VictorYA: The sweet smell of self-delusion.

Tim: Hi, VictorYa! What's -- Oh, Jesus.
Victorya: Hello Tim. I like my dress, Tim.

Tim: VictorYa, it looks like something Nellie Olson would wear. In outer space.
Victorya: No it doesn't, Tim. I like my dress.

Tim: No, really. Stop it. I'm not allowed to do this, but I'm telling you: stop. Now.
Victorya: I am making a pretty, pretty dress, Tim.

Tim: VictorYa, I say this as a stern, but loving mentor: Is there a drug issue I should know about?

Seriously, what the HELL was going on here?

Don't get us wrong, we're all for whimsy. We certainly praised Rami to the heavens for his whimsical dress.

But this...this is just weird. It's like, none of her choices made any sense to us.

Of course, having her model go all Stepford on us didn't exactly help the presentation. If she'd made something that looked doll-like, we might have understood the bizarre walk.

But this doesn't call to mind a doll. It's just all over-ruffled and over-peplum'd to the point of distraction.

And it's all weirdly off-kilter for no apparent reason. We just want to go up to her and yank and tug everything into place.

Look at her model. She is PISSED at her right now. She's all "Fine. I walked like you told me to. Now my career's ruined. Thanks a lot, bitch."

The judges were just as weirded out as we were.

"I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'What the FUCK, girl?"

We just don't get VictorYa. Confidence is fine and being able to defend your work is a valuable asset on this show, but the whole "I love it and I'd definitely wear it" thing sounded like such an obvious lie to us. Just admit that you went off the rails a bit. She's another one of the judges' pets, so an aufing wasn't in the offing. Just come clean and say, "I tried to go for a look, but I'm not sure I achieved it." The judges LOVE that shit.

Photo: Barbara Nitke/bravotv.com - Screencaps: Project RunGay]


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Twizzler Woman! The whole world is waiting for you!

Fighting for your rights! In your candy tights!

A Princess from a magical (Long) island, Twizzler Woman has been sent to the world of man(hattan) to show the world that emotions are for the weak. Raised by a society of strong-willed, yet emotionless women, TW disguises herself as fashion designer Jillian Prince in order to teach young women everywhere that they don't need love and they don't need men. They need clothes.

Oh, Kittens. There has been much sturm und drang in the RunGay household over Jillian's dress.

See, Lorenzo hates the dress. HATES it. Tom doesn't exactly love the dress, but he thinks it was a gutsy move to make it completely out of candy and, all things considered, it turned out remarkably well.

Before we get to that, would it kill this chick to actually let some emotions register on her face? She was apparently freaking out over her garment and yet her facial muscles barely moved and her voice remained monotone the entire time. Between her and VictorYA it's like they're pumping mood inhibitors into the workroom. You're on TV, bitches! Entertain us!

Anyway.

Look, it's not like it's some sort of ground-breaking, fashion-forward design or anything. In fact, if you put a cowboy hat on her, she'd look like she works in a rodeo.

But Tom can't help being impressed with how well it turned out, given her material choices.

Lorenzo's not as forgiving. He says it was her problem that she chose such ridiculous materials to begin with. If they'd been ordered to work only with candy, then this probably would have been a winner. As it is, the only reason the judges liked it was because it was made of candy, not because it was actually a nice-looking garment or anything.

It's difficult to assess her design decisions because using Twizzlers was the only design decision she made. After that, she really didn't have much leeway. Armor-like bustier? Check. Candy fringe? Check. We're done here.

Sure, it's well-executed, as far as that goes. But extensive use of fabric glue does not a designer make.

Seriously, you should have seen Lorenzo on the couch. The whole time he was "If those goddamn judges spew all over her for this piece of shit, I'm gonna scream." Well, they did and so did he. Face it, she's a judges' pet and she'd pretty much have to smear shit on her model to get them to hate her at this point.

Still, Tom maintains that she stuck to the spirit of the challenge and made something whimsical and one-of-a-kind. Was it a somewhat obvious design? Sure. But she's the only one who had the balls to not resort to simply ripping up pillows for her materials. Maybe she shouldn't have been in the top 3, but she certainly deserved to stay another week.

Just frikkin show some emotions every now and then, girl. Or we're gonna start calling you Ms. Spock.


[Photo: Barbara Nitke/bravotv.com - Screencaps: Project RunGay]


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BITCHES! Not only did WE get mentioned in the press again...

...but YOU did too!


From today's Philadelphia Inquirer:

"Wrote Tom and Lorenzo, the brilliantly snarky (does anyone say snarky anymore?) Philadelphia bloggers at Project Rungay, ruminating on a Project Runway decision to reinstate an already-aufed contestant, whom they call Sissy Bear: " . . . one thing we always bear in mind to prevent tearing our hair out is THIS IS A REALITY SHOW. They can do whatever . . . they want to make it more entertaining."

Reality, in these obsessive circles, signals "an environment in which it is OK to impose arbitrary rules to increase drama." Kind of profound, really. A faux-reality.

(Project Rungay readers also came up with this new gem: titscrepancy, to describe breasts of mismatched proportions.)"

We're ALL fabulous!

(No real reason for the picture. But it looks good, yes?)

[Photo: hunkdujour.com]

Congratulations, Rami!

Your prize? Sex with US!

Well, we could've done without the International Male transparent shirt, but Rami really knocked it out of the ballpark last night. Don't get us wrong, he looked good in it. We were just surprised to see him wearing something we both wore ten years ago. Either we were incredibly fashion-forward in the nineties, or he's been hanging out in West Hollywood too much.

Anyway, this:

Was just incredible.

We had a moment where we thought possibly, maybe another designer might win it, but really, the minute that walked down the runway, it had "winner" written all over it.

Well, it had "York Peppermint Patty" written all over it but you know what we mean.

What a masterpiece of construction this was. It's really stunning.

And how refreshing to see such a youthful, dare we say, whimsical look from him. All of his stuff so far has seemed far too mature for such a hot young studpuppy designer.

Mercy, can that boy fill out a pair of jeans.

The dress! Right. Just give us a second.

So. Masterful construction, fun, youthful look and great use of the materials.

Zac Posen was right to point out the incredible work he did on the pleating and how the inside of each pleat was different from the outside, but let's face it, Zac clearly wanted to rip Rami's pants off right there on the runway.

One thing we truly hate is when they say to the designers "Here's a pile of elephant shit! Make something!" and then go on and on about its "wearability." Thing is, this really was a very wearable dress.

You could argue that there's an awful lot going on in this dress, but we suspect that was deliberate. He took the opportunity to really be whimsical about the whole thing and we think it was a really smart choice. Other designers made outfits that looked like "real" clothes and while they looked nice, they didn't look as fun as this. He really got what this challenge was all about.


[Photo: Barbara Nitke/bravotv.com - Screencaps: Project RunGay]


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Our Lingams are Limp with Sadness

No.

Not our Puppet Girl, no.

It was all a bad dream, right? She's still in the game, spitting on dresses and sewing on the floor and SWWWSSHHHing and FWAHing all over the place, right?

Our hearts are heavy.

Stupid fucking challenge. We get it. These fucked up excursions are supposed to force them out of their comfort zones and be creative. Fine. Thing is, ripping up a bunch of cheap pillows shaped like candy isn't exactly the path to creativity. It's just the path to clown clothes.

Ironically, we thought this challenge would have been right up her alley. We're pretty sure she lives in a world full of candy and unicorns anyway, so she just could have stared off in space for awhile and eventually some candy fairy would float by and let her sketch her dress.

Apparently, a shit fairy flew by.

Elisa honey, where was the inventiveness we've come to expect from you? The sense of whimsy? The flatout whackiness?

This was just a poorly made, poorly designed dreck dress.

And what's going on with her tits there? It looks like some space creatures are slowly rising out of each cup. It's freaking us out a little. We won't even get into the NASA shower caps on her arms.

To top it off, it was just so badly executed. Now, we'll grant you, she had some minor issues with finishing in the past, but most of her previous entries had more polish than this. It just looks badly fitted and puckery.

We're actually sadder about this auf'ing than Steven's - and we wanted to sex him. Elisa was not only the only character amongst this season's somewhat dreary group of professionals, but we truly enjoyed her creative approach and her honest-to-chakra sweetness about it all. Not a whiff of nastiness or drama. Just a clapping of hands and "cool!" with each new challenge and a nod and a smile with each bit of criticism. We thought her exit last night was sweet and we actually teared up a little watching her go.

Vaya con Dios, Puppet Girl. We'll miss you.

Her exit interview:





[Photo: Barbara Nitke/bravotv.com - Videos: bravotv.com - Screencaps: Project Rungay]


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Ripping the PRC Collections: Evan Biddell

Tom: Fucking stunning.
Lorenzo: The jacket/cape is amazing. Love the contrasting colors.
Tom: Agreed. And the silhouette was just beautiful. Pfft. Pockets.
Lorenzo: Get over it.


Lorenzo: I love it. I just think hoods are way done.
Tom: I agree, but the contrasting gold was just beautiful.
Lorenzo: It's just such a done version of "fierce," you know? Like the whole "unveiling the hood at the end of the runway" thing.
Tom: No argument there, but I still love this look. The detail on the skirt is really striking.


Tom: Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous coat. It's not exactly reinventing the wheel, but it's beautifully done.
Lorenzo: It's a shame you can't see it in the picture, but the back was a thing of beauty.
Tom: At first I thought that was a bag, but it's actually a giant pocket. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Love the giant buttons on the sleeves though. Can definitely see the cartoon vibe he said inspired him.


Lorenzo: I hated the whole thing.
Tom: It's just a basic dress with some embellishments that do nothing for it. I hate the color.
Lorenzo: I don't mind the color so much but I hate the detail at the waist and hem.
Tom: And I think the skirt's too full. Plus, giant bow. Do I need to elaborate?


Lorenzo: Absolutely love it. Just look at that skirt.
Tom: It's such a great silhouette. A very tight bodice with a very short, full skirt. Just looks fresh to me. Could do without the industrial gloves. She looks like she's laying tar on a roof.
Lorenzo: And the bow. Hate the bow.


Tom: Love it. Fantastic silhouette. Kind of a reverse of the previous look. Very tight bottom with a full, blousy top.
Lorenzo: I love the look but I think the shorts are a little too short.
Tom: No, I think they work perfectly, especially with the way the top balloons out in the back.


Tom: This model was horrible. Nothing wrong with bringing a little sass, but she looked like she was gunning for a fistfight.
Lorenzo: I love the look. Love the shorts and the way they're tailored. I love the weaving detail on the jacket.
Tom: I do too, but I hated the giant split hood on the back of it.
Lorenzo: And he went a little overboard on the buttons in the back.


Lorenzo: I didn't like this.
Tom: Well, I think we've seen the dress plenty of times before. It's just not that interesting.
Lorenzo: It's just very cartoony.
Tom: Well, it's supposed to be. I did like the jacket, especially the detail on the collar and hem.
Lorenzo: It looks too much like a cartoon villainess. Too "evil queen."
Tom: And not in the good sense.


Tom: I loved this.
Lorenzo: So did I. My god, the back of that skirt was AMAZING.
Tom: I know. It's a shame, because this is a really terrible picture of a really striking garment.
Lorenzo: Love the vest too.
Tom: And the collar.


Tom: I think this is stunning. I have just one complaint.
Lorenzo: I know what it is.
Tom: It's that Vosovic-esque triangle right in the middle of her torso.
Lorenzo: You're right. It serves no purpose and it could have ruined an otherwise perfect look.
Tom: Despite that, the pleating and the origami-like work on the cups is just beautiful.
Lorenzo: Another thing that is no small accomplishment: This was a skin-tight dress that went past her ankles and she had absolutely no problem walking in it. That is a well-made, well-designed garment.


To sum it up, this was, in our opinion, exactly the kind of collection that should always win a Project Runway competition. It was beautifully executed and it was unique and fashion forward and still consisted of the kinds of clothing that many women would wear or wish they could wear. It was youthful and exploding with creativity. It's something of an easy cliche, but in that sense, his collection really did remind us of Jay McCarroll's. Young, fun, beautiful and wearable.

One other thing: the criticism levied by many regarding the fact that he basically made the whole collection at the very last minute. We have absolutely no idea why that matters at all. What matters is the end product, not how he got there.