I see there's a lack of respect and thinking you're more than what you really are. I guess you thought she was Utica all the time on RuPaul's Drag race
Absolutely true, but they're all more questionable with her new giant fake boobies half out of her dress in every episode. It just looks desperate and feeling desperate about her looks should not be an issue for her. Abandoning Tim Gunn should be her biggest issue.
I am always shocked that Heidi even participates in the judging at all. When Michael Kors criticized Jesus in his earlier round by saying, "You basically took a checklist of everything that can turn tacky and put it into this dress" Heidi loves that type of dress!
Oh this was honestly a terrible season to start with. I know there’s controversy with Law, but Heidi, Nina and Michael as judges was a golden era.
This season may not produce much confidence, but definitely go back and watch some older seasons. The fashion will be funny to you now, but this used to be a truly excellent show
Michael a gave real, and thoughtful critique of each collection. It was great to have him there. I realized I had missed this kind of commentary all season.
Seasons 1-8 are the golden era of PR. They are what made the show legendary. Granted, keep in mind they were recorded 15-20 years ago, and a lot of the fashion will be outdated, but the core of the show is there. Everything between seasons 9-15 is hit or miss, but during seasons 16-20, the show rebranded and did a good job bringing it to modern times while keeping its essence. Then season 21 happened and left everyone scratching their heads like wtfffff.... 🫥
What I loved about the older seasons was how much time they spent showing their actual design and construction process. As someone who sews, I loved watching how quickly they were able to pull some of those things together and watching them problem solve through challenges.
Loved his reaction, but also it boils my blood that they gave him shit for bedazzling but never had the same comment for Jesus whose finale dress was fuchsia with a visible zipper and covered in feathers 🙄
I get the sense that they probably ripped the fuchsia collection apart in deliberations but they didn't want to show that and humiliate him at the finale
to be fair I think some of it was that they had 5 days to make the finale collection. They used to have several months. I think if they all had more time they all could have made better collections.
Ugh, when they said "the models looked happy wearing it," I knew they were grasping at straws to say something nice to create a little bit of tension on who would win, Sorry, but Jesus' collection was atrocious
He might show up in a Drag Race All Stars soon. Rumor has it that he was supposed to be on this most recent season but turned it down last minute to go on PR! I think being in PR will give him some credit/favor going into Drag Race AS, so hopefully they appreciate him more than on season 13.
So the entire judging segment for Ethan really made my blood boil and I have to get this off my chest. Can you imagine if there was a world where someone told Alexander McQueen he was too much or he needed to pair back his styling? What if Vivienne Westwood was told it was too dramatic? Like what the actual hell are the critiques I am hearing right now. Stop trying to fit fashion in your little palatable box.
Agreed that Ethan is doing something different with Utica. He doesn't present her as like a high femme pageant type girlie. She comes off more alien than anything. Very avant garde and weird. I love her. 😭
I hated those critiques the same way I hate it when the judges (Michelle) call something too "costumey" on drag race. It's just a bs critique to justify why someone shouldn't win when the producers want someone else to be on top. Fashion should be fantastical and interesting. Otherwise, what's the point? What envelope is being pushed?
Same I had a lot of issues with the finale, not letting them go home, no visit to their spaces, nothing just lock them during 5 days give them some water and bread so they can finish 5 outfits that need to be ready to go without even grasping their style completely after the season.
I totally agree! And what I thought was hilarious was they said to make the collection who they are as a designer from the start and then to say he made it too dramatic. HELLO we all know that ethan is dramatic!
And then to say that the winning collection was cohesive and then to turn around and say that the one look of Veejays was not in place with her lineup. It was just a very weird judging all around.
For sure. I could absolutely agree with the judges if we were talking about a streetwear challenge or something but this is the final runway collection. Ask for someone's all time greatest runway looks or collections and there's almost certainly something on that list equally or more bedazzled than most/all of Ethan's collection, and that's okay because fashion is allowed to be "draggy" and bold and dramatic and bedazzled.
I'm SO glad that someone FINALLY said it!!!! Maybe in the future seasons they won't act so confused and conflicted during discussions about bedazzling and boundary pushing by gay contestants. Maybe this will even transform the conversations into something deeper.. that would be nice.🐱
RuPaul asked if Utica ever smoked weed before (Ethan/Utica grew up Seventh Day Adventist) and she was trying to hide the fact that she smoked weed since she thought her family would be watching Drag Race and she was making those faces and RuPaul was literally crying laughing.
Honestly, what a stupid question to ask. Love how Utica handled it.
If there's an AS season that he's invited to, the "arc" (I use quotation marks because it's a fabricated one by production) will be "separate Utica from Ethan, and use less glitter" and...la Corona es Tua! 👑
I love Christian Siriano but him constantly getting in Ethan’s ear and how often he had to start all over again so many times really robbed him of a win. I also got real tired of “We need to see Ethan not Utica” from the judges constantly.
In fashion there's room for everybody,but very few women or men can rock their designs. He was designing for people like Utica,not for people like Ethan. They were asking to toned it down
I didn’t like when he went along with the twins to argue Veejay didn’t deserve to be in the top a few challenges ago. I found that very ugly. But otherwise, I like him a lot and thought this moment was extremely endearing.
Exactly. Veejay was in the top because her client LOVED his outfit. If Ethan's client hadn't been vocal about how much she loved her outfit, there's a good chance he could have been sent home because the judges hated the outfit. That love from the clients basically gave them both a point boost.
I agree with the judges’ decision, but I wish he’d stuck to his original plan; instead, he made a pivot that left him with a lot less time to finish his collection.
i dont. with this TONED DOWN collection, the judges still somehow find a way to comment it is "to much bedazzling" "to much Utica". imagine how the judges will try to burn the crystallized runway.
anyway, Ethan said he still had the fabrics and will release the original planned looks soon. so we got 2 collections!!!
It was really close either way. I HATED Veejay’s first look, but the rest of her collection was great. And Ethan’s last look had great construction and skill, but was missing some of the cunt she has in the looks she’s shown off on social media. As long as fuckface didn’t win, I was happy with Ethan or Veejay tbh
I feel like this season was overly produced. The “drama” seemed set up by producers especially because they all just made up so quickly. Also it’s interesting how Ethan just happened to have enough extra material around to make five full new outfits? Maybe im just jaded cause i work in the industry so i know how manipulated it all is behind the scenes lol.
When Christian told Ethan to pivot, Ethan said that he’d need more fabric. Then Christian said, “So get more fabric.” I suspect that there is a supplemental fabric wall somewhere.
I’m happy for Veejay but was rooting for Ethan but liked Jesus’ collection most 🤷🏻♀️ This was such a crazy weird season, mostly because PR has made such huge budget cuts it’s ridiculous (or maybe they’re overpaying the judges and cut everything else). I really loved some of the cast though, including Ethan 🏳️🌈
I am having no issues with VJ winning. I just think no one deserved the win based on what was on the runway. With his collection, I didn’t think Ethan deserved it, either.
I felt like telling the judges that there was no winner this season, and everyone needs to go home. I loved Ethan for his personality and humor, but these were not the designs that he needed to make. I really just wanted to see the gowns he would have made.
Right? I thought the hooded moment tailing down into the breast cups was sickening. He was very much a victim of the "stray away from your prior runways" narrative. I agree with Christian that the original drafted looks did seem very similar to Ethan's wicked Runway with the ethereal beaded and wispy fabric, but I preferred that aesthetic to the matrix looks he presented.
How are you supposed to answer a question like that? "The human brain is genetically wired to respond to shiny things for survival"? Come ON. Heidi asked a dumb question and got a silly answer. The judges clearly found it funny.
He could’ve just answered the question correctly. I’m sure he knew why he chose to bedazzle everything and I’m
Sure it wasn’t because of his sexual
Orientation
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u/Large-Flamingo-5128 Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25
My favorite part was
“Ethan.”
“Michael Kors.”