I am still really bummed about Swapnil going home. Now that Tim didn't use his save on Swapnil, I assume that he won't use it at all.
The 3D design challenge was really cool, and I've been wondering when they would finally use 3D printers. The winner was the person who used the printers best. I think most of the designers didn't really have a fair concept of what the printers are capable of, so they didn't know what to design. Yet Candace knocked it out of the park with multiple raised diamond designs. Merline and Ashley struggled with the looks the most, and Merline made really basic mountains with the printers while Ashley made bridge-inspired arcs. They were blah. But Merline paired her shapes with boring fabric and didn't make an avant-garde look at all. Merline went home - FINALLY!
For the next challenge, the designers are sent to L.A. It's the last challenge to qualify for Fashion Week, and the designers have to make a red carpet design. Everyone is freaking out because they don't want to mess up.
Edmond stares at this pretty sequined fabric he bought for hours. Ashley goes too over the top with crazy sequins. Kelly is, well, Kelly and goes with a jumpsuit that she dreams of Katy Perry wearing. And Candace reins herself in and goes modest with a look. Or is she playing it safe?
Finally, back in New York, the designers face the judges. They are asked why they should go to Fashion Week and which two designers should come with. Everyone agrees that Kelly should go. She wins the challenge. Candace gets away with her safe look, and she's going to Fashion Week, too.
SPOILER: the judges cut Edmond. I am gonna say it again: FINALLY!! Edmond is of Kelly's level of taste, but he hasn't progressed on the show like she has. The judges hated to do it because they would like to see his runway show, and I agree. But I also agree that they had to be fair, and this week his look was the worst. He's out!
So it's our chance to see Ashley Nell Tipton's Plus Size Show at New York Fashion Week. Good luck to her and Kelly and Candace!
Friday, October 23, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Project Runway - Crew's All In S14 Ep10
Who is even left on Project Runway? We've got the quintessential panderer, Edmond. The trailer-park-goes-glam chick, Kelly. The crazy, pretending to be architectural, Merline. Sassy Swapnil. Purple Queen Frostine Ashley Nell Tipton. Femme fatale Candace Cuoco. And that's it! We're definitely down to only the good people (minus Merline and Edmond of course! Whoops! Did I say that?).
It's finally the Real Woman challenge, and Ashley's chance to shine. This year's ladies are the PR crew. After the fiasco of trying to get normal people to agree to a makeover last season, the producers decided to force their employees to participate. And the ladies didn't even get to pick their designer. Ashleigh is a cute blonde wearing overalls, and her designer Kelly starts to make her some fancier "work" overalls. Done. Easy.
Merline and Swapnil have to work on day-to-night looks. Not easy. Katie hates Merline's standard shoulder pad look, and Merline has to go back to the drawing board. But her model is ready to do a full makeover, including a half-shaved head. Merline's in the clear.
Tim calls Candace's look for Monique "oatmeal" and "H&M." So Candace ends up going lady of the night rather than bland. Is she taking a trashy page out of Kelly's book?
Ashley works with a petite plus who is adorable. She picks an ugly pink and purple textile, and then continues to butcher her model's body. Where is the Ashley we all know and love? She doesn't even have a crying moment this week until the runway...producers must be losing their minds!!!
Edmond struggles with making his look runway and real. Tim is kinda mean about it. But then Tim goes to Swapnil and cusses at him for not trying hard enough. The model says she "doesn't love it." She doesn't give any other pointers. Tim says these looks are supposed to be marriages, but if Swapnil and Jennifer are married, she's giving him the silent treatment. And Tim's angry outburst (that matches his skin lately) didn't help.
SPOILER: Swapnil goes home. And I don't love him. I know he has been bad for a couple of weeks, but I REALLY, REALLY wanted to see his designs for Fashion Week. I was hoping that Tim might feel bad for cussing at Swapnil and use his Tim Gunn save. I mean, we know if the judges had sent Ashley home this week for choking on her challenge, Tim would have saved her. But since they didn't because this is Ashley's season, I wished Tim would save Swapnil. Now all we have to look forward to is Merline's elimination! Kudos to Swapnil for never saying anything mean about his model or Tim. We'll miss ya, man!
It's finally the Real Woman challenge, and Ashley's chance to shine. This year's ladies are the PR crew. After the fiasco of trying to get normal people to agree to a makeover last season, the producers decided to force their employees to participate. And the ladies didn't even get to pick their designer. Ashleigh is a cute blonde wearing overalls, and her designer Kelly starts to make her some fancier "work" overalls. Done. Easy.
Merline and Swapnil have to work on day-to-night looks. Not easy. Katie hates Merline's standard shoulder pad look, and Merline has to go back to the drawing board. But her model is ready to do a full makeover, including a half-shaved head. Merline's in the clear.
Tim calls Candace's look for Monique "oatmeal" and "H&M." So Candace ends up going lady of the night rather than bland. Is she taking a trashy page out of Kelly's book?
Ashley works with a petite plus who is adorable. She picks an ugly pink and purple textile, and then continues to butcher her model's body. Where is the Ashley we all know and love? She doesn't even have a crying moment this week until the runway...producers must be losing their minds!!!
Edmond struggles with making his look runway and real. Tim is kinda mean about it. But then Tim goes to Swapnil and cusses at him for not trying hard enough. The model says she "doesn't love it." She doesn't give any other pointers. Tim says these looks are supposed to be marriages, but if Swapnil and Jennifer are married, she's giving him the silent treatment. And Tim's angry outburst (that matches his skin lately) didn't help.
SPOILER: Swapnil goes home. And I don't love him. I know he has been bad for a couple of weeks, but I REALLY, REALLY wanted to see his designs for Fashion Week. I was hoping that Tim might feel bad for cussing at Swapnil and use his Tim Gunn save. I mean, we know if the judges had sent Ashley home this week for choking on her challenge, Tim would have saved her. But since they didn't because this is Ashley's season, I wished Tim would save Swapnil. Now all we have to look forward to is Merline's elimination! Kudos to Swapnil for never saying anything mean about his model or Tim. We'll miss ya, man!
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Book Review: Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick
Do you ever start reading a book because you just know you're going to love it? And then you don't love it?
I am trying so hard to love Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick. I really liked her Mother-Daughter Book Club series, so I hoped this would be a classic, too. I read the first 20 pages and almost nothing happened. Then I got to 50 pages and thought something had to happen soon. And now I'm at 100 pages. A hint of something happening in the next 50 pages has kept me reading, but honestly I don't know why I don't give up already.
Truly is boring. She is military so she moves a lot and goes into "stealth mode" to avoid always being the new kid. Blah blah blah. SO overdone! Her parents are hurting for money. Frederick did that in Pies and Prejudice. She truly (sorry, I had to do that somewhere in this post) loves birds. Really? I can't even. She is so darn boring.
I swear, if the plot doesn't pick up ASAP, I won't ever read another book by Heather Vogel Frederick. Get to the point already!!
REVISITED: I skimmed to the end. It was okay. But not great. I should have trusted my gut and put this book down at 20 pages. The 20-page test works!
REVISITED: I skimmed to the end. It was okay. But not great. I should have trusted my gut and put this book down at 20 pages. The 20-page test works!
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Project Runway - Make it Sell
Candace won last week's challenge, and she has all the power this week. The designers do a commercial challenge for Just Fab, and Candace gets to assign categories to all the designers. She takes Trendsetter and gives Kelly the same category. She assigns Ashley Girl Next Door, Laurie Modern Classic, and Merline Femme Noveau (which everyone agrees will be a stretch). Swapnil and Edmund get Bombshell, and Edmund complains that Candace just doesn't get his style. What category did he want?!? I thought she chose very fairly.
At Mood, Edmund picks a hideous fabric and Kelly decides to make a faux fur vest. Bad choices all around. Ashley calls out Merline for still being there - "she's all over the place."
Tim gives everyone the advice that even though it's a commercial challenge, it still has to look unique and represent the designer (Read: Swapnil and Laurie need to pull it together). Kelly admits that she didn't know how she would do on Project Runway "because of design aesthetic." She calls herself out there. Tim calls her exuberant. I call it trashy. Yes, Kelly, I do get it...it's just retro 80's from Goodwill.
In the workroom, Tim tells everyone that there's another component to the challenge. Designers get to make a tag/logo to put in the outfit and wear on a t-shirt at the runway show. Sorry, guys, if you haven't already thought about this, you aren't serious about having your own brand. Luckily, most of them had, so this wasn't much of an added burden. But did anyone else notice that Candace's logo is sorta phallic?
Laurie, Edmond, and Swapnil have to change up their looks after they see them on the model. And then Edmond "designs" his label, which is his dad's name in basic block text. Apparently the logo wasn't actually part of the challenge at all...because SPOILER: he wins. I don't get it. I don't get it at all. Yes, his design was probably the most commercial, so I guess I'll let him have this one. But really, judges, REALLY? They say his red dress will look good on everyone, but it has no structure and therefore it will show everyone's flaws. I thought Ashley should have won for her spunky outfit with a gold faux leather jacket and crop and skirt, but I guess three pieces didn't fit the Just Fab manufacturing process.
Swapnil tries again this week, and just doesn't do so well when he puts that kind of pressure on himself. Makes me worried about him for Fashion Week. Merline does a constructed look that I thought seemed interesting, but shows her construction problems again, and it's bad. Laurie makes a last-minute top and doesn't cover her model's bust AGAIN. There's no way the judges could let that one skate. SPOILER: Laurie goes home.
My DVR died before I saw next week's previews, so I am stuck dreaming of cool challenges. Any chance that they will do something food related again? Or is the plus size challenge coming up so Ashley can win again?
At Mood, Edmund picks a hideous fabric and Kelly decides to make a faux fur vest. Bad choices all around. Ashley calls out Merline for still being there - "she's all over the place."
Tim gives everyone the advice that even though it's a commercial challenge, it still has to look unique and represent the designer (Read: Swapnil and Laurie need to pull it together). Kelly admits that she didn't know how she would do on Project Runway "because of design aesthetic." She calls herself out there. Tim calls her exuberant. I call it trashy. Yes, Kelly, I do get it...it's just retro 80's from Goodwill.
In the workroom, Tim tells everyone that there's another component to the challenge. Designers get to make a tag/logo to put in the outfit and wear on a t-shirt at the runway show. Sorry, guys, if you haven't already thought about this, you aren't serious about having your own brand. Luckily, most of them had, so this wasn't much of an added burden. But did anyone else notice that Candace's logo is sorta phallic?
Laurie, Edmond, and Swapnil have to change up their looks after they see them on the model. And then Edmond "designs" his label, which is his dad's name in basic block text. Apparently the logo wasn't actually part of the challenge at all...because SPOILER: he wins. I don't get it. I don't get it at all. Yes, his design was probably the most commercial, so I guess I'll let him have this one. But really, judges, REALLY? They say his red dress will look good on everyone, but it has no structure and therefore it will show everyone's flaws. I thought Ashley should have won for her spunky outfit with a gold faux leather jacket and crop and skirt, but I guess three pieces didn't fit the Just Fab manufacturing process.
Swapnil tries again this week, and just doesn't do so well when he puts that kind of pressure on himself. Makes me worried about him for Fashion Week. Merline does a constructed look that I thought seemed interesting, but shows her construction problems again, and it's bad. Laurie makes a last-minute top and doesn't cover her model's bust AGAIN. There's no way the judges could let that one skate. SPOILER: Laurie goes home.
My DVR died before I saw next week's previews, so I am stuck dreaming of cool challenges. Any chance that they will do something food related again? Or is the plus size challenge coming up so Ashley can win again?
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