And…scene. Boy, was this a painful season of PR. We’re not sure we can be convinced to go back for more. But we will keep you spoiler-free in the meantime.

1. Did you look at Heidi and think “Holy Pink!?”

2. Nina’s face at Irina during judging, who didn’t love it?

3. Really, that much black wasn’t a conscious decision? Really? It’s not necessarily wrong, but c’mon.

4. When you saw the black headbands, didn’t you just think Carmen Kass in every single Michael Kors show you’ve ever seen?

5. Were you mad when Tim didn’t reference Balenciaga re: the shoulders?

Okay, so we’re down to the final three…and the always fun Tim Gunn home visits. We just wish we had seen more of the clothes. Nonetheless, away we go with the q’s.

1. So Irina’s got issues with Althea about copying ideas, but was fully okay with using another artist’s renderings for her shirts without permission? Obviously, there were some lawyers involved with the show who were not so okay with this.

2. Where my Blue Devils at? Who knew Carol Hannah would take her inspiration from the Duke Chapel? I must say, it is quite stunning, especially at night.

3. Does anyone else take small pleasure in completely agreeing with Tim in real time while viewing? As in screaming at your TV, “NO!” when Carol Hannah threw that mess of a beaded belt on her dress in his presence.

4. If someone calls one of your pieces “borderline Hillary Clinton,” is that the worst thing you could hear going into Fashion Week?

5. Upon seeing that Irina’s collection was basically all black, didn’t you just flashback to Anna in The September Issue saying to Stefano Pilati, “Stefano, no color?”

In the worst season of the show ever, we finally know who’s showing (or sorry, already showed) at Bryant Park…last February. And now, on to the questions:

1. Seriously, Michael’s not involved in choosing who’s going to Fashion Week? No offense to Cynthia Rowley, who was lovely, but that’s just infuriating. Lifetime, please realize you cannot film this show in LA and still have it be relevant.

2. Cindy! Um, what’s your secret and how do you still look that damn amazing? Can we please get the number of your derm? Thanks much.

3. Mayor Villaraigosa, don’t you have a budget crisis to deal with? Also, if you think Los Angeles is the “creative capital of the nation” and “leading the way in fashion”, we cordially invite you to visit New York. Bring on the hate, west coast, we can take it.

4. Did anyone else think this Getty challenge would have been better suited for an early round where we could have seen a wider range of viewpoints? It really is one of the most culturally sound places in LA (and the views are ridiculous), making it the perfect place to get an early glimpse into everyone’s vision.

Tonight’s ep was such an Adventures in Copyright moment. But I’m still annoyed that yet again, Michael was absent…even though Nina was back in good form. But on to the questions.

1. “How creative are you that you have to steal ideas from people?” —Althea

2. Do you think Althea stole from Irina?

3. Have we heard the nickname “Meana Irina” before? I missed it, if so. Though even when she’s right, she’s totally a mean girl.

4. Didn’t Gordana’s dress outfit look like it was made for the saddest I-banker’s secretary in Wall Street? Oy, the ’80s.

5. Wait, Nick Verreos is a fashion professor now? Sir, I hope you don’t think you’re any kind of Tim Gunn.

1. Nicolas, are you sure you know what “fashion-forward” and “over-the-top” mean because they usually don’t come in the form of white jersey and (very Contempo Casual) gray trousers?

2. Also Nicolas, ever think that choosing a fabric (jersey) that you’ve never worked with before might not be the best idea for a challenge on Project Runway?

3. Logan, what happened to the oversized sweater with pockets situation you described to Tim? That did sound very Mary-Kate and very cute for that matter.

4. Nina, where is that serious tough love? These remaining designers really need a good kick in the pants from you.

5. While I agree that Carol Hannah’s dress was very pretty and that I, like Milla, could live in it, why did no one point out its real lack of a unique point-of-view? You could find that dress many places. And it was very Uli, no?

1. Bob Mackie. Seriously, Bob Mackie. Why has this not happened sooner?

2. Also, that means where is Cher? I love Christina, but if we’re bringing her in as a judge then I’m thinking David LaChappelle should have been the other guest.

3. How f*&^%ing “on” was Tim tonight? My favorite was the the Guinevere meets Vampira reference.

4. Who didn’t laugh when hearing that a designer was going to “Blast the industry with my knowledge.” Yeah, bring it, bro. Can’t wait.

5. Did Gordana forget what verbs are?

6. Do you really believe these people have been dressing celebs for years? No, other contestants, they have not.

Is it wrong that we’re sneaky (well or not so sneaky) excited for Christina Aguilera on Project Runway tonight? We’re hoping she will spark some creativity that we love, and some we can mock.

The latest season of Project Runway may be the least interesting one to date, but that hasn’t stopped the brand from expanding. Next up, a Wii video game, according to the LA Times.

The game is set to be released next year and will even have a feature where you can do your own runway walk, Wii-style. Guaranteed you’ll be able to convince yourself that you and Karlie are so similar in that special way that you think your forehand is basically the same as Federer’s. Because we’re pretty sure we’re not the only people who imagine ourselves at Wimbledon while playing Wii tennis, right?

If they put as much design effort into this baby as the (remaining) Beatles did their Rock Band game, then we are most definitely sold. You?

1. Nina, can you hear me?

2. Lifetime, you’re kidding about those “most talked about season” commercials, yes?

3. As far as bridal challenges go, could you have picked a worse week editorially? Nope!

4. The rest of you also thought Tamara was going to be a bigger bitch, right?

5. Would Anja have totally killed in Gordana’s dress? Of course. Sorry for the rhetorical.

6. MK, did you just bring up Cher? Yep, you did. Thank you for balancing out the bad and the Nina-less with a little bit of diva - even if it wasn’t your pithiest moment.

Okay, so Bravo lost Project Runway, which is now basically boring us to tears over on Lifetime. Then came The Fashion Show, which I couldn’t bring myself to watch after two episodes. (That’s saying something because I watch inordinate amounts of TV and will fully admit to getting sucked into yet another Real World/Road Rules Challenge.)

On December 2nd, the network that stills gives us joy with RZP, Top Chef, and the Housewives will debut Launch My Line.Now until I watched all these new videos they just put up, I was a tad confused about the premise. In case you were too, here’s the deal: unknown-to-most designers get paired up with successful professionals (in the above video) in other fields to form teams of two that compete to have their own fashion line produced. Um, okay.

1. Who misses Tim saying, “Don’t bore Nina”, since you know, Nina’s never there anymore? So yes, Lifetime, that means we’re still kind of in a fight.

2. Michael, thank god you’re back. Will you please bring a few more bons mots along the lines of “teal charmeuse disco pumpkin” next week? It makes Thursdays at 10 pm way less dull than they’ve been lately. Thanks.

3. Also, how much did you love that he couldn’t contain his disgust as Louise’s dresses came down the runway? Because seriously, wow and ew, those things were Bad News Bears all the way around.

4. If Tim hates leggings so much, how could he ever support Lindsay Lohan’s design efforts for anything, let alone Ungaro?

5. Should we introduce Louise to Peter Copping so she can learn something about pretty, romantic ruffles?

Ugh, yet again I’m feeling very disappointed with my old friend Project Runway. But here we go.

1. I said I wasn’t going to ask again and I won’t. You know what I’m talking about. And we are officially in a major fight, Lifetime.

2. Did anyone else have flashbacks to that disastrous Stella dress that Kate Hudson wore to the Oscars (for her Almost Famous nom) when they said there was a Western category?

3. Um, and I guess Western-haters didn’t know it was about to come around this season in Milan, did you? Thanks D&G.

4. How much does Christopher love Edward Cullen and all things Twilight? So much.

5. Also, don’t you want sit with Christopher “I don’t want to do a gingham dress” and show him Christopher Kane’s S/S 10 collection? I do.

Earlier today I chanced upon a short post by Cathy Horyn on OTR about a competition for twenty Parsons seniors to restructure looks from the Louis Vuitton archive into new avant-garde creations.

Filled with jealousy and intrigue I investigated further. I soon found out that the competition took place on September 17, with the mind-blowing prize of $2500 and an invite to the Louis Vuitton FW10 show in February 2010.

And it gets crazier: the young designers had only nine hours to complete their garments while working in the gallery windows of the Parsons building on 5th Ave, their creative processes exposed to the streets of Manhattan.

We would have easily lost our cool and panicked Andre style (Project Runway season 2 for all you PR buffs out there), but designers Min Sun Kim and Lydia Kim came out victorious by restructuring a Vuitton trenchcoat and men’s wear pieces into a gorgeous dress with a hand painted hem.

I’m not sure how many fashion brain cells I’m still working with, so forgive me if I’m a little punchy!

1. Lifetime, you realize Michael Kors is one of the stars of this show, right? WTF? I don’t want to have to ask this question again next week.

2. Also, did you know it would grate on the last nerve I have left this week to bring Eva Longoria Parker to the show? Ugh. Well, it did. So thanks for that.

3. Why not use Booth, the actual fashion critic as one of the judges? You know the woman that does this sort of thing for a living at one of the country’s major newspapers.

4. Why was anyone surprised that the recovering meth addict was also a liar? I mean, I’m glad the guy got sober, but I’m sure he’s well-practiced in the art.

5. And how awesome was it when Tim got all “incredulous” about the whole thing? I love pissed off TG.

Okay, sorry for the lateness. But it’s Fashion Week. And when I get home, I’ve gotta write and slideshow and stuff. So I finally just watched this week’s ep (yes, at 3 am…I’m an insomniac, especially at this time of year.)

I was feeling a pop culture void having not read a thing about TV, let alone watched it in days. Please forgive me for any and all loopiness.

1. Okay, when the heck is Michael coming back? And no Nina? Ridiculous.

2. Did an F-bomb slip out on Lifetime, as in “I f***ing love this color”? I swear it did.

3. Is Althea a girl with literally no reference points who has some serious skill?

4. Sexy, romantic, flowy, strong, punk, cocktail, tiger? (Thanks for writing that one for me, Epperson’s model.)

5. Is Jen Rade the best guest judge ever?

So my first presentation of the week was in midtown, at a car showroom. I’ve always had a thing for Audis, so it was all good. But seriously, the Audi Forum on 47th and Park is playing host to a lot of presentations this season. So I appreciate the auto makers for making the space available for designers, even if girls spinning around on a large circle feels a little car show-esque.

Now, I wasn’t Jillian Lewis’ biggest fan back in her Project Runway days, but I did appreciate her preppy Ralph Lauren aesthetic. Her evolution…I’m not so sure about. The pieces she showed today seemed late to the game Balmainia meets equestrian/medicinal leggings meets metallic purple meets hard and soft that is just a bit off.

I know I sound harsh, but I just can’t find a lot to love about the collection. And I did really want to…I swear.

1. Seriously, where is Michael? This LA thing is really causing a problem.

2. Is Mitchell maybe Godric from True Blood’s twerpy younger brother?

3. Where’d you get those tights, Rachel?

4. Couldn’t you totally imagine Donna Karan wearing that brown t-shirt Johnny and Irina made to some Hamptons shindig?

5. Who else has a hankering for some macramé?

6. Why does avant garde automatically translate to a large one-shouldered number for so many contestants over the course of this show?

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We didn’t get a chance to watch the first episode until last weekend. Our apologies for not recapping. But we’re back to analyzing Heidi, Tim, Nina and the gang as they take over FIDM and Lifetime.

1. Where’s Michael? You know he would have had some zingers for Malvin’s sling, Mitchell’s shorts, and Ra’mon’s darts.

2. What up with the chicken fetish, Malvin?

3. Don’t you bet Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn have really fun date nights? Bowling perhaps?

4. Speaking of Rebecca, isn’t it still hard to remember to drop the Stamos from her name?

5. Did Qristyl (don’t even get me started on the spelling of her name) actually call something outdated and then show up to the runway wearing what looked like a full-length patchwork leather skirt and a really bad jean jacket?

Kenley Collins may have just gotten out of a two day stint in prison for throwing a cat at her boyfriend, but we think she should be sent back for blatant theft of Alexander McQueen’s genius. AGAIN.

After famously ripping off an A/W 2008 McQueen dress for her final collection on Project Runway, Kenley’s at it again, this time for her eponymous line.

She says it was inspired by her post-jail freedom. Right.
Kenley’s excuse on PR was that she had never seen the McQueen dress before, but after that fiasco we know she’s seen every last piece of that collection, and we’re shocked that she would dare to copy another dress from it.

Nina Garcia would not approve.