Emmy Awards Fashion Wrap-Up

EMMY AWARDS RED CARPET LOOKS

The Emmys were on last night. I didn't see any major fashion disasters, but then again, I was only half watching. I did see a lot of fabulous-looking dresses, however. Here are my picks for "WOW!"

Sandra Oh

Heidi Klum

Lisa Edelstein

Marcia Cross

Christina Applegate

Brooke Shields

Only one look made me go "huh??"

I don't know what's going on here with Eva Longoria.

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CUT THAT HAIR AND GET A JOB

This week on PR, Heidi came out with her usual mini-dress and "Hello", then told the designers that their next challenge revolved around the "special ladies" they were about to meet. The designers were presented with a group of middle aged women, which made Leanne ill.

Turns out they weren't designing for these women, THANK GAWD!!!, but for their 20-something daughters who had just graduated from college and were about to emerge as professionals into the work place. They needed a new look for work and the designers were not only responsible for giving them a new outfit, but for their hair as well.


Leanne was visibly relieved that they were designing for the daughters. She said, "None of us want to design an old lady outfit, to be honest." Kind of fitting that she got the mother from Hell, who was hoping that Leanne would make something for her daughter, Holly, with animal prints.

Kenley got Anna, an assistant buyer for women's accessories. In her, Kenley found a "Mini Me" and went to work making a vintage dress for her. Big surprise there. Kenley was particularly annoying in this episode saying she wasn't going to take Tim's advice to cut the tule hanging below the hemline because she "never really change(s) anything for Tim."

Kenley and her Mimi Me.

Koto decided she was now the "Queen of Lethah" now that Stella's gone. Her client, Megan, is a 21-year-old student who works in her school's lab so Koto designs her a very Kotoesque wrap dress. It was interesting to see photos of her cute little girl who she's designed a couple outfits for.


Jarrell got a print maker named Catlyn who wanted an androgynous look which he enterpreted into a high-waist skirt, blousy top and jacket in brown.

Suede wound up with the Russian mother/daughter team. The daughter, Avital, was a photographer and wanted pants for obvious reasons. But Suede took it upon himself to make her a dress because Suede wasn't comfortable with the pants route. Unfortunately, he bought a very 90s print (very Pucciesque print in purple according to Suede) for the dress and overdid the jacket that went with purple details and ornate draping.

Joe got Laura, a graphic designer, and desicded he wanted to make her look like she was 65 years old by choosing pinstripes and suit material. Unfortunatley Suede ended up in the bottom two with Joe, but Joe was sent packing (phew!) for his aging, cliche-idea-of-a-business-suit business suit. It was pretty bad. So was Suede's, but Jenn hearts Suede and so glad he's still in the mix. So wakidoodle!


Jarrell won the challenge with his gorgeous interpretiation of an into-the-workplace otufit for his client, Catlyn. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he took the whole thing in the end. Go Jarrell!


Oh yeah, and Cynthia Rowley was the guest judge this week.


Next week: Tim rips Kenley a new one!!

Fuck you, Tim. I love me!!

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WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?

This week's PR was all about the zodiac. The designers were surprised with "guests" that happened to be all their former auffed competitors, which they were to be paired up with. Together they were to create an avante gard look based on the zodiac.

To chose the teams, Tim went in order of the surviving designers' astrological signs and then he chose an auffed designer's name out of a bag to pair them up with. They then had to chose one of their zodiac signs to go with. The resulting teams looked like this:

Koto and Kelly - Aquarius
Kenley and Wesley - Aquarius
Joe and Daniel - Aries
Leanne and Emily - Scorpio
Blayne and Stella - Libra
Terri and Keith - Leo
Jarell and Jennifer - Sagitarius
Suede and Jerry - Libra


Terri was completely put out by having to work with Keith and pretty much ignored everything he suggested. Blayen and Stella were in "love your face / I'll hammar your face" heaven together. Kenley was a complete pain in the ass, bossing Wesley all over Mood, even saying that he "takes direction well."


After visiting getting their fabrics, the real work began.During the construction, Leanne and Emily started talking about Kenley's overconfidence, which I understand, but it just made them look like jealous betties. As Tim came around to give his 2 cents, he worried about Jarrell's choice of fabric for the skirt of his outfit. "It's like you took a school marm's old winter coat and tried to make it into a couture dress."

When Tim approached Kenley and Wesley about the ugly-ass mess she was making and said it looked like "Glenda the Good Witch of the North" she got incredibly defensive and said, "She would never be this fabulous!" To which, Tim said, "Don't listen to me" in a really peeved tone. Tim had every reason to be concerned as Kenley's dress looked like two completely different dresses in one, with two entirely different print for the skirt and the top.


Tim then told Terri to listen to Keith because he's innovative and it became clear they just weren't meshing. Tim just looked at them like "you're fucked" and said, "You have to make it work."

The next day the designers were srurpised in the workroom with a note from Heidi that stated they were to show their desgins at a party at the American Space Museum of Natural History that evening and that TWO of the designers would be auffed.

At the party, the designers were in for even more surprises when they were met with past winners and contenders of Project Runway, including Daniel, Carmen, Christian, Jay, etc. . The past designers were there to critique the outfits and give the current designers some pointers. They were also there to cast ballots of who they thought should win the challenge.


When Heidi looked at Kenley's mess of a dress, she asked "Why are the boobs down here?" Kenley huffed and puffed and said, "Look where yours are and where mine are."Kenley told the camera, "If Heidi is talking nonsense, I'm going to step in and set her straight." Uh huh.

She found herself in the bottom four alongside Blayne (who was the second designer in 2 seasons of PR to be described as having a model pooping fabric), Suede, and Terri. Blayne was sent packing. I was sad for him and for me since I started to really warm up to him. I also loved him and Stella as a team, despite the weird getup they made.


Terri deserved her boot in the butt for not listening to anyone. Michael Kors said it best when he said her dress looked like, "Voodoo Princess in Hell." Suede was allowed to stay (yay!) despite his boring, safe design. Kenley was also allowed to stay, which surprised me because she's been so outright bitchy and stubborn. And she made such an atrocity.


The winner of the this challenge? Jarrell. His Leo look took the prize. Very nice outfit, but I thought Joe's should have been the winner. .His and Daniel's interpretation of Aries was stunning.


Next week? Sexy teacher dresses

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THE SPY WHO DRESSED ME

During this week's episode of PR the challenge was to design something for Diane Von Furstenburg's fall collection. Her collection, inspired by A Foreign Affair, is "the 30s and 40s and Berlin and Shanghai." Naturally the designers were freaking out because the winning design would have Diane's name on it and somehow be mixed in with American Express and The CFDA Foundation.

Marlene Dietrich in A Foreign Affair

Kenley, in particular, was muy emotional about the challenge and cried on and off during the whole episode. She said that she's designed for Walmart and Kmart before, but never for a fashion power house like DVF.

Kenley daydreams about leaving the world of Walmart fashion

On a side note, can I just say how beautiful Diane VF is? She is the embodiment of glamour!

After the designers got to look pick some of DVF's fabric for themselves, they got a look book of her fall collection and went to work. Most of the designs were layered peices so all of the designers made more than one item of clothing. All except Kenley who made a dress and nothing else. BUT her dress was gorgeous and I want to get my hot little hands on that frock! Wow! She didn't win the challenge, but she came very close.

It was Leanne who won the challenge with her incredible cobalt gown. The photo below does the gown no justice and I think the jacket just got in the way. Stella was the one sent packing for her pantssuit and cape that the judges likened to Dracula's. The fact that she got the boot and Joe, who made a half-finished costumey getup, got to stay was total bullshit. In any case, Stella is a memorable designer and I'm sure "Zotis and Bones" will get off the ground flying.

Joe's model tries to hide his shoddy craftmanship

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BABY, YOU CAN WEAR MY CAR

Last night on PR, the designers were challenged to make outfits from car parts. After being directed to the rooftop of a random parking garage, they were given four minutes to grab whatever raw materials they could from the inside of five Saturn Hybrids. The favorite material? Seat belts, of course. At least it was the most obvious thing to make a dress out of.


Everyone was perplexed, but managed to get their stuff together in their four minutes and make it back to Parson's. As Stella made her outfit out of car seats, she said, "This is kinda gonna look like Planet of the Apes, I think." She made something different by constructing a high-waisted skirt and vest.

Later, she got to talk to her boyfriend "Ratbones" who said to her, "Are you being bad-assed or what?" She says they're going to create a fashion line together called "Zotis and Bones." Whether she wins or not, I have no doubt that Stella will get her line off the ground and be a hit. I can already see celebs like Paris Hilton or Linsay Lohan trying to be edgy on the red carpet wearing some leathah corset by "Zotis and Bones."


Meanwhile, Keith was getting defensive about having been in the bottom three and being criticized for being sloppy. He got nasty with everyone and started acting like a brat. Later when his model sat down in the skirt he made, he got pissed off and said in a very condescending manner: "I've given a small task to a model and I would hope that she could follow direction. I know it's a competition for her too, but there's so much more at stake for me than there is for her."


Terri laughed at Koto's design, which was a swing coat made out of seat belts woven together, saying that it looked like a scarecrow from Jeepers Creepers. She actually ended up on the floor, laughing. "Everyone better run for cover when this thing comes attacking you."


About Terri, Jarrell said: "She's got two faces and four patterns. That's it. Don't trust the bitch."



On the runway, Season Three finalist, Laura, took Nina's place on the panel and the celebrity judge was stylist, Rachel Zoe. Rachel loved Koto's scarecrow coat (which turned out very high fashion). "I would walk out the door in that," she gushed. They also loved Jarrell's futuristic cocktail dress.

The winner this week? Leanne. They loved her car seat dress, which looked like something Posh Spice would wear. The proportion was interesting, but the only woman who could wear the dress is a woman with no hips. Rachel Zoe said she could see it on a catwalk in Paris.


The looks they didn't like? They thought Blayne's dress fit oddly and Heidi pointed out it was "seven years no sex" for breaking the mirror that decorated the top. They didn't like Stella's look, which I thought was boring for Stella. And they really didn't like Keith's yawn of a dress, which was unfinished in the back.

He blamed the model and then blamed the judges for insulting his past looks. Michael Kors appropriately blasted him for it and the combo of the bad dress and his bad attitude got him sent home. No shock there.


On the menu for next week: Diane Von Furstenburg and a crotch that's "every woman's nightmare."

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PUT THE BOOBIES ON!

Since I was "away" for last Wednesday's episode of PR, I'll recap it now. The designers were presented with Chris from last season who announced that the next challenge was to design a look for a drag queen. Each designer got to choose a model who was a professional drag queen and work it.

Tim and Chris in the workroom

The whole "licious" issue was finally addressed in the workroom after Blayne threw some pink neon fabric over his head and said, "If I were a drag queen, my name would be "Neonlicious." He then pointed at Stella and said, "She would be leathah-licious."

Stella told the camera: "Blayne is really cute but he knows nothing. He just knows girlie-licious. What is THAT?" As Blayne prodded the other designers for their drag-licious names, someone off camera said, "Annoyed-licious." Then Leanne called it when she said: "Everything's licious. Even licious is licious. I think if I hear that word one more time, I'm going to barf. And that would be barf-licious, I guess."

Soon after, Tim made the comment about Blayne's dress: "It looks like a pterodactyl in a gay Jurassic Park." Blayne, of course, took it as a compliment. I thought the look was fantastic as well.

Big gay pterodactyl

There was drag drama when Suede, who was inspired by his grandfather's love of gardening, made gloves decorated with baby lettuces. "Hedda Lettuce," who he was designing for, accused Suede for being lazy for not making sleeves (!). As Tim came around to look at everyone's work, Suede explained his situation. Tim's reply?:

"Make her wear the gloves. You can tell her you've been to a different rodeo and don't you you-know-what with me, sister."

Bitchy lettuce

One of my favorite scenes of the whole episode was when Stella was fitting her model. As he tried on her top, he said, "I can pull the corset in tighter."
"You can?" she said, amazed.
"I can crack a rib overnight," he offered.
"We don't want you to suffer," she said, horrified.
This is when he sucked his teeth and said in a raspy voice, "Come ON, Stella."
I think my husband and I re-wound that scene about eight times.

"Come ON, Stella."

RuPaul was the guest judge and as Heidi asked the designers to say hello to him, I cringed. They sounded about as excited as kids about to get cavities filled. "Hi, RuPaul," they said flatly in unison.

RuPaul and Heidi

There had been a scene early on in the workroom, which foreshadowed the challenge's outcome: Blayne called out to Joe, who held a very large bra: "Put the boobies on!" To which Joe said: "Alright I'll put the boobies on."

After he strapped on the over-the-boulder-shoulder-holder, he said: "Varla has actually left me her boobs in her bra, which I thank her very much for because we have to make men's maniquenns into drag queens in order to design an outfit for a drag queen." Daniel then begged Kenley for her bra: "Honey, can you take your bra off so I can put it on this, puleeze?" But Kenley turned him down.

The outcome of all this boobie business? Joe won the challenge and Daniel was sent packing for his bad flourescent flamenco gown.

The result of Joe wearing the boobies

The result of Kenley denying Daniel her bra

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HEIDI KLUM

Heidi Klum has been modeling for sixteen years. The German-born model has graced the covers of most big-time fashion mags, including Vogue, Elle, and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She is also well-known for her extensive work with Victoria Secret.

These days, the thirty-five year old beauty and mother of three (which she's raising with hubby, Seal) is the face of Project Runway. She also has launched a gorgeous jewelry line as well as a skin care line. I recently saw her on a TV show and realized why I like her so much. She has beauty that radiates from within. When she smiles, she means it. She's a genuinely beautiful person. She also has the best legs on the planet. As Tim Gunn would say, she "make[s] it work."