Pop tart: Walk the Runway

It’s a force virtually inescapable if you turn on your television during an afternoon of feeling under the weather. Project Runway. It’s a reality show that’s just ‘usually on’ the Bravo network and it is utterly captivating. Would-be fashion designers are given the directive to design this week’s runway-worthy outfit under strange circumstances (one week the design had to be made out of trash, one week they could only use materials found in their apartments). Then comes the actual runway show, and face-to-face judging. Host Heidi Klum then says “aufwiedersehen” to the designer who is judged out.

This is Project Runway’s third season and the Pop Tart admits, she was slow to pick up the phenomenon. The cast of characters is absolute genius. They don’t just have “the bitch” and “the villain” and “the nice girl”. This season of Project Runway has Jeffrey the former-drug addict who designs clothes with an edge and feels he is better than everyone else on the show. They have Angela the sort of air-head girl who designs clothes that NO ONE would wear but who is manipulative and manages to cry at the right times. She got lucky a couple of times on designs and was the 7^th designer to get “auf’d”. Vincent is the creepy guy who lives down the street that parents warn their kids to stay away from. Vincent is vocal about how his dresses “get him off.” He makes lecherous comments (which really could be coming out of context thanks to editing).

He talks constantly about how he quit his job and cashed in his 401k to be on the show. There was Alison, a seemingly gifted designer who talked as though she lived in a fairy land and slept on a bed of sugarplums. Laura, the wealthy socialite who found out she was pregnant with her sixth child while on the show, designs dresses that look like they’re for older women who enjoy having their boobs hanging out most of the time. Then, there are the clearly talented folks Michael and Uli. Uli tends to make the same dress every show, but it’s a cute dress and there are some forms of it I would wear. Michael knows how to make someone look good. If I’m ever wealthy and can hire a stylist, I’m calling Michael.

Unlike a few of the other “reality TV” shows I’ve sampled over the years, this one seems to offer contestants excellent exposure and a good chance of being “discovered.” Many former contestants now have jobs at prestigious design houses. The show doesn’t really humiliate contestants. The objective is clear. What I am most impressed with is that now, down to the final four designers, it is clear the judges have sorted through the original cast of 13 and have determined which of those are the best four. It doesn’t matter which of the remaining four designers is crowned the winner. I predict each of them will become a rising star in the fashion world.

We’re in the final weeks of the show but Bravo tends to run each and every episode on Wednesdays… with the new show airing at 10pm EST. It’s certainly worth your television time.

Share this article

Tags: television   

Politics Factzone: The truth about Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Il, the leader of the free world, has decided to move on to more fertile grounds, leaving with us just the memories of 8-color rainbows, singing Korean women and couple of nuclear weapons. But who was this man whose next ambition would have been to get the next Nobel Peace prize? Here are just a few facts you should know about. more Top 5 Conspiracy Theories Related to John F. Kennedy's Assassination 26.Aug 2011 Since just after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, conspiracy theories abou...read ISRAEL KEEPING GHADDAFI AFLOAT 10.Mar 2011 ...read Glen Beck Is NOT the Anti-Christ! 10.Mar 2011 Hurtful and fiery rhetoric is now media’s default setting! This slippery and m...read Recipe for A REVOLUTION! (10 easy steps - try not to get burned!) 28.Feb 2011 Rebellion is cooking in the air. People are mad as hell, and not going to take...read THE ASSANGE CASE. CIA INTERFERED WITH SWEDISH LEGAL PROCESSES EXTREME RIGHT POLITICS A DANGER TO EUROPEAN UNITY THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY. OUT OF TOUCH, OUT OF FOCUS, OUT OF CREDIBILITY AND HOPEFULLY, OUT OF THE DOOR Opinion World governments charged with criminal negligence (in response to Megaupload case) EARTH (thecheers.org) - Federal authorities of the universe have charged the governments of all the countries in the world as well as the operators actually in power in these countries with operating a criminal enterprise, the Galaxy warriors announced Today. more The Great OSCARS 2011 – or so it would seem 5.Mar 2011 So, how exciting......a morning off, the Academy Awards. I wish I could say the...read Top 7 Expensive Bordellos. Prostitution: Shakedown, Tier Down, and Priced Out 31.Jan 2011 According to a report of the Washington DC-based US Department of State, The Ph...read The Great Secret and Reason for the JFK Assassination 11.Oct 2010 The great question is why the great secret? On June 4 1963, President Kennedy s...read Don't Do it! The 3 Worst Times to Get Tattoos 4.Oct 2010 As a general rule, tattoos gotten after 2 am are a bad idea. But in a bigger pi...read

Travel Travel Warning 13 September 2010 - DO NOT TRAVEL TO IRAN 13.Sep 2010 TRAVELWISE has been watching the situation in Iran for some months in relation ...read more TRAVELWISE TRAVEL ADVISORY 5th June 2010. DO NOT TRAVEL TO ISRAEL. 5.Jun 2010 Given the recent incident whereby the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, used...read TRAVELWISE. 16 APRIL 2010. EUROPEAN TRAVEL ALTERNATIVES 16.Apr 2010 Travelwise issues the following advice in relation to cancelled flights to, fro...read TRAVELWISE 6 APRIL 2010. AUSTRALIAN AIR TRAVEL. THE BEST WAYS TO TRAVEL BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA. 5.Apr 2010 Regular readers might have seen and read the various advisory and no-fly notice...read TRAVELWISE 2 APRIL 2010. QANTAS. 2.Apr 2010 Some concerns have been raised in relation to some of the maintenance practices...read Sport No Payoff From the Playoffs $16.50 will Get Anyone in the Hall Mr McGwire Stupid Athlete Tricks Technology Think Big! Think the World's Largest International Trade Show Top 9 cool laptop accessories for laptop geeks Twittering: I'm not that interesting Cheers Jesus' Answering Machine Brown Couch or twelve midgets in the town square How To Be Happy Drugged Out Saturday Nights Muslim Decapitation: Bad, or Simply Misunderstood?

	Post Comment    Your nickname    About what    Your comment   Are you human? How much is 1 + 2?