August 11, 2006
Talk about Mishigas -- this episode has tons of it.
The Challenge: Design a three-piece outfit for Macy’s INC line that will be sold in their larger stores.
Model change-up on the runway and then off to the workroom to meet Mr. Macy’s Sportswear. The designers pitch to Mr. Tangoren and Vincent’s includes this classic line: “Gray I feel is very important, I hear it’s going to take the place of brown.” Well, not in my box of Crayolas! The pros (Robert, Keith, and Bonnie) feel confident and become team leaders, while the shock is that the fourth and final one is Angela. The teams are chosen and Angela, choosing Michael and Laura, may be smarter than we thought.
Keith, working the Mood staff, gets a discount but little does he know his time for the show is short…. A sullen Tim enters and tells Keith he’s out for possessing pattern books and going missing for a few hours. Keith packs up his troubles in his old kit bag, apologizes to the boys, and they kick him while he’s down. Who knew we’d feel badly for Keith? We do.
LAK (Life After Keith). Tim announces Keith’s dismissal. (As if they weren’t all in each other’s rooms all night talking about it like sorority girls!) Alison cries but carries on with Jeffrey, vowing to complete Keith’s vision. Robert’s design is looking flight attendant-ish, Angela (aka Kathie Lee Gifford) makes rosettes while Laura and Michael sweat in the shop to reshape and give taste to her vision, thereby saving themselves and Kathie, um Angela, from herself. Bonnie’s design seems more than questionable.
Runway day. The judges are Vera Wang, Nina Garcia and Mehmet Tangoren. Where is our Michael Kors to cross a leg, put a hand up, purse his lips and utter, “I have to say, I’m underwhelmed?” Come back, little Michael. Immediately we see Angela and Keith’s designs pulling ahead. But this isn’t hard with Robert’s outback coat that leaves the model’s back business district out (thanks to the slit), not to mention Bonnie’s vision of sportswear 1975. The two leading teams are told that the winner will appear in the Macy’s Herald Square store window tomorrow morning. The auf’d one is Bonnie for the cowl neck maxi tunic and Robert is shamed when Nina says, “Yours was a total bore.”
It was Angela’s design that won the challenge, and in my mind, Michael and Laura sing: “Give our regards to Broadway for our team won Herald Square, tell all the gang at 42nd Street that Angela should not be there!”
Comments
theresa candelaria wrote:
As is most, I am very disappointed Alison got booted off. My friends say it was a poor choioce at best, sexist at worst. I am a big fan of project runway and think that she had a history of such beautiful outfits before this. Robert Best was given the chance to make up for his foibles, why not alison. Shame on you judges!
posted on August 19, 2006 at 12:02 PM
theresa candelaria wrote:
As is most, I am very disappointed Alison got booted off. My friends say it was a poor choioce at best, sexist at worst. I am a big fan of project runway and think that she had a history of such beautiful outfits before this. Robert Best was given the chance to make up for his foibles, why not alison. Shame on you judges!
posted on August 19, 2006 at 12:04 PM
Pamela Szugaj wrote:
I enjoy the show but lately I feel the voting is off. Laura is by far the most consistant designer. Her clothing is well made and fault free, yet has not won a challenage. He "trash" dress "Nuts" was the best and original. She gets the least amount of attention while all the others have not been consistent and everyone of the others have at some time presented poorly made, ugly and/or weird. Michael is a close 2nd to Laura. I would buy and wear anything Laura has done, today
posted on August 25, 2006 at 4:05 PM
Clyde wrote:
How can someone becpme a contestant on the show Project Runway?
posted on September 6, 2006 at 11:16 PM
ST wrote:
I agree with the above comments. I love Laura's designs, and Alison should still be there.
I sort of hope Laura wins as I do love her clothes and would love to see a line of them . I bet her line would become as hot as Ralph Lauren ! I also like the black guy's designs I think they are really good. Vi 's designs are very good, but they seem to sort of copy the braiding that has been in some of the other dresses from other desingers from previous shows. I do like the braiding, but want to see something new and wow! I used to work at Macy's and loved it , and I love clothes . I wish I knew how to sew, and I love this show , but I want to seem them do some really neat outfits that would make us all say wow how did they do that ? I want to see Mr Kors say wow ! That's hot ! In other words , something that has never been seen before, and is really cool enough that everyone would want to wear it beacuse it is so hot and makes them feel like they are wearing something that stands out and gets compliments! .. I would like to see them do something simple like a jean jacket outfit, but with a bang ! Maybe even a toddler outfit with little bitty toddlers as the models ! Now, that would be cool too ! They have done lots of dresses, let's try something different like jean jacket outfit set..
something that the fans would actually fight over wanting to buy, and would want to be able to buy them at Macy's :) The tag inside the jacket could say runway design by _____ the winner desinger.
I would love to be a judge for this!
posted on September 7, 2006 at 5:30 PM