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Hey, at least you know where you stand with ninagarcia on Project Runway, right? (And it's not on stilts).
I'm finally starting to remember who most of the designers actually are...although not always their real names, and they are thrown a daunting challenge indeed: Designing for a client. A very demanding client who knows a lot about fashion. And that client is ...(already known because they told you the week before and in commercials)... ninagarcia!!!!
Nina will be "very tough." Oh, really? Ya think?
Nina wants something to wear to work during the day, and then wear out to an industry event at night.
Nina likes:
"Classic with an edge"
"Streamlined clean tailored silhouettes"
Nina does not like (and will totally reduce you to a quivering mess with one baleful glare if you dare to show her):
Voluminous clothes
Lots of pleats
Loud patterns
Loud colors
But oh, BTW: She doesn't want to see a runway full of gray clothes.
Perhaps color-blind Anthony has the best shot on this one.
Image: Megan Tantillo, Lifetime Television
The designers are given recent images of Nina for inspiration, get time to sketch and then to pitch to La Nina herself.
We only see about 8 of the pitches, but we learn more about Nina:
Like, she wants Viktor to "Think dramatic yet conservative".
Like she "hates cowls", which cuts Bryce right off.
Like she's a big believer in having a Plan B?
Like she may *say* she wants the designers to stretch, but that's for *other* people. For her: She wants Kimberly to dump the dress and make her some pants.
Like she doesn't "want boring".
By the time they all leave for Mood, the designers are both hyperventilating and feeling somewhat paralytic. It's a bad combination and some egregious things happen in the 30 minutes and $200 they have to spend at Mood. (Including Anthony and Becky getting the same fabric.)
But the most egregious thing was that I diligently did my Swatch Watch, and there was NO SWATCH. You're just lucky I'm not on strike for the rest of this recap.
We go back to the work room.
And the usual drama ensues:, like
Julie saying the stupidest thing ever: "I thought this was going to be a Carnival cruise." What? Have you WATCHED the show?
Anthony and Becky accusing one another of stealing fabric ideas. And each saying they're just going to show the other with a fabulous-off on the runway.
But the best drama is when Nina visits and lays down the law with the silly silly designers:
To Danielle (Chiffon Girl): Your drawing looked like it would be hard and soft, but this is just soft and soft. Danielle suggestion. Nina: No. Danielle idea. Nina: no. Danielle proposal. Nina: No, no, no.
To Julie (Puking Clown): That collar is too big.
To Anya (Sewing Neophyte Girl): That fabric is a risk. What's your Plan B? Anya: There is no Plan B.
To Bert (Old Boy): That plunging neckline is inappropriate.
To Viktor (I got nothin'): Too. Many. Pleats.
To Laura (Nieman's Girl): Christmas green? Really?
To Cecilia (Eeyore Girl): Those fabrics look sad!
So after that demoralizing segment, Anya decides to create a Plan B by dying her horrible mustard-colored fabric. Even though, just like with the sewing, apparently Anya has no experience dyeing. OK, so if she couldn't sew and never dyed .. .what exactly what she doing? Drawing pretty pictures?
The shows breaks for an HP commercial featuring Anthony's fiancee. [Side note: notice they feature the touch-screen computer, NOT the TouchPad...which they just killed after only a month on the market...foreshadowing???]
And I'm completely sidetracked by Cecilia's complaints that her model's nipples are too big. Wow.
Meanwhile, they're all still in sewing room at 2-hour mark. Tim swears this is the first time that has even been the case, and let me tell you: Tim is alarmed and sweating through his suit. Designers helping designers. Cats and dogs sleeping together. Anarchy!!
But like every week, they actually make it to the big show!
Heidi comes looking a little heroin chic with chunky, lank hair and all in black. She's joined by more than the usual complement of judges: MK, ninagarcia, Joanna Coles (the EIC of Marie Claire magazine) and actress Kerry Washington, for no apparent reason.
Here we go. As per always, click on the link under the designer's name to see their work.
1. Joshua
Joshua made an orange shift dress with grey front panel bordered in black that looked pretty much like an apron. It also looked so broad and graphical that it reminded me of the costumes for the comic-book musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". The big exposed zipper down
