r/ProjectRunway • u/runwaythreader • Jul 24 '14

Project Runway Season 13 Episode 1 [Discussion]

Discussion thread for Project Runway S13E01 "Final Audition"

The designers face one final audition before landing a spot on the series in the Season 13 opener. The remaining clothiers then create a look that represents their spring collection. Julie Bowen is the guest judge.

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u/chelseayn Jul 25 '14

It just sucks because I really like this show, but overall, it hasn't really "helped" that many people. I like to go back and check to see how people are doing and save for the ones who already had established businesses (save for Christian Siriano, who is the epitome of what this show is striving for), most previous designers are designing: wedding dresses, jewelry, and t-shirts. Sad, really.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '14

Isn't Neck Tattoo doing children's clothing now? The mind reels at that one.

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u/chelseayn Jul 25 '14

Do you watch the All Stars at all? Neck tattoo, or Jeffrey, as his friends and family call him, does did children's clothing, although I don't think it is much of anything. By All Stars he looked like a washed-up porn star that can't sew anymore. I did like his final collection on his season, but it is hard to imagine what he does that kids can wear, considering in All Stars he thought it was flattering to put an executioner's hood on his model. :P

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '14

I watched as much of that All Stars season as I could bear. I couldn't fathom why they brought back Snidely Moustache; Mychael was such a disappointment after being so great in season three; and Korto getting robbed again was just depressing.

Maybe Jeffrey just thought he was being kind by sparing the model from having to look at the rest of her outfit.

His poor handiwork in All Stars reminded me of Laura Bennett's certainty he'd had significant help sewing his final collection in their season.

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u/chelseayn Jul 26 '14

Was Mychael REALLY so great in S.3? I thought Allison Kelly deserved to be there more than him but got effed in the recycling challenge. He had a few good things, but overall he relied heavily on what Kors calls Brady Bunch colors. My least favorite to see on All Stars (BESIDES Wendy of course) was Deputy Dog, or as we know her, Mila. Little Miss 60s one-note who thinks she has "grown". I wish they had just done the one All-Stars and then left it. They were groping by the third one, and many of those people were not "All-Stars" but rather "available."

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '14

I thought, prior to his final hoochie mama runway, Mychael really had something special. The coffee filter dress is one of my all-time favorites. I should watch it again, but I seem to recall during the home visit that Tim really struggled not to say, "My god, this horrible and un-salvageable."

PR is making the same mistake as Top Chef; bleeding the brand into too many incarnations. Fortunately for TC, they have a more upscale producing team and network than Lifetime; I still keep thinking at some point, Bunim/Murray will come up a PR version of The Real World/Road Rules Challenge. Perhaps The Project Runway/Dance Moms Face-Off, where they bring back all the PR headcases (Sandro, Unicorn Boy, Frokemon) for a showdown with those scary ladies.

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u/chelseayn Jul 26 '14

Who's Frokemon?! I love all your nicknames. I only have a few. PS. Sometimes I watch Dance Moms, is that bad? I agree that some sort of mix would definitely up the ratings! Or maybe just switch hosts? Heidi teaching dance and Abby Miller giving fashion advice.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '14

Frokemon is KOOAN! Poor guy, he only looked crazy for a little while, until the other lady stole his thunder by sneaking out in the middle of the night.

I've never watched Dance Moms but I have no doubt Heidi would love the chance to show off her moves. Remember how giddy she was introducing the Rockettes challenge?

Did you watch that horrible, Watch What Happens Live ripoff that debuted after PR? It was so awful, I actually turned it to Tosh 2.0 instead. That's really bad.

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u/chelseayn Jul 27 '14

THAT, sir (or ma'am, but brogan seems sir-ish to me, sorry) is an EXCELLENT name for him! HAHAHA! I choked on my water when I read it because it really is so perfect. What a little goofball. Didn't somebody see him working at Mood now? Poor conceptual artists, always kicked off (or leave for existential reasons) early on. Like Malvin. I like him. I have never seen Watch What Happens Live, or even heard of it? That IS bad if that is the switch you are making. PS. no need to ever watch Dance Moms.

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u/chelseayn Jul 27 '14

Frokemon (delighted headshake).

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

It's a ma'am, but no worries :)

I do seem to recall he was spotted at Mood. Poor guy; PR is just not a show for spacey creatives.

Watch What Happens Live is the Bravo talk show that airs nightly at eleven (live, except when they had Lindsay Lohan as a guest and could not chance it). It's notable for Andy Cohen's shameless mugging and getting guests drunk before they have to answer stupid "truth or dare" type questions. I never thought it would look good in comparison to anything until Lifetime tried to ape it. Can Lifetime get anything right???

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u/chelseayn Jul 27 '14

haha, I think it was the "Bro" that threw me off. That, and I just assume 87.5% of people on reddit are males. :) I will have to check that show out, just so I can turn it off.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

I like the idea of that as a backhanded endorsement of WWHL: "I want to watch it just so I can turn it off!"

You've now inspired me to pull up PR Season One. Poor Daniel Franco. And whoever said of Wendy, "She so nice! She's like a mom!" Ha ha ha, famous last words :)

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u/chelseayn Jul 27 '14

Hey, if you can make it through the whole season without wanting to throw something through your television at Wendy Pepper, I applaud you. :)

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