Make It Work

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

Tyyyrrraaaaaa Maaaaiiillll!!!!!!!!!!!

FULL OF HOT AIR

Before I start critiquing last night's episode of ANTM, I'd like to say that the new music intro to the show is so Tyra-esque it's obnoxious. And what about the new photo that accompanies the Tyyyrrraaaaaa Maaaaaiiilllllll. She certainly fits herself in wherever she can. No surprise there.

Tyyyrraaaaa Maaaaillll!!!!

Anyway, the girls were given their posing lesson from Benny Ninja last night along with a model who had twisted herself into a knot. The girls' posing ability was based on how well they could twist themselves into a pretzel while hanging inside a giant red fishnet stocking suspended from the ceiling.

They then went on a challenge where they had to pose with Tarina Tarantino accessories in a creative and dramatic fashion. Hannah tried to hang the purse she was supposed to model in the chandelier and then stared lovingly at it. Sheena thought she had everyone beat when she tried to eat one of Tarina's handbags with her crotch. Nikeyesha told Tarina that if she peed it was her fault because she had to go so bad.

Back at the house, there was drama when Hannah was accused of being racist by some of the girls of color. Blah blah blah. This kind of thing is getting old on this show, no?

The photo shoot this week was supposed to have captured the girls suspended from a ladder hanging from a hot air balloon. Unfortunately for the photographers, the wind was a problem and they had to Photoshop the ladder onto the balloon. Lauren Brie's photo is one of the best photos in ANTM history, according to Tyra, who I agree with. The girl looks like she's in Vogue and hence got to have her photo up in the house for the week. Other runners-up for getting their photo digitized were Elina and Marjorie.


Sheena gripped the ladder with her ass cheeks and took "hootchie" to a higher level, literally. Paulina asked her if she had breast implants, but she denied it only later to come forward and say that she did indeed have her fun bags enhanced and she wasn't ashamed to admit it. Tyra loved this, of course, and so she was kept in the running, which seemed to surprise her.

It was Isis and Nikeyesha in the bottom two this week. Isis was criticized for "losing her face" when she posed and Nikeyesha for not knowing when to shut up. In the end Nikeyesha was sent packing, and talked her way off the runway and out of the episode.


Next week? MAAAAAKKEEE OVVVVVEERRRRRRSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fashion News

M.B. FASHION WEEK IN NYC

Mercede Benz Fashion Week began on Friday, Sept. 5. in NYC. So far, dozens of designers have shown their spring 2009 collections. Here are a few highlights and a few of my favorite pieces so far:

Rock and Republic

B. Michael

Betsy Johnson

Nicole Miller

Carolina Herrera

The Hills Recap

CRY ME A RIVER IN THE HILLS

In a word (well, a few), last night Lauren cried big, black tears. My Sweet Audrina cried big, black tears. And I cried big, black tears. I'm not kidding. The Hills succeeded in making me weep.

My Sweet Audrina and LC are friends again.
Joy!

The Hills Recap

WHEN SHIT HAPPENS IN VEGAS

For whatever reason, a bonus episode of The Hills was on last night and the cast were at the MTV Awards, blah blah blah. In a nutshell, tension between Lauren and My Sweet Audrina was brewing. Apparently at a club, Audrina had been with friends and Lauren showed up, tried to get her attention and say "hi", but then got dissed.


Fast forward -- everyone goes to Vegas to celebrate their friend Ricki's birthday. Audrina is with her man toy, Justin Bobby while Lauren, Brody, Lo, Stephanie, Ricki, and Doug arrive via Doug's jet. Yeah, that's right. His jet. Ugh. It's times like this that make me question why I watch this shit. Times like this and when I have to watch Spencer act like a thunderous prick because Hiedi's sister's moved in until she can find a place of her own.


Anyway, back in Vegas there's major tension at the night club LAX (how appropos) between Audrina and Lauren. No one wants to make a scene at Riki's party so they don't speak at all to each other. Meanwhile thunderous prick #2, Brody, makes Stephanie cry by implying she's a crazy coked-up kook.


Tomorrow, they're all back to sling the shit in LA, Brody and Doug are in jail, and I'll be back in my armchair to watch it all unfold. . .

Juicy Juicy

SMELL THE LOVE

The latest Juicy Couture perfume ad is reminiscent of a certain young Hollywood lesbian couple, no? My friend pointed it out to me and I have to say I agree completely. Wonder if momager, Deanna will try to sue to get some more moolah out of her daughter's name.

Unfortunately, I can't find a picture of the ad online. If anyone can find one, please send it along!

Make It Work

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

Tyyyrrraaaaaa Maaaaiiillll!!!!!!!!!!!

ANTM IS BACK!

The whole theme of the first hour of the two-hour premier of ANTM (back in LA) was Area 51/ Space Age/Aliens. The hopeful models were driven to a "top secret" airplane hanger-type building where they were met with the Js, dressed in silver space outfits. They referred to themselves as "Alpha J" and "Beta J." When they let the girls into the building, they (the girls - not the Js) appropriately screamed like a gaggle of geese on steroids.

Tyra: Because it's all about meeeeeeee.

Then they were directed toward a thing that looked like "The Orgasmatron" from Sleeper. It started to shake and out busted "Tyrabot." She talked in a robotic voice through lips slicked with silver lipgloss. Okay, I know she's totally full of herself, but her hair is slamming this season. Love the cut!

This cycle there are three Britneys. Brittnay #1 is a beautiful mix of races. She looks Indian, African American, and Middle Eastern. Martial-arts-loving Britney #2 renamed herself McKey. She's gorgeous, but needs something done with her red wig-like hair. Then there's Brittney #3 who renamed herself Sharaun. She walked around telling everyone, "I AM America's Next Top Model you just don't know it yet."

Sharaun

Marjorie from Marsailles is a cute blonde with the pixie haircut who reminds me so much of Amalie (the movie character) that it's hard for me to separate the two. Tyra tried to show off her French-speaking skills with her, but wound up looking like a jackass.

Another interesting girl is Isis. She's the transgender gal from Prince George's County (holla!) MD.
She was originally on last cycle's homeless photo shoot and had a face Tyra couldn't forget. Of course there were a bunch of girls who were *gasp* shocked by the news of Isis's true gender, but not Sheena from Harlem who likens herself to Kimora Lee Simmons. She's a likeable half-Japanese, half-Korean girl whose positive attitude is infectious.

Alina is the bi-sexual of the group who's already admitted to having a crush on tall, blonde Clark. Clark is the girl who keeps talking herself up as the biotch of the house. In her words she would "slap that man out of the house" referring to Isis. Yeah, she sounds crush-worthy.

Alina

The second hour of the show followed the girls as they were introduced to their new, posh LA pad repleat with photos of Tyra everywhere. That night when McKey decided to practice her boxing, Clark said, "Oh McKey, you are not right in the head." When Isis decided to go swimming in the new pool, Clark was shocked and badmouthed her to anyone in earshot.

Paulina P. is back as one of the judges as is delectable Nigel Barker. The girls' photoshoot revolved around issues that would affect voting come November. Each girl was to represent one of these issues. When Isis posed as "privacy" in a voting booth, a few of the bitches, headed up by Sharaun, made nasty comments to her through the booth wall. Despite their cattiness, Isis wound up with a great photo.

Isis

Clark, who was to represent "bureaucracy", didn't know what the word meant and ended up looking confused. Marjorie wound up with the judges' favorite picture. She represented immigration and looked very high-fashion and bent at all the right angles. The worst photo? Sheraun, who was thankfully sent packing. But not without breaking down on stage first. Oh, Sheraun. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Marjorie

Overall, this season looks promising. Lots of interesting girls and more of Tyra's ego than ever!!

The Hills Recap

HANGING IN THE HILLS

I've finally caught up with The Hills. This all anyone needs to know about the show up until the present:

• Spencer must be vying for the world's biggest douche award

• Heidi looks like she's made out of rubber

• Heidi's sister came to visit, which really pissed Spencer off

• Lauren and Stephanie are still buddies

• Stephanie had a birthday blow-out and invited Lauren. Spencer and Heidi showed up unexpectedly
  

• Spencer has disowned Stephanie

• My Sweet Audrina has befriended a bunch of musician-types from Epic Records who apparently dissed Lo at Audrina's bday party

• Lo is EVIL

• The Hills is edited more than Heidi's face - chop chop chop

• Heidi wants to hang with Stephanie and Lauren

• Whitney is now bi-coastal, living in NYC and LA, working for Kelly Cutrone

• Whitney is falling for one of the male models she meets in NYC. He's from California

• Whitney definitely needs her own show. Her life is so much more interesting than any of the other people's on the show

• Lauren is bored with boring-ass Doug and breaks it off