Thursday, August 17, 2006

No French Toast...just Brioche

Projekt Klumway was a little hard to bear yesterday evening. The episode begins with previous challenge winner Michael brushing his head and face with what looks like a shoe shine brush. He speaks of how proud he is to have made it this far with his hootchie wear and that he plans on winning the next challenge as well.

We see Vincent who is yammering about his boy Bradley being gone. Which now allows him to bask comfortably in the crazy spotlight. Where it would appear that Vincent needs medication, poor Bradley appeared to be on too many- you could poke Bradley with a stick and he wouldn't flinch.

Cut to Heidi bringing out the winning and losing model's from last week. She asks Michael if he would like to continue working with Jesus of Nazri or switch to Katie. This is a no brainer as J-Naz can work it. Katie is Auf'd. Buh bye. Laura makes a face like she smells something bad.

Heidi asks the designers if they are ready for their next challenge. Now I don't know if anyone else responded, but all I could hear was Angela saying yes. She was the annoying girl you went to high school with. The one who was insecure and stuck safety pins in her clothing, put buttons on her backpack and brown nosed the teachers. It could also be that she looks a bit like Debra Messing to me, who equally annoys me, but I digress.

Heidi tells the designers that their challenges have been relatively easy thus far so they are going to step it up. She sends them on their way telling them that they will all find out what their next challenge is the following morning.

We then see Tim Gunn knocking on the door to the men's apartment with the time stamp of 5:00 am. Michael answers the door. Tim tells Michael that they are going on a field trip. He does the same at the women's apartment. We then hear him say that there are no open toed shoes of any kind for Candy Kayne or Jeffrey.

Alison tells Laura it's a good thing she has on her riding outfit, because after all it could be horses. She's so sweet I couldn't really tell if it was a jab or not.

The designers are shuttled off in a big black van and heading down the highway. It would appear they are Jersey bound. Laura makes a comment about the weather being lousy and that Jersey looks as awful as it ever did. Tsk. tsk. Big Red.

The designers are lead to a loading dock and stand in front of a large garage door. Tim reveals that they are in Newark New Jersey and that their next challenge is behind that door. The door opens and there are mounds of recyclable materials surrounded by what looks like caution tape.

Tim reveals that they will be sourcing recyclable materials for this challenge. They are each given three bins. Their garments will be critiqued on innovation, creativity and materials used. The designers have thirty minutes to dumpster dive after which they will be going back to an art supply store in Manhattan to purchase materials to aid them with construction.

Vincent makes one of his cuckoo remarks saying that his creation from trash will be a contradiction...it will be art. We'll see oh crazy one.

Michael is beat boxing and Laura is funking out. I think those two are doing more than sticking chocolate in the others peanut butter if you know what I mean.

They briefly stop at an art supply store with a $25 budget and fifteen minutes.

Back at Parsons Tim tells the designers they have 10 hours to make it work.

Alison sets out to create a voluminous skirt using multi-colored strips of paper. Angela is planning on constructing hers using multiple pieces in a patchwork-disco ball sort of way. Michael's execution is more organic as he is letting the materials dictate the evolution of his design.

Vincent is following a similar method, but the voices in his head tell him he does not own the future and will not go there. Come again? Laura confirms Vincent's mental state as being unstable and that he will crack sooner or later. I can only hope they'll get it on film because that makes for some great television.

In the break room Candy Kayne and Robert trash talk Laura. Robert comments on how her dress looks like a straight jacket and that she must be sewing for herself again. Awfully ballsy if you ask me as he's been in the bottom three these past two episodes.

Alison scraps her original concept as the raw materials are not responding as she had hoped.

Tim stops by with an hour and a half left to give his view on how each design is progressing.

The first dress we see is Uli's which is turning out flawlessly. It is a combination on woven mylar and muslin. Jeffrey's newspaper girl dress is coming along nicely as well.

Vincent thinks his dress is Avant Garde, Tim goads him by saying that it needs more embellishments. I really think they are keeping him for the kooky factor.

Tim critiques Alison's design and tells her he's a bit concerned as her model Alexandra is a larger girl and the dress may look unflattering on her. This sends poor Alison into a tailspin. Tim tells Candy Kayne that his design was not what he was expecting and that it looks like the amateur hour.

The following morning the models arrive and it's time for a quick fitting and then off to the L’Oréal make-up room and the TRESemmé hair salon. Most of the designers are having issues with their garments fitting as the materials do not have the same elasticity that fabric does.

Candy Kayne and Laura have some words before the presentation and she tells him that she frequently worries about his choices. Candy's response is that he worries about her character and that's worse. Ouch.

The models are prepped and judges revealed. They are Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Celebrity Stylist Rachel Zoe.

Uli's dress is first. It is constructed of mylar and muslin and looks gorgeous. The top is strapless and the skirt is like french braided mylar and muslin. Angela's dress looks like something Posh Spice would have worn. It's as though her model were wrapped in aluminum foil with a patch-work exoskeleton.

Michaels dress is hootchie glam. There is a gold mylar bustier with a plastic bag pretending to be fur with a fitted skirt sourced from a peanut bag. Undoubtably provided by Laura. Vincent refers to his dress as art in motion and comments several times on how his seeing his design go down the runway gets him off. Guess he must like paper cuts.

Robert's dress is a mylar cocktail dress with a ruffle detail at the bottom. It's much more youthful than his last two designs and his model Danielle appears to be enjoying herself. Jeffrey's dress comes out and looks really cool. You can still see the newsprint showing through the color-tinting and the trompe lo'eil belt adds a touch of whimsy.

Laura's dress was next. It was made of a peanut sack with a black paper flower detail at the waist. The tailoring is impeccable and the back panel of the dress says 'For Nuts Only'. I guess she envisions Vincent wearing this.

This is followed by Alison's design. Her dress is made of folded and krinkled creme colored construction paper. Her model is also sporting a giant blond hair-bow. Possibly to distract the judges from the unflattering garment.

Candy Kaynes dress is last down the runway. It looked like something the character Poison Ivy would have worn in a Batman feature. It was constructed of paper and mylar.

The designers whose dresses scored high enough for them to move onto the next round are told they can leave the runway.

This leaves Alison, Candy Kayne, Laura, Vincent, Michael and Jeffrey. Each designer is asked to explain how their design was innovative. Michael goes first and tells the judges that if he had chosen fabric, the wrap would be organza, the bustier taffeta and the skirt linen. Vincent is next. He tells the judges that he used a plastic sack, paper goods and confetti. His model has some sort of crazy ass Bo Derek '10' hair going on and I can only imagine Vincent telling the stylist to do this because his design is a perfect '10'.

He has a mini freakout when Michael Kors states that the dress was stiff and it appeared as though his model had difficulty maneuvering in it. Vincent replies by saying that this dress turned him on and that's what mattered. Nina says she thinks it's a little bizarre, to which Vincent agrees and tells her it's artsy and contorts his face. Heidi sensing that he may jump of the runway, grab their writing implements out of their hands and kill them tells him that she thought it was innovative.

Laura's next and tells the judges that she used a peanut sack, crate strapping and magazine paper. She modified the sack by pleating it thus creating what she refers to as an elegant joke. We see Michael Kors smile and look Nina's way. Maybe he's wondering if this dress comes in his size? Jeffrey is fidgeting and rolling his eyes.

Candy Kayne trys to win the sympathy of he judges by prefacing with how his original vision was scrapped and sent up into his model and dress emerging from a pile of discarded trash. Nina bluntly states this his garment is more like a costume than dress. Micheal Kors tells him that he stepped over the boundary of taste. Ok kids the gloves are off.

Jeffrey tells the judges that he used newspapers and magazines. He also goes on to say how his dress moves unlike the other designers dresses. That is unless she were to fall over.

Alison's design is made of layers of paper. Heidi waits for Alison to explain her process and then goes for the jugular. She tells Alison that the dress is unflattering and makes the model appear larger than she really is. The hair-bow makes Heidi think of Minnie Mouse- a fat Minnie Mouse. Michael Kors adds that it looks like a dinner napkin crumpled up and compares her to a paper brioche.

The designers are called back. Laura is in and can leave the runway. Michael is announced as the challenge winner and told he could leave the runway. I would have chosen Jeffrey's but me thinks the judges sense a bit of Santino in him and win not reward him for this. Jeffrey came up short, but is told he too can leave the runway. Candy Kayne is told he is in, but just barely and leaves the runway.

This leaves Vincent and Alison. Heidi tells Vincent that they appreciate his creativity but there is a fine line between innovation and insanity. Alison is told that her look was unflattering. The judges believe an alien must have temporarily invaded her body because they cannot believe a female designer would make so many poor choices.

Alison is given the Auf Weidersen. I think I went into a state of shock as they kept cuckoo around. I have to believe Alison is going to go on and do great things. I'll just keep on repeating that over and over again as I try to forget Laura's angry teet peeking out from her dress as she criticized Vincent. It all seems so unfair. But I guess crazy wins over sweetness...or at least at Bravo it does.

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