He's Back!

Kittens, Alex crawled out of his hole and scribbled this for us, such is his commitment to your entertainment. He said he's got another strip in the works for us so clap loudly!

[Illustrations: Alex Cox/Projectrungay.blogspot.com]


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Homeward Bound

Do you want to hear our scattered impressions of the home visits? Of course you do!

Still about as believable as a scene depicting him making out with a woman.

Was ToteGay's little hobbit hole not adorable?

He sleeps on the floor under his creations. Say what you will about her, but that bitch clearly BREATHES fashion.

And how funny was it that Tim thought this was a skirt?

And how horrendous was Jillian's sweater? Girl, you know we're on your side, but ski-themed Christmas sweaters are such a gigantic NO.

Although we did think it was adorably self-confident of her to put herself on the list of great American fashion designers from Long Island. Soon, darling.

Rami, it's okay to introduce him as your boyfriend, you know. No one thinks you're batting for anything but the home team at this point. Points for opening up about your mother, though. That was sweet.

And now, to prove that we can rocket from kindness to bitchery so fast it'll make your head spin...

Yow. That is some serious FUG.

It's a tossup between Chris and Rami, but we think we're gonna have to go with Chris as having the coolest work space.

Okay, now we're gonna lift the veil a bit on the T Lo philosophy. When we discuss the blog and what exactly we're going to write about day after day, there is one refrain we repeat to each other over and over: "We can't care about whether or not the designers like us. We have to be true to our feelings and just hope they have a sense of humor." Now, we may not have always achieved that end, but believe us, it's always been a guiding philosophy for us.

Having said that...

WE WANT AN INVITE, CHRIS!

It's not a place we'd want to live in (or get drunk in) but how freaking FABULOUS was that apartment?

And how adorable was he? He looks like one of the Osmond brothers!

Hysterical.

Winner of the "Best Rack on Project Runway" award. We just hope his nipples didn't come off with the duct tape.

UPDATE: Note from Shannon (Christian's sister)

"Some clarification on the living arrangements for you...it's a small space, but clean and nice. The toilet clogs and the heat goes out on occasion, but it's no dump, just small. He was working before the show started, so he had enough to pay rent and eat ramen noodles. He has a roommate and the family has all been pitching in to pay a portion of expenses for the past few months. His apartment is on the sixth floor! I'm proud of Tim for making it up there.

To comment on the skinny silhouette, no hips and no breasts = me. Granted, I'm not 6 feet tall, but as one of his first clients, I like this very much. I know it's not for everyone.

I really enjoy reading all of the critiques and comments for and against my favorite designer. It makes me happy that so many get so passionate about this show and this is a great place to express opinions.

Love you guys!!"

[Screencaps: Project Rungay]


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Dame & Diva Deathmatch

Awwww, how sweet was that?

And how unsurprising was that outcome?

Poor Chris. Never was a PR contestant more jerked around than he was. Auf'd, returned, made it to the end, eliminated at the last second after working on a collection for five months. Danielle Steele novels have less plot twists.

As hard as it may be to do so, we would recommend not taking out your frustrations on Rami. It's not like he plotted Chris' downfall or anything. He just did what he does and the judges liked it more.

In fact, we would recommend you do what we're struggling mightily to do and not look at this from a personality perspective at all. We all love Sissy Bear, but let's try and be a little objective here.

To be honest, this was one of those times where we're glad we're not judges because this would have been a tough decision to make.

They both submitted very dark, heavy, over-the-top designs and from our perspective, there was a hair's breadth of a difference between them. We don't want to get too far into analyzing the looks because we'll be doing that extensively in the weeks to come. Suffice it to say, both collections had good points and bad points.

This coat would be representative of the latter. WAY too many elements for one article of clothing. Overwrought and overdesigned.

As an aside, this coat did not appear on the runway in Bryant Park and that strikes us as something of a big advantage for Rami. He got the opportunity to edit something out of his collection that he knew the judges didn't like. We wonder what Christian and Jillian thought of that.

As for the human hair, it was a risk and we applaud him for taking it. We think it shocked the judges and that can only be a good thing since they needed to be shocked out of their RamiLove.

Did Tim overreact to it? Sure, but that's Tim. He has a pretty classic, staid view of what works in fashion and human hair resides way out of his comfort zone.

As for us, well... we think it's an interesting choice but we think that, coupled with some of his other choices, just pushed the collection past the point of fashion and into costume. His looks were too heavy and too goth for us to get on the Sissy Bear Train.

Although to be fair, the safety pin skirt was pretty amazing.

It's not that we LOVED Rami's mini-collection. To be honest, it had almost as many problems as Chris'. The operative word here is "almost."

What probably won it for him was this dress, which the judges rightfully loved. It was the most wearable thing on the runway last night.

People don't seem to like it when the "costumey" tag gets hung on Chris' clothes, but from where we're sitting, it's pretty damn accurate. We give him all the credit in the world for really bringin' it last night and we loved that the judges were shocked by his work. Yes, they made the decision that we all suspected they would make, but they were clearly struggling with it and that, in its own way, was a bit of a victory for Chris.

Auf wiedersehen, Sissy Bear. Thanks for bringing the fun this season.

Read Chris' exit interview here:

"After seeing Rami's collection, did you know who would be going home? The judges' comments seemed pretty deadlocked between the two of you.

Well, to be completely honest, this whole thing was very difficult to navigate. I so wanted to do a collection more along the lines of Christian's (complete over-the-top couture fantasy) but we all know the judges would slaughter me for it. If I was TOO safe, I would get nailed the other way. To be completely honest with myself, I don't know if my heart was completely in it. I never thought they would let the "costume designer" guy into the finals. I guess it's my own fault, and I feel like I let down so many people who were rooting for me. Rami is a wonderful man who lives and breathes fashion. After I was eliminated, we were backstage and Rami hugged me and asked if I was OK, and I told him I was fine and that I was happy that he won, because it was what he needed, not what I needed. I am so proud to have lost to Rami. I hope people understand that.

Were you surprised with the decision?

No, not at all. It was the pure and right choice. And trust me, to have made it that far after being brought back and hearing such praise of my work was so gratifying. I always felt I had to do my best with this incredible gift the producers gave me. I will be eternally grateful."


Watch his exit video:




[Videos: Bravotv.com - Screencaps: Project RunGay]


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Preview: Chris vs. Rami

Well kittens, tonight's the night. Will it be Golden Boy or Sissy Bear who gets to compete at Bryant Park?

For the final time this season (*sniff*) we ask you: Who's in and who's auf?


[Videos: Crewcreative.com]


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