First of all: the best way to watch this show is to have a huge feverish cell phone conversation about it with your friend Mitchell at every commercial break. Show stops, commercial starts. Phone rings. No hello, nothing like that. We just launch right in. “Kara is LOSING it, huh?” “I am not wacky about that fabric.” “Which window did you like best and why?” “Oh, it’s on again.” Hang up. No good-bye. Just hang up. Only to repeat the entire thing at the next commercial interval.<\/p>\n
Thoughts:<\/p>\n
— I think Tim Gunn is an absolutely riveting television personality. I love, first of all, how he talks – that voice of his – kind of clipped and precious – and yet totally eloquent. When he said “P … U …” about Santino and Nick’s window… But I also like that his comments to all the designers as they make their creations are really insightful – and he’s usually right. Like, I know nothing about fashion – but when he makes a comment, I can go: “Ohhh, uh huh … he’s totally right about that.” I LOVE HIM. Also, I love him because … to me, he is the definition of true CAMP. I don’t really know what I’m talking about, but in my mind: true camp is NOT phony, or just surface flamboyance. Camp is supposed to exist at the cellular level. Tim Gunn is CAMP at the cellular level. But it’s just who he is. Great personality.<\/p>\n
— Santino and Nick really blew it on their Banana Republic window design. It was crap. They didn’t take it seriously and it looked awful.<\/p>\n
— I found Kara’s emotional breakdown fascinating. Psychologically. And I loved how Zulema just kept going<\/i> – and kept Kara working. “I don’t care if you cry and cut … but you better not cry and stop cutting.” hahaha<\/p>\n
— Marla is way out of her league. And to quote Mitchell, “What I find most unforgivable about Marla is that she is wearing pink-flowered pants.” I like her – and I feel bad for her – but that’s no reason to win a contest!!<\/p>\n
— Daniel, once again, comes through. I think he’s great. I thought their design was perfect – I loved the dress – and I also thought that the two of them worked together very well.<\/p>\n
— Heidi Klum is radiant. I mean, yeah, she’s got the makeup and the hair and the shoes – but she’s just radiant. You can tell.<\/p>\n
— Santino, here’s a message: Please do something about your grease-ball hair. You really have some hygiene issues. I know that you’re very talented – it’s obvious – and you should NOT be designing for regular people – that’s not your deal. You’re going to be a high-fashion designer – one of those renegade weirdos – and everyone makes fun of the clothes on the runway (“Who would wear that???”) – but eventually the trend will trickle down into the regular populace. But you have NOTHING to do with the regular populace, and you know that, and I think it’s great. Your destiny is something different. HOWEVER, I must reiterate my original point. You could definitely use some deep-conditioner with that hair, especially if you insist on keeping it long. I bet your toenails are too long, too. I just have a feeling about that. Please trim your toenails.<\/p>\n
— I find the final comments from the judges SO interesting. Like I said – I know nothing about fashion, and I just don’t have that kind of eye. So I just love to hear their responses – which, in general, seem quite apt – and right on the money. They made the comment that it was obvious that the outfit designed by Kara and Zulema was done by two designers. They picked up on that dynamic. It’s actually all really interesting.<\/p>\n
— Santino is a big. Fat. Baby. Whiny long-toenailed grease-bomb. But damn. He’s an awesome villain. He’s a catalyst. You NEED Santino. Because he’s dramatic. But the way he challenged Michael Kors on the runway – “I bet there are lots of women out there who don’t even know who Michael Kors is …” Hey Santino, here’s a question for you: Who brought you up? How ’bout some manners, chappie?<\/p>\n
— Poor Nick. He was sucked into the vortex of Santino’s narcissistic gross-toenailed black hole. I think Nick is quite good – and I would love it if he won. I’m kind of rooting for Daniel, though.<\/p>\n
— Poor Kara. She just couldn’t stop crying. She was exhausted and she experienced a psychotic break with reality. Over fashion.<\/p>\n
Yup. Great television, folks!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First of all: the best way to watch this show is to have a huge feverish cell phone conversation about it with your friend Mitchell at every commercial break. Show stops, commercial starts. Phone rings. No hello, nothing like that. … Continue reading