Hard to believe that after all this time Project Runway is finally back. Of course the elephant in the room is the whole move to Lifetime instead of Bravo. Except for the annoying Lifetime logo in the lower right hand corner I’m happy to say the changes were minimal. The minute Tim said “thank you Mood” I felt like we were right back at home.
Just like Top Chef the night before we got way too many contestants but I think we can all agree that this might be the best collection of names in Runway history. Gordana, Malvin, Epperson, Althea (the oldest looking 23 year old I’ve ever seen), Qristyl, Shirin, and crazy two name Carol Hannah. Those are some seriously fucked up names and I love them even if they will drive my spell check crazy. Of course the names got overshadowed in the first two segments by former meth addict Johnny. I was so bored with him after the third speech about addiction and then he played the drama up so he could get a pity hug from Tim. Ugh.
The red carpet challenge is a great way to start the season because it really gives the designers freedom. Of course that also means finding a bottom three can be way too easy since you’re leaving the designers to their own devices. Qristyl made a mess out of her dress but you knew she was safe compared to her fellow cellar dwellers. The minute Mitchell explained that he had been working on the business side of the industry; I thought he was in trouble. When I saw his Victorian collar I knew he was in trouble. His pantyhose dress was reminiscent of a dress that belonged on the 1970’s version of Battlestar Galactica except you didn’t see any ass. One way you can tell the names must be great is when a name like Ari Fish doesn’t make the cut for crazy names. However Ari quickly made her mark by declaring that she doesn’t sketch but instead meditates. Then she went and made a shiny soccer ball dress that looked like it was for a space hooker. I prayed that she survived so she could make it to a celebrity challenge where they have to present sketches and instead she would just stand on her head in a corner. The beauty of watching someone like SJP deal with that would be priceless. Sadly that will not happen and we’ll just have to rely on someone else to go bat shit crazy. Johnny made the top 3 but I think the fumes off of guest judge Lindsay Lohan must have gotten to Michael, Heidi and Nina. It was 70’s disco glam and not in a good way. Ra’mon’s dress was pretty boring too yet he made the top 3 too. It certainly was a fine garment but nothing special. His fellow Minnesota resident Christopher had my favorite dress of the top 3. I thought Michael described it best when he called it cute and edgy. Outside of the top 3 I also loved Irina’s gown but Shirin’s glamour/flapper dress which was gimmicky yet functional was my favorite. I thought she did the best but I can’t imagine that her duo purpose style could carry her to the finale. In fact no one jumped out as a favorite. Overall there was a lot of promise but I felt like a lot of the designs reminded me of past winners so hopefully these cats won’t turn out to be of the copy variety.
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