Project Runway: Week in Review...There's No Crying in Fashion.

thejessicamoss I've been a BlogHer fan for a while now, and really, have never read an article that so directly attacks personal character. I admit that I don't read every single thing posted here, so that's probably an inaccurate statement. I will happily retract that bit of my comment. And yeah, I don't believe in censorship. As far as every other contestant doing it without tears, that part is not entirely true. It's just, not everyone was fortunate enough to have their tears be televised. Editing is a magical thing. However, I do agree that crying in the workplace is unprofessional, regardless of what one does for a living.

thelovelynzie Furthermore, if these contestants wanted to be designers, they'd just go out there and be designers in the real world. But the reason this show does well is because it's just as much about them as people as it is about their designing abilities...you don't watch this show to see good designs - if you want that go to style.com - you watch this show to get to know these people and root for some and despise others for a myriad of reasons (bad design, bad personality, bad attitude, bad annoying habit of crying too damn much, whatever). How can you do a recap of the show and not comment about their personalities? Yes i know it is all in the editing. But come on, i'm not gonna hold their hands and braid their hair and tell ghost stories...i'm gonna tell it like it is. And if you think that is bullshit and mean, then it's a good thing you don't work in my industry.

I think that anything that is put out there for the world to see, be it a failed dress on a "reality" show, or a recap, or a comment about a recap, or a response to a comment about a recap, is done so with a certain amount of willingness to be judged. It's a worthy conversation, I think, because really, the show itself is about exploitation and sabotage, not really about fashion which, to me, is a bit of a travesty. I'd be much more interested in real challenges involving real designers making real clothes, as opposed to the circus that this season is shaping up to be. But that's just me. As far as how we know each other, I think that's been sorted, and indeed the world is small, especially when the world is called growing up in LA. And as for snark? I can dish it and I can take it, and it's all in the name of lively discussion. The dress was hideous, and I am in no way defending that piece of shit. And I'm not really defending Fallene, either. I hear you, and I'm not saying that I don't agree with a lot of what you presented in your article, but I would be a lot more interested in your technical expertise with regards to the garments as opposed to your views on the contestants as people. But, as we've established, that's not really what Project Runway is about, and probably not why you were asked to write a recap. It was funny as hell, but, in my opinion, read more like a judgement of character when I was hoping for a breakdown of the fashion. Or, in this case, the shocking lack thereof.

i hear you. Here's the thing about Project Runway for ME, personally, as a designer: It's never really about designing so much as it's about the people or "characters". I mean, it's why they all live together, work together, have these crazy deadlines, crazy challenges, etc. Because ultimately, watching these people either crack or prevail is what will make for good television NOT the actual designs unfortunately. And because i am a designer, it's a different experience for me altogether. I believe that my article wasn't so much an attack on personal character as it was an attack on a person's personal ability to make it in the real fashion world (as seen through the edited eyes of Lifetime). Haven't you watched past seasons of Project Runway?! The judges ALWAYS question a good designer who has the wrong attitude or who cries too much, etc. They say that this person will never make it in the real industry. I mean, it is a real fact of life. If Fallene can't take criticism without crying, then girl is in the wrong fucking industry! When the Barney's buyer tells me that this season's collection sucks (and that has happened to me), i don't have the luxury of crying. I listen, i absorb, and i make damn fucking sure that next season's collection is gonna hang well at Barney's. If i started to cry, i open myself up to personal attacks. As for me not critiquing the clothes enough: like, what can i say about clothes made from shit out of the pet store? I'd be happy to give my professional opinion, but....like....i'm not a professional arts and crafts guru, i make clothes out of fabric that sell in stores. It's what i tried to say in my article: I hate these episodes because they virtually have nothing to do with fashion. Maybe you can convince Blogher to have me come back later in the season when the final people show at Bryant Park....I will have much more to say about design at that time. But at this point in the season, there isn't much to say until they weed out all the people who shouldn't be there in the first place.