it's loud and tasteless
and i've heard it before
Fourteen hours. Actually, that's not true. Fourteen hours, plus the time spent every week discussing the show with my co-workers and other friends, plus another three hours writing about the show for a freelance assignment. By my guess, and going by my freelance rate, the producers of Project Runway owe me somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,300 for wasting a considerable chunk of my life just to watch goddamn Jeffrey take home the season's top prize.I should add another grand just for emotional damages, even if I have to deduct the payment I received for said freelance work.
Seriously, what happened?
Fan favorite Michael went all bling-bling with his final runway show. He called it "safari," and it certainly looked like someboday got lost in the jungle. As Sean pointed out in an earlier comment here, those gold accents made me want to kick him in his recently braced teef.
And what about that swimsuit? My name isn't pretty-pretty, it's Barbarella!
Laura, who I was secretly rooting for, didn't lick Nina Garcia's pussy and stuck to her usual matronly act, which is a true pity. Of the final four, I sincerily believe she's the most talented.
And then there's Uli. Simple little Uli. I'll have to say her collection had a lot of surprises. It wasn't the usual tie-dyed tomfoolery we've seen all season. Judging from this runway show alone, Uli should have won the competition, but we knew it could never be.
Instead we get Jeffrey, he who made somebody's mother cry, who went over budget in the end and was accused of outsourcing his stitching. In a season that's been characterized by cheaters and haters, Project Runway got the winner it deserved: A surly, unsympathetic, overgrown brat whose whole "rock 'n' roll" aesthetic is the definiton of dated and pathetic.
Maybe it was a sad attempt to be "edgy" on the part of the producers, or just a ploy to prove that the fan favorite may not be the fashion favorite. Either way, this finale is like waking up on Christmas morning and finding a boot full of vomit under your tree. You didn't see it coming, you can't believe it happened and you feel awful for looking forward to the event in the first place.
I just want my 14 hours back.
2 Comments:
Hey Tray, I don't know----I trust Tim Gunn and he seemed truly wowed by Jeffrey's work when he went to visit Jeffrey's house. He said, "I'm awed by this" and I believe him. Also, the most visionary dresses I remember from this season are all Jeffrey's: especially the painted newspaper one from the recycling challenge and the bright yellow one he made in Paris. Character aside, I think his is a talent that commands attention and I like that he took big chances. Just my two cents! Enjoyed your post, Adam
i find it interesting that all three of the other contestants at one point in time were congratulated that their clothes could be sold to the mass market. All but Jeffrey. Also, Heidi commented to all of the other three designers at one point that she would totally wear their design. Not Jeffrey. Innovation it seems was what they were looking for this year. So the runway winner gets the mark but the others actually get to sell their clothes and make a living.
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