PROJECT RUNWAY: Episode 13, Waist of time

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PROJECT RUNWAY: Episode 13, Waist of time

POSTED: Friday, April 16, 2010, 9:30 PM

Filed Under: TV ProjRun

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Top: Jay Bottom: Mila

I thought that this week was going to be the grand finale. A stupid mistake, I know. With four designers left and only three going to Bryant Park, they couldn't possibly squeeze all the couture drama into a mere 60 minutes. Instead ProjRun made us sit through an hour of T.G. visiting the designers and awkwardly interacting with each of their families. Actually, when Seth Aaron got Timmy Boy to get on his trampoline — that's for reals, not a euphemism — it was almost worth the agony of watching him play Pictionary with Seth Aaron's clan. Yeah, that was when he guessed the picture Seth Aaron's daughter drew was a pair of fallopian tubes. In all fairness, I thought the same thing. Thank God there's only one miserable week left, this show is cutting into my Thursday night drinking rituals. As mentioned, Tim went to visit the in-home studios of each cocky designer. Did you notice the audible Tim Gunn yawn after seeing each collection? Go back to your TiVo or DV-R and crank the volume. It's there. Seth Aaron, who is already set to go to Fashion Week let Tim peep his collection thus far, which was dull, dark and all signature Seth Aaron. Same old, same old, and nothing inventive. That means zippers, sharp jackets and high, starched collars. Cue the TG yawn. Emilio's collection garnered the same reaction. He said he was inspired by color. Yeah, ugly colors. When turtleneck-clad Tim Gunn questioned the pieces, Emilio confessed to the cameras, "I'm designing clothing for women. As far as I know, Tim Gunn doesn't wear women's clothing." Huh. As far as we know, Em, neither do you. Yet somehow you're the new expert on women's clothes? It must be the seven seasons of experience you've had as a ProjRun mentor. Or your former job as an instructor at Parsons. Or you current job as the Chief Creative Officer at Liz Claiborne. Oh, wait... It was Mila and Jay, though, who had to go head-to-head on the runway with three pieces from their so-so collections. Jay's stuff was over-designer and overworked. There were zippers, pleats, piping, boning, straps, high collars, buttons, shin guards, and high volume, layered shoulder pads. It was a futuristic Seth Aaron collection on crack. It was lusciously textured and badass. It deserved recognition at Bryant Park. But I guess it's only okay when Seth Aaron makes clothes like that. Mila, who may I point out, even has a dog that is black and white. The bitch just can't break free and use color on anything, including her pets. She presented three pieces in two colors. You know the colors I'm talking about. The clothes were all clinging desperately to the the past with their retro mod style. She made a finely constructed black and grey jacket, but who cares? That's nothing new. The one cool thing that was happening were the gloves that she designed. They were black patent leather and didn't cover all the fingers, with a silver bar slapped on across bare skin. It was gloves-meets-jewelery-meets -dominatrix-to-have-sex-all-over-your-paws. They were fantastic. Then came the moment of elimination, with Seth Aaron and Em sipping bubbly in the back room and sitting pretty, knowing that they will be at Bryant Park. Mila was certain that she could beat Jay, and little Jay was equally as confident that he would wipe the runway with Mila's annoying face. But we can't escape her, and it was Mila who won and will be moving on with the other two bozos to Fashion Week. Jay was sent a-packin' before he could even enjoy one night in the glitzy New York hotel. Really, there had to be an entire episode dedicated to this? What a waste.

Sossy

Posted 2010-04-16 18:49:31

Oh please - do we have to sit through 10 designs by Mila in order to see who wins this season?  At this point, I am hanging on mostly due to momentum (gotta have closure or something).  If the three designs she showed to compete against Jay are her 'best' offerings, I may not be able to stand it. Jay's designs were indeed overdone - it was as if he tried to insert every possible design trick into them to show he could do innovative things. At least his collection offered a new look at fashion. Mila's designs looked like something off the 1967 sale rack in K-Mart. Nothing new or exciting. Her cocktail dress was straight out of the Twiggy era.  I could probably handle the black and white part (tired of it as I am) if she had even one shred of originality. Retro has to take a look to a new level to be fashion - otherwise it's off-the-rack hack designing.

Oh yeah - it looks like we have to watch Ping whine and moan next week when they have the reunion session?  Somebody give her some meds, please.

Mary

Posted 2010-04-16 19:40:45

Mila's clothes can be worn by all women. The others are great, but the average woman cannot wear them.

k.d.c.

Posted 2010-04-16 20:47:11

Who cares that everyone can't wear Jay's clothes? That's not what a "Design" competition is about.

vgonz

Posted 2010-04-16 22:42:21

I don't know about you but when the judges picked Mila and leave her a tip to make sure her models look young, it was a little disconcerting (why?).  See, I got the samurai part.  Jay's "overdesign" is still a little more exciting than what we were shown in comparison to the other designers. At the very least it gives me a lot more to look forward to than the geometric black and white blah, blah, blah . . .

Silvi

Posted 2010-04-17 01:07:41

very true... design is not about the average woman would wear...if it was up to that then almost NOTHING would be presented in runways... not even the people wearing the clothes at these shows are average women... 
Jay should have won! Mila... we r just tired of u...

SunGoddess

Posted 2010-04-23 11:40:36

How sad is Project Runway:( The whole thing wreaks of Bravo's drama ratings and $100,000.00 to boot.  If these designers are truly as horrible as Michael Kors says they maybe he should get off his ass and start designing again. Which brings me to the point of the other judges. One supermodel who designs glued halloween costumes once a year and a magazine editor who's NEVER sewn one stitch in her life.  Well I guess this is TV land so what can you expect. Uggg....

Rodney Anonymous

Posted 2010-04-23 13:40:41

Oh, c'mon. Last night's episode had the greatest moment in ProjRun history: Heidi's twitch when Seth Aaron announced that his line was based on 1940's German uniforms. 

Somewhere in NY, Tim Gunn is watching a loop of that footage and laughing himself silly.

Bea

Posted 2010-05-06 15:05:58

PLEASE, tell me the visits Tim made was NOT the Finale?????  I was away for two weeks, thought I taped the last episode but when I go to watch it, it was Tim visiting.  Thus, missed the winner, the collection and feel I watched 9/10th of a movie the projector broke.  Anyone know where I can find the actual final episode???  I have searched with no luck.

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