Project Runway: Season 9 (Premieres July 28 @ 9 PM/8C)

Are you ready?!

tbh i did not know the new season was coming so soon until i learned (via facebook, of course) that one of my first-ever boyfriends will be a contestant this season. haven't even seen him in over 10 years! kinda strange to know i'll be watching him on the tee-vee once this starts.

so...

anybody?

thank you for reminding meeeeee

You better believe it.

going to watch. this is the only tv show i like.

I'm already rooting for the old recovering alcoholic guy

rooting for the rich blonde to drink a gallon of anti freeze

dunno if i'm going to watch this - still annoyed by the season 8 finale tbh

BERT!

omg I almost forgot!

Michael, Nina, Heidi, and Tim are like ... I missed them so much and didn't even know I missed them.

<3 tim exclaiming "is that a toilet?"

Did Anthony Ryan say he was a Gulf War veteran or was I mishearing things?
Might as well cut Gunnar Deatherage, he's more of a Metalocalypse guy than a Project Runway guy.
ZOMGLOLZ @ Michael Kors' "I like myself" pocket.

Also, does the guy who just avoided elimination remind anyone else of Michael C.?

Anya's pants were the grossest thing I have heard the judges praise. The fit? The FIT? There was a giant pubic poof and the crotch hung to her knees. I don't think she should have been in the bottom three, but I thought some of the "safe" designs were much better than that. It's like the judges were so amazed that she could sew, they forgave a multitude of hideous sins. I thought the construction on Bert's dress was a little funky, too.

When Baldy McBalderson's look came out on the runway my exact words were, "What the fuck?" I was way more horrified by his look and the jacked up snowboarding pants than by Rafael's stuff.

Elmo, which designer did you used to date?

I kind of feel compelled to pull for the chubby, 38-year-old white lady with glasses for obvious reasons.

the guy i used to date was the first designer dismissed in the pre-challenge elimination! i was hoping he would go far. aw.

I've heard that one day you're in, the next day you're out.

Aw, bummer, Elmo.

tim gunn "thank you petland discount!"

Heidi had a lot of nerve bitching about that Groomed Man's model's makeup with that lipstick on. Dag.

even though the color style was dated, me and my family liked the orange and brown garment in the bottom 3 over the design that won

Me too! I liked the color and the style, too, but I only learn things are dated by listening to judges bitch about them on Project Runway.

Loooool they gave Olivier subtitles even though dude was speaking english. wtf with that accent tho seriously

(and yes, I caved despite swearing never to watch PR ever again. This season's designers seem totally crazeballs so...)

Olivier is from OHIO. He moved to London when he was 16. He is now 22. That accent gives me the rage.

Olivier is from OHIO

he's a scientologist

Gross.

Olivier speaks Madonna's English. Ugh.

Bert was acting like a total diva.

Anthony Ryan robbed.

The fact that Bert didn't even try really bugged me.

anthony ryan seems so sweet. and gaunt. i want to make him a sandwich.

he had nut cancer, cut him some slack

Burt seemed cool at first, he proved he's bitch-made though. Calling him going home next week (predictable).

Really liking the girl who "cant sew"

Really liking the girl who "cant sew"

The one who kind of looks like Cassie (mohawk anyway), aka Miss Trinidad & Tobago, aka Anya Ayoung-Chee.

anthony ryan's was quite nice but maybe too referential to mcqueen? what with the high ornate collar and faux beading effect. though definitely my favorite of the bunch if not the most original.

That Oliver kid is going to be the bane of my existence this season. That shirt he made fit like ass on his model.

Don't forget blond "I'm the Only One Who's Glam, and btw, SPOILED RICH."

btw, finally figured out that Anthony Ryan is not an Iraq war veteran, i.e. it's "I Rock One," not "Iraq I."

The blond from St. Louis is going to be a treat, too, but I feel that the editors are already going after her. She'll be gone in six weeks. Oliver will probably be in the top five gods be damned.

i really hate the vain overly bronzed dude who just had to roll up the sleeves on the scrubs in the 1st challenge and then in the second one rolled up the sleeves on his stupid yellow t-shirt. he isnt even that toned i mean srsly give it up

feel like there are some decent ppl this year tho

Oliver reminds me an awful lot of Miles from Piece of Art in case any of the eight people who watched that show are reading.

Also, has this been mentioned yet?

i kinda like the idea that the blonde woman sitting in the second row is a witch & none of the other contestants can see her she looks impishly knowing but also sinister

if thats the woman who always made those great beach-y patterned dresses then im glad cuz i liked her stuff a lot, if i were a girl i wouldve bought her stuff for sure

oh kenley

x-post

you mean uli? the german woman from season 3 the judges kept telling to make something other than resort wear and she kept making resort wear anyway? that's not her.

i don't see the point of bringing these people back for an all-stars show if they're not going to interact with the judges who already know and loathe them. specifically, i wanna see heidi vs. kenley 2: the rematch.

imo it seemed like last season tim & the judges just stopped giving a shit altogether about the show being meaningful and were more openly hostile towards the contestants than usual. i thought giving gretchen the win was just a big fu to the whole process.

also, oliver isn't a scientologist i was just riffing on that nails song.

So Tim and them are not hosting the all star show, but are they leaving the show for good? Terrible free Chicago commuter paper The Red Eye had a little blurb yesterday that said they were gone (but did not mention the all star show) but I feel like if that was really real there would be a whole lot more enraged blog posts about it.

Oliver reminds me an awful lot of Miles from Piece of Art in case any of the eight people who watched that show are reading.

Fauxcent automatically makes Olivier ten times worse than Miles.

i kinda like the idea that the blonde woman sitting in the second row is a witch & none of the other contestants can see her she looks impishly knowing but also sinister

Man, some of those designers are O_o All-Star choices.

I wonder how many of them are willing to go to jail for stabbing Kenley in the face.

was this ever posted: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/18/kenley-collins-arrested-p_n_176499.html

yeah she's really kinda terrible, huh?
I remember liking her too.

seems like she'll be going home soon.

h8 2 break this to u, but...

lol wait was she the one who went home? i am such an idiot. i don't remember the last five minutes at all for some reason.

April's dress was kinda hideous too, like her model got attacked on the way to the runway. Her Alice in Wonderland/hot topic goth thing is sooo cringeworthy

And I often like her, despite that

I <3 Sweet P so much, but seriously, they cast her for being (can't avoid the pun) the sweetest contestant ever, not because she can design. -_-

yeah, pretty much

I still have nightmares about that color-block dress she did the week before

Ugh I just watched first ep and it seems like some low-budget public access version of ProjRun with awful editing and an even more awful host. What the fuck is this show?

I know. It's not great. But it's all we got ;_;

yeah it seems pretty "off" at the moment, like they're training interns in the editing room? but part of the weirdness is having it be so similar in format to the real PR, but w/o the familiar recurring faces -- gunn, klum, garcia, etc. also, i guess just the boring-ness of already knowing each designers' personality style. i dunno, i'll stick with it!

Joanna or whatever her name is, Snow Queen, seems kind of terrified whenever she engages with the designers in the sewing room, like she's going to sprint off to the bathroom & wash her hands

ha, with her, i find myself wishing Tilda Swinton was the "mentor" ... that'd make things interesting
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2011/08/joanna_coles_a_p.jpgp
http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/42433/tilda-swinton_M_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

24 Hour Catwalk > Project Runway All-Stars

24 hr catwalk is kindof a trip

"designers must incorporate the clown mask"

alexa chung is dope tho

indashio is the worst person

This was such a weird episode, half-surreal, half-earnest. However, I couldn't tell if Not-Tim Gunn was sincere or ashamed and debased out of her English mind when she was talking about the international superstar Miss Piggy.

The worst thing about having Michael C. as an All-Star is that Ivy is too weak a designer to have around so as to strip away his unctuousness.

His terrible 'do you have a date' to Miss Piggy, I'm sure even she gave him an eyeroll.
Austin's dress with those bows was all kinds of wtf. How was that ever not going to be a bad idea.

I finally realized what Kenley's laugh reminds me of!
"You ever hear of a ritual killing? Aheheehehehehe"

http://youtu.be/vdG5lmB_MOk

♥ Kenley.

"very sarah jessica parker circa 1999 meets 2002....but futuristic"

This season is the worst, just not interesting at all.

"very sarah jessica parker circa 1999 meets 2002....but futuristic"

idk what's more remarkable: that anyone would even actually say this, or that this garbage talk actually represents a communicable idea

the occasional showstopper dress aside, michael is p the worst imho

I dunno, I loved this episode, notwithstanding Anthony going home. TT_TT He brought so many lolz, he will be missed.

them having to get clothes from ppl was p classic

thought jerrell prob shouldve gone, ya will miss anthony - lol @ his comeback to being questioned abt getting that dude's shirt ~ theres no accounting for how much inspiration matters!

I love how the only criticism of Mondo's was "it's too styled". Really.

Jerrell's look really should've been styled with a big fruit turban, no?

Anthony going up to people on the street and talking them out of their clothes -- this is a reality waiting to happen, no? Get on it, Lifetime/Bravo!!!

I was dearly hoping that at the beginning of the challenge, one of the designers would ask not-Hodi for her clothes. /straight dood

Clearly this "all-star" season is a test run to see if the PR brand can thrive without Hodi/Tim/Neeners/Kors/et al.

I love how Jerrell was all "imma be in the top 3!!"

i dont want to talk about Michael's whatever-that-was except to say NO

really dont have a prob w/ the replacement judges but timothy gunn is essential

Tim Gunn, I mss him ;_;

miss, even

tbh I do not actually miss the regular ProjRun crew -- I think the commentary this season is much more insightful and thoughful, the mentor lady is giving better critiques than Gunn has in years, and the judging is thankfully not focused on repetitive "DISCO SNOWBEAST ON PROMNIGHT" michael kors zingers. i don't like not-heidi but whatev

Jerrell wasn't THIS tacky in his original season, was he?!

Austin = "The Silent Killer" hahah

This was kind of a cool challenge. Was bummed that Mondo didn't really get it together. I'm kind of glad Jerrell is gone, I just think he has really bad taste. He gets super caught up in the concept and is kind of looking at the model like a clothes horse, like "look what I can make" instead of "look at how good she looks"! But the one thing I did always like was his commmitment to his design. Even if it was the fugliest thing on the planet, he would happily stand by it.

So, sausagefest.

Okay I haven't even finished watching the finale yet but the Marie Claire exec assistant wearing a BASEBALL CAP indoors made me want to smash something.

As you were.

That's why he's working at Marie Claire rather than Vogue, no?

I guess. Maybe the regular guy is on vacation and they've got the bike messenger pulling double duty.

Mondo was kind of a dick this episode. It was kind of disappointing. Keen to see his collection though, loved the Rorschach prints he made.

Major LOLs at Anthony's reaction to Austin's "Fragonard, Madame de Pompadour meets 21st century rock-star, Williamsburg Hasidic gentleman" I love Austin's work for the most part normally but I have a feeling his collection is going to be O_o
Those bloomer things are just...scary

Michael, I have no idea. But yes let's make another draped white dress as your final piece, just to remind everyone 'Here comes Drapey Ole Michael' ffs

Hopefully that'll be Michael's downfall.

zomg Anthony, he should have had permanent immunity or something, every other thing he said was lol.

Mondo was in his own headspace, and keeping in mind the editing, I don't really see what was outrageous about his behavior. He's not really under any obligation to interact nicely with the other contestants, and was working through his own malaise.

I am likewise curious, though, to see his crazypants inspired crazy pants, though I also want to see the rest of Austin's pieces (I'm still on a buzz from his rave gotherina from a couple challenges ago). I think the bloomers are for two models to wear at once, conjoined-twins stylee.

hahah

yeah I dunno, I get that Mondo's tired and whatever but he was just so sulky and pouty I was kinda annoyed.

That one guy rated "best dressed man" was wearing a baseball cap when he was judging... not to excuse the white guy for doing it in his place of work

season was worth it for "its called austin scarlett and its a story of a vampire from the 18th C who has lived many hundreds of years and now resides in williamsburg and occasionally borrows clothes from her hasidic dandy friends"

^^^^^

The reaction shots of the baffled audience did it for me.

I couldn't bring myself to look at the tv, I just stared at the floor awkwardly waiting for him to finish...so much secondhand embarrassment

that wedding dress was freaking beautiful though. The way it moved! Wow. I don't like marshmallow wedding dresses usually but goddamn.

(Just wanted to assert my straight-dudeness and mention that the rack on the model who wore Mondo's Rorschach was like woah.)

HA yeah she definitely gave it a 90's flygirl look (re her nice curvy bod), much appreciated

lol you really are an Americaphile.

Guilty as charged