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Ultraprison!
11/06/09

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I cannot BELIEVE Gordana's lovely dress got her sent home while Irina's sack of green rags got her to fashion week.

And yeah, Christopher, no one thinks of you as the "wacky" designer - you're the "super mediocre" one. Well, one of many. #projectrunwayseason6
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curiousgeorgiana
11/06/09

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This season makes me miss Kenley. And that's ridiculous. #projectrunwayseason6
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

@curiousgeorgiana: Oh man, I would love to lock Kenley and Irina in a room together and tell them to collaborate just to watch the babydiva fur fly...before Irina tried to turn it into an ugly shrug. #projectrunwayseason6
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curiousgeorgiana
11/06/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Make sure to keep all cats far, far away. #projectrunwayseason6
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Sweet Panda Love
11/06/09

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I don't see why people are blaming Lifetime when the same exact production companies and judges were involved in the making of the show as when it was on Bravo. Lifetime wanted a product that was already successful - why would they change it?

That being said, I think they opted to cast this year with more amateurs, a la the first season, so the money means something when they win. Alas, that means they miss out on talent.

I thought this season was more entertaining than the last. I am hard pressed to remember who made it to the final three or why I cared. #projectrunwayseason6
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

@Sweet Panda Love: Kenley, Leanne and Korto with Leanne coming out on top and Kenley trying to pretend like living on a tugboat was an excuse for assy behavior and poor Jerrell winning the last challenge and then not getting to show because the judges decided to do a SURPRISE! final challenge that he lost to Kenley who ripped off her dress from an actual designer. Season before that would be Christian Siriano beating Jillian, Chris, and the Jewish guy whose name escapes me but who draped everything with Chris March losing out on getting to show at Bryant Park in the last episode. Before that was Jeffrey "Neck Tattoo" Sebilia beating Uli and Laura Bennett.

This season, I've been hard pressed to tell the designers apart until the last few weeks.

And Lifetime hired Bunham/Murray to replace The Magical Elves as production company. BM you might remember as the people behind The Real World. So it wasn't the same production company, which is why everyone is so pissy. #projectrunwayseason6
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KATE!
11/06/09

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there is a project runway marathon on bravo right now. season santino. oh how i miss the good ol' days when the show was on bravo and the designers were talented.

lifetime ruined my favorite show. its a sad day when i think that the contestants on antm are more talented than the ones on project runway. #projectrunwayseason6
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JLady
11/06/09

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I have switched over to watching Project Runway Canada, and I have to say, I feel like it was a good choice. #projectrunwayseason6
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ArtfulSlinger
11/06/09

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The Getty Center is one of my favorite places on earth. I couldn't believe that given the time and the amount of inspiration swirling all over that place, these were the final looks we were given. This is the worst season ever and I almost feel they would have been better off scrapping it all together. The clothes are horrible, designers boring and the judges just arent there.

When they were panning around the panel last night, the bored looks on Cindy, Cynthia and Nina's faces were priceless. Snooze! #projectrunwayseason6
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Lymed
11/06/09

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I heard a story on NPR earlier this year that the Getty Center will likely be put up for sale. They can't cover the maintenance costs necessary to preserve the structure. I think that says it all about this season. Selling the soul of something beautiful in order to keep it standing. #projectrunwayseason6
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katie.scarlett.o'hara
11/06/09

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Uuuuuugggh. Agreed, worst season ever. None of them deserve to be there. Gordana had the best dress on the runway. The judging has just made no sense this season.

Didn't Irina's dress look like something Jasmine from Aladdin would wear? #projectrunwayseason6
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saralegal21
11/06/09

@katie.scarlett.o'hara: I agree. PR takes such pains to point out that every week is supposed to be based only that week and not their previous designs. But that clearly was not the case here. Gordana's was the best, Irina's was OK, and the others were hot messes. But just goes to show you if Heidi doesn't like you, you aren't going anywhere. #projectrunwayseason6
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katie.scarlett.o'hara
11/06/09

@saralegal21: Honestly, I think they probably should be judged on their collective body of work, especially in the final challenge, but the judging has been all over the place and it's hard to be consistent when Nina and Michael Kors have been gone for most of the season. I think the weird judging and these super lame challenges have thrown everything off. #projectrunwayseason6
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JLady
11/06/09

@katie.scarlett.o'hara: I really miss having a standard panel of judges and then one guest. The show just seems to lack any authority when it rotates around so much. #projectrunwayseason6
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saralegal21
11/06/09

@katie.scarlett.o'hara: I do, too, but if they are not, they should be consistent about it. I feel the same way about Top Chef. #projectrunwayseason6
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TransFat
11/06/09

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My favorite line of the night, and clearly not verbatim, was when Christopher didn't understand how he could be "the last guy standing"...me either Christopher, me either. Here's a hanky. #projectrunwayseason6
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MegiEr
11/06/09

@TransFat:
Exactly! I yelled at the TV, "good question!!" #projectrunwayseason6
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Alessar
11/06/09

@MegiEr: It's called "self-delusion." #projectrunwayseason6
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R-V
11/06/09

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Right now I'm watching the season 2 marathon on Bravo. The difference is astounding. Not only were the personalities more interesting, but so were the designs. Compared to the saucy goodness of season 2, this current season is more bland than a low-sodium saltine cracker. #projectrunwayseason6
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Dauphine
11/06/09

@R-V: Daniel Franco, where did you go? Oh-oh, Daniel Franco, where did you go? #projectrunwayseason6
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
11/06/09

@R-V: I know. Laura Bennett or Jeffrey Sebelia would've eaten 'em for breakfast. #projectrunwayseason6
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

@LucilleMcGillicuddy: Oh em gee I would pay excellent money to see Meana Irina and Jeffrey "Mom Hater" Sebelia going at it. He would crush her soul. #projectrunwayseason6
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
11/06/09

@Dauphine: Also, what happened to Andre? #projectrunwayseason6
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Dauphine
11/06/09

@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: He and Tim are at Red Lobster, drinking and reminiscing about the good old days. #projectrunwayseason6
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Alessar
11/06/09

@IBleedGlitter: He grew a biker moustache and started doing snarky commentaries on this season along with Nick Verreos. No, really. It's on the show's current website.
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BytheSea
11/06/09

@R-V: I was watching hte Drag Queen season and I was struck with how much better the editing was w/r/t puling out personality and making me care about the designers and even the *judges*! This season was so boring b/c couldn't even tell people apart, they were like paper dolls with no soul. #projectrunwayseason6
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Dauphine
11/06/09

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I stopped watching when Louise was kicked off - to be honest, she was pretty much the only reason I watched this year, because I love her old Dollflesh designs and her Etsy store.

It really feels like this season doesn't reach the same level of previous ones (although I still think seasons one and two were the best). #projectrunwayseason6
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BytheSea
11/06/09

@Dauphine: that woman creeped me out, she reminded me of the lang-- lenger-- underpants designer in Titanic. i think she might have been a vampire. #projectrunwayseason6
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hortense
11/06/09

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The designs have been meh this year, but it could have been a great season if certain contestants weren't given the boot so early, so ultimately I think the judging (mostly the lack of consistency in judging) is to blame for the overall crappiness of things.
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Dauphine
11/06/09

@hortense: It feels like Lifetime's really gone for the contestants who could bring the most drama (o hey, there, Irina!) rather than design potential. I wonder how much of the "auf"-ing was influenced by the network in comparison to past seasons. #projectrunwayseason6
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Lymed
11/06/09

@hortense: Last night alone shows the inconsistency of the judging. Althea's dress was horrendous, but they kept her in. Why? Probably because of her past work. Yet other designers with great past work were sent home based on one design when the regular judges were nowhere to be found. #projectrunwayseason6
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sweetbeans
11/06/09

@hortense: I actually felt insulted last night listening to Heidi talk about how Christopher's done a lot of great work - as if his latest wasn't a representation of everything else he's done. Other than the vampire wedding dress, he's consistently put out the same bad designs and bad fabric choices. Every time the judges talked about his work I felt like I had been transported to Opposite Land. #projectrunwayseason6
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phantom lady
11/06/09

@hortense: I agree. Can you imagine the clothes Epperson or Ra'mon would have presented at Fashion Week?
But. I guess next season being back in NY with 3 consistant judges will let us know if it is Lifetime to blame. #projectrunwayseason6
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kethryvis
11/06/09

@hortense: i was thinking the EXACT same thing this morning while doing dishes (great time for thinking). Michael Kors said it best earlier this season, "These are clothes, not fashion." They kicked the two space-cases off in the first two episodes who were pushing to the edge, and left behind people who make clothing, not fashion. Herein is the difference between Lifetime and Bravo. Bravo is Christian, is Paris, is always pushing that edge. Lifetime is Carol Hannah, LA, and safe (but trying to push danger with all their made-for-tv-movies about women overcoming odds and whatever).

They kicked off every single person who took a chance (or at least threw them into the bottom), kept and rewarded the people who played safe... and at the same time berated those safe-players for not taking chances! i blame some of this on the judging; since we only had Kors and Nina off-and-on throughout this snorefest of a season, there was no consistency in the scores which threw everything off (does this mean we can assume Heidi is also off-kilter on a regular basis and it's Nina and Kors who bring her down to earth?). But i also blame the shift in networks; Lifetime wanted the drama but no risks; Christian and Chris would have never made it onto Lifetime's PR. No dresses made of corn husks or twizlers, or human hair. There was NO couture challenge this season!!

and it's because the contestants this season can't handle couture. It's fashion. Which Lifetime can't handle. It's almost like this season should have been on DIY; See? You too can make amazing fashion at home by just going to your favourite fabric store and whipping up something inspired by the art at your local gallery. That's not what we want on PR. The drama shouldn't just be in the workroom air, it needs to show through in the garments. #projectrunwayseason6
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ArtfulSlinger
11/06/09

@hortense: I think they actually kicked off the stronger designers from week to week. It was like they were having a contest for the best mall designer. Epperson, Ra'Mon, Sam-Ro 2.0 and even the egg dude had more to give. #projectrunwayseason6
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phantom lady
11/06/09

@ArtfulSlinger: Oh now. Sam-Ro did deserve to go home. She didn't know how to sew or sketch. And doesn't belong in the same sentence as Epperson and Ra'mon. IMHO #projectrunwayseason6
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ArtfulSlinger
11/06/09

@phantom lady: We saw her for an episode. She was off the cuff and her fangdangled idea was more interesting than half of what the other contestants created. #projectrunwayseason6
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emfish55
11/06/09

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Tim looked exhausted and pissed throughout the whole episode. You really got the sense that he could care less who won, and was just sort of faking enthusiasm and reading his lines. The LA decision was such a terrible idea. It just made production that much more stressful, on top of all the legal problems (with sponsors dropping out due to conflicts with Bravo), and then the travel schedule for the judges. There was no good reason to do it (except I suppose to save money -- but how much could they have saved? They had to build a new set out there, create a fake West Coast Mood, and bring in a shitload of guest judges to replace Nina and MK.)

I just want my old Tim, Nina, and MK back. I don't think these designers are awful. But the judging was disjointed and inconsistent, Tim was off his game, and the challenges produced boring, predictable designs. Boo. #projectrunwayseason6
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doit2julia
11/06/09

@emfish55: Lol. There's been a West Coast Mood for years.
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Lymed
11/06/09

@emfish55: And poor Tim had to spend all that time in LA. Ugh, I was travelling to LA weekly last year for work and it was eating my soul. #projectrunwayseason6
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emfish55
11/06/09

@doit2julia: Oops. I'd read news reports that they used a "fake" Mood for the LA season. Turns out they still went to the LA Mood, but because it was more than an hour away from the rest of the shooting (welcome to traffic), they did shoot some scenes at a fake Mood storefront closer to FIDM and the designers' digs. #projectrunwayseason6
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dj alicat
11/06/09

@emfish55: I went to FIDM 16 years ago and it was lame then and it still looks lame.
I was going to apply to PR next year but now that it's in L.A. and at FIDM I'm seriously re-thinking it.
When the mayor said that L.A. is a center for fashion I laughed! L.A. fashion week is a joke! You notice they still go to New York fashion week. #projectrunwayseason6
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emfish55
11/06/09

@dj alicat: PR is returning to New York for the next season.

I actually think it's perfectly fair to call LA a major fashion capital. There is a lot of fashion in LA, and plenty of great designers start out there. But the home of the industry in the U.S. is NY, and LA will always be more commercial and less experimental because of the influence of Hollywood (which is afraid to get to avant garde for the masses).

But it's a mistake to constantly push this idea that LA is "as good" as NY for PR. All it does is serve to illustrate the many ways in which it is not. NY and Parsons are just a better natural fit for the show, and they should never have tried to make such a major shift at the same time as they changed networks and, most importantly, production companies. Bunim/Murray clearly doesn't quite have a handle on the show yet, and the LA setting has only served to exacerbate that. #projectrunwayseason6
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doit2julia
11/06/09

@emfish55: Interesting. I'll have to make a query on my next visit. I've been a Mood patron for years. I once had a Jay McCarroll encounter in the linen aisle where we both dissed the other's fabric pulls & he insisted he'd been shopping there longer than I. I responded I'd had small suitcase worth of Mood swatches back when he was still shooting porn in Pennsylvania. #projectrunwayseason6
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dj alicat
06:59 AM

@emfish55: Yeah! Then I'll be applying! Maybe it'll help I went to uni with Christian in London! He did the hair and make-up for my graduate show and he was fierce then too! #projectrunwayseason6
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hughman
11/06/09

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christopher and his gay amish breakdowns drove me crazy. get a grip girlfriend. #projectrunwayseason6
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TryScience
11/06/09

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Althea was promoting herself as a "risk taker" but that oufit has the exact same silhouette as her most celebrated prior effort, the suiting separates she made for model to wear to an industry party. High-waist skirt, sack-like floppy top. She's also done that pleating and rectangular patternmaking at least twice before.

Cindy Crawford's comment about not seeing the French bed in Carol Hannah's garment reminded my of why I hate having model judges in a challenge like this. If she had used blue brocade you would have shouted "too literal!" so why not just see the inspiration. Gold, satin, draping lines, cord. I wish they had gotten a famous artist to judge instead.

Even with Christopher's occasional missteps in fabric choice, his collection would have been 10,000 times more interesting than the ones we're likely to get. Plus, he would have had more time to experiment and make sure he had the right materials. Gordana's would have been impeccable.

Was anyone else really irked about Nina's continuous "we haven't SEEN Gordana yet". Yes you have, you just didn't like what you saw. She showed you who she is. Understated, amazing craftsmanship, steely colors, intent and resolve. Not everyone has to be a Christian Siriano to be a good designer! Her dress was lovely and I felt like they didn't give her enough credit, especially with how she created the brushstrokes from fabric just as she wanted. #projectrunwayseason6
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

@TryScience: Oh god. "We haven't SEEN Gordana yet!"

YOU HAVEN'T FUCKING BEEN THERE ALL SEASON!! #projectrunwayseason6
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
11/06/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Word. #projectrunwayseason6
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LBB
11/06/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I KNOW RIGHT????? God. EVERYONE was hating on Gordana last night and she had, IMO, the best dress. What the hell is their problem? #projectrunwayseason6
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CollegeCamel
11/06/09

@TryScience: I completely agree. Gordana's dress was probably the best one on the runway last night, and if you look at her website, it perfectly exemplifies her design aesthetic. Not a fair auf, in my opinion. I personally thought Irina's was HIDEOUS...WAY old lady-ish and hangy and awful. #projectrunwayseason6
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TryScience
11/06/09

@CollegeCamel: I got the impression that their minds were made up, and they were nitpicking to justify the pre-made choices. "I don't like that zipper" somehow trumps a "messfest" and a badly styled sack with an "old lady" hem? #projectrunwayseason6
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Dictator for Life
11/06/09

@CollegeCamel: Can you post a link to Gordana's website? #projectrunwayseason6
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CollegeCamel
11/06/09

@Dictator for Life: [www.shopgoga.com] #projectrunwayseason6
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