears avant-garde clothes.

Anyone know what Leanne's music was?

Santino made it. (j/k)

it turns out that Project Runway winner Leanne’s runway song was made by her equally hipster dorky bf, Nathan W. McKee. It’s called “Cookie Breath,” and you can hear an edit of it here.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=65710503

Why am I not surprised.

It was pretty good -- I was thinking it must have been The Books or something!

And weirdly enough my first thought about Kenley's music was "she let some friends in a cruddy Brooklyn band put together something for her."

kenley has no friends, remember?

He's defining friends loosely.

there is a band called 'the books'?? kill me.

kenley was noticeably without people to introduce tim to which must be a new york first.

i like The Books.

Kenley's line was fucking amazing. I was sad she lost.

(even tho she's a cunt)

http://a928.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_99b4083b7f8a25868a15edab306d38a7.jpg

unbearably twee

also:

http://a918.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_a1e76dd2d08bb358907f3d2a6193c2f5.jpg

2 in the pink?

2 in leanne, 1 in the can

And weirdly enough my first thought about Kenley's music was "she let some friends in a cruddy Brooklyn band put together something for her."

i had the same thought! lol.

ok, re balenciaga - s/s 09 show was at the same time as the pr runway show... unless she had spies months in advance, how whould she know balenciaga would show that dress?
and like someone else said, it was a very kenley fabric and she uses those sleeves a lot. not that her wedding dress was original in any way...

korto was robbed. sorry, i have been saying since early on i do not get leanne's petal bullshit. her collection did not impress me. i think the reason korto's items speak to me is what nina said - that she can design for a wide range of sizes to make a woman look good. i think that's important. kenley's was very well-done, i thought, too, but i just really liked the overall feel of korto's.

ok, re balenciaga - s/s 09 show was at the same time as the pr runway show... unless she had spies months in advance, how whould she know balenciaga would show that dress?

was wondering this too

yeah leanne's petals annoyed me. 2 colors, and a whole buncha pleats! wtf

right so the upcoming season may never air and no one knows the contestants but damn, whoever the three finalists were made some fine clothes. I like all three collections more than any of the ones from last season, especially the third one.

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/02/check_out_the_project_runway_s.html

after looking at this I still think Jay McCarroll is the best designer of anybody that's been on the show. also IMHO Kara Janx and Jillian should've won their seasons based on the runway. I really liked Jillian.. not every single thing in her show, but in general.. so impeccable.

yeah i liked her a lot too

her garments were always on point

she knows how to cut. i guess her clothes are rather conservative & you can see she used to work at ralph lauren, but.. it seems like if you bought one of her better pieces it would fit properly & be flattering and well constructed with a good, proportional silhouette. i thought siriano & some others use a lot of .. foof to cover up the fact that they aren't as good at that. (it really annoys me about trendy clothing lines when stuff cost a couple hundred dollars new, but for the quality/fit/material, you might as well go to h&m or zara. just saying. i wandered in a consignment shop @ georgetown today (found a fab cashmere vneck sweater for $18, perfect shade of very very very pale blush pink) & they had a cardigan from vince which doubtless cost about $300 new, had prob been worn for only 1 year, and it looked like trash.)

http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/18/runway-star-jailed-for-cat-astrophic-assualt/

THE LOLLERSKATES EXPRESS IS IN TOWN

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

OMFG EPIC

i mean why have i never thought to throw a cat at a person!

You've never thought to do that? Have you never watched the Simpsons?

no actually, i am ilx's one and only simpsons dissenter.

This story has totally made my day

Don't be Leanne, don't be Leanne, don't be Leanne...

CLICKS LINK

WELL. How could it be anyone else besides her?

The lost season, unlost on August 15!

http://bloggingprojectrunway.blogspot.com/2009/04/project-runway-season-six-premieres.html