Runway Roundup

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Project Runway season 3 debuted last night so I’m compelled to offer some quick comments.

Did you notice we were only 45 seconds into the new season before one of the designers mentioned that old Hollywood is their inspiration? I’m so tired of hearing that but it was especially noteworthy since it came from Malan.

Malan will clearly be this year’s person you hate, not love to hate, just hate. Plus if you caught the Road to Runway special he had some of the weakest designs of the finalists.

I’m a sucker for cute reality contestants so I’m already pulling for Alison and Bonnie.

Big props to the network for bringing Michael to New York. When I saw his “street smart” designs on the preview show I thought there would be no way they’d bring him along but kudos to the producers for bringing in a diverse group of designers.

Besides the two cuties I think I’ll be pulling for the Barbie designer. His audition video was the hi-larious.

As for the first person out, all I can say is thank god. As a fashion idiot I tune in to see people who actually know what they’re doing and that includes running a sewing machine. Seems like they’ve now trimmed the fat and the rest of the designers should make for an interesting soup.