Project Runway Season 9

[silk skin paws]

I didn't like Josh's excuse for not being the 70's. Most of the designers with the exception of Bert were too young like Kimberly who was a small child in the 70's or weren't around. The plaid pants were too much. I didn't like the bib top shirt. The maxi dress was ok but boring. Anthony Ryan's looks was better than Josh's. I wasn't a fan of the color schemes. For some reason orange is big with the designers and sometimes the orange isn't flattering. I think Viktor lost this win because his looks were too complicated or expensive to mass produce at Piperlime budget. His designs were a modern take and didn't look vintage. Lately I've been impressed with Viktor.

 

[Littleathquakes]

I was cracking up when Josh was yelling at Viktor for how "aggressive" Viktor was being to him re: the 70's knowledge, meanwhile it was Josh who was on the defense! typical NYC de-rama queen.

Um I don't need to be born in the 70's to know what the era looked like, Josh. Do you need to eat sh*t to know it's not going to taste good?

I thought Viktor should've won, his jacket was so well tailored and that whole look just was in good taste and style.

Bert's little dress though was uber-cute. I think either one of them could've gotten the win.

Now on to Anthony Ryan boy am I glad to see him go. he's survived way too long with poor designs and high opinions of himself as a designer. actually the bottom 2 could be interchangeable at this point and I'm hoping next wk the 2nd of the bottom two last night is auf'd.

 

[Menace]

Whhhuuttt.

 

[Zann]

wowwwww I thought it was going to go the other way with the elimination!!!!!

Very shocked.

I think next weeks episode looks like a disaster

 

[Menace]

Well, Victor is obviously in the Top 3.

I'm waiting for Joshua and Laura to be eliminated already.

I absolutely cannot believe they kicked out Anthony Ryan instead of Joshua... did they not get a good look at those pants?!

 

[cheepmunk]

The pink Josh used for his first top, plus something about the pants (maybe the cut), screamed mid-'80s to me. And then to be all, "But I wasn't alive during the '70s," that was just ridiculous. You don't have to have lived through the '70s to know that (1) that outfit was hideous and (2) hot pink screams 1980s. Idiot.

The editing was spot-on, though. Viktor's look when Laura said she thought her taste was generally too refined for Nina was amazing.

 

[MyNameIs]

^LOL, I nearly died when Laura said that. I like Laura, but honey, no.

I think Anya and Victor are LOCKED for Top 3. The last finalist is still up in the air. I think it's going to be Bert, they love him and it'd be a good way for them to be like, yeah we like the old people too. My alternative for a top three would be Josh. Kimberly could make it. Laura has no chance however.

 

[happytrail]

i honestly thought that josh would have been eliminated for that god awful design. heidi was right - it was one of the worst outfits in the history of project runway, and he should have been eliminated for it.

kinda surprised that he was eliminated. his looks fit decently and they weren't THAT bad. i thought he would have been in the top 3, along with anya and victor.

my prediction for the winner is victor. he's kind of a jerk, but i enjoy his designs. i think anya will be the runner-up. i really don't see them giving her the win, mainly due to her lack of experience.

 

[cheepmunk]

Viktor definitely seems like a lock for the final three. I think he was hurt by the complexity of his design, especially the jacket, this last episode. It's probably much easier for Piperlime to pump out something like Anya's outfit or Bert's dress for cheap than Viktor's jacket or his pants.

^LOL, I nearly died when Laura said that. I like Laura, but honey, no.

And then they edited in Nina Garcia making these "I smell something icky" faces when Laura's outfits came out during the runway show. Hee.

I really love the editors so much. There was one instance a couple of episodes ago where one of the designers says, "Finally, peace and quiet," and then they cut to Bert cutting fabric noisily against a silent backdrop. They're awesome.

 

[Littleathquakes]

wow i was kind of expecting this thread to blow up with glee given the latest elimination...

 

[MyNameIs]

When it was between Laura and Bert, I was SURE Laura was going. But I was confused because when they initially critiqued Laura's look, they made it sound like they liked it, it was just a bit too literal and Anya had a better look. Then when they started talking about 'looks they didn't like' they slammed Laura's look. Anyway, I thought Bert was staying because Heidi is freaking obsessed with him. She must have just gotten outvoted.

I thought the right person went home and good riddance.

 

[SanSalvadorGirl]

Anja ist goint to win, I'm pretty sure.

I really don't like any of the designers this season - whats up with thetaste level???
But I guess Anja does some nice stuff and she is fashion forward. She can still work on her sewing-skills - as it has been said many times it's a design competition not a tailoring competition.
And I think she is a nice person and very pretty.

 

[MyNameIs]

^Hm, she wasn't very nice to Josh this week when he asked her for some fabric. I mean, I can understand where she was coming from, but a week after Anthony gave her some of his fabric and after all those weeks when others helped her finishing off her garments, girl, that was cold.

I do think she's the frontrunner to win at this point.

 

[Littleathquakes]

I was cracking up when she wouldn't give him fabric. but because it happened to Josh I don't think it's so bad.

and then the reunion show that followed just made me absolutely hate Josh even more.

 

[Jared]

"If this had happened a few weeks ago, I think one of us would have killed the bird"

Bert's comment on teaming up with Josh was hilarious

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

^Hm, she wasn't very nice to Josh this week when he asked her for some fabric. I mean, I can understand where she was coming from, but a week after Anthony gave her some of his fabric and after all those weeks when others helped her finishing off her garments, girl, that was cold.

I do think she's the frontrunner to win at this point.

but she's given fabric away before and it screwed her over, so i am guessing she is learning from experience. Has Josh even helped her? I just remember him always commenting on the fact that people have helped her. Josh is a conniving queen anyway trying to start drama and make us believe Anya is some mastermind villain with a plan.

 

[cheepmunk]

wow i was kind of expecting this thread to blow up with glee given the latest elimination...

I'm kind of bummed about it. I just think Laura's work is so tasteless. Bert's isn't always well-executed (I don't mean in terms of construction, but in terms of his ability to turn a good sketch into a good outfit), but at least he has taste. On the other hand, Laura is so clueless that it's funny. I love the interviews where she rags on everyone's outfits and they end up above her at judging. Ha.

I did think it was nice that Bert and Josh seem to be getting along so well in the aftershow thing they did, so the designers seem to have buried whatever hatchets there were for the most part.

Speaking of which, I really, really do not like Josh, but I thought it was beyond shady that they brought Laura Bennett out to essentially do nothing but poke the crazy person with a stick.

but she's given fabric away before and it screwed her over, so i am guessing she is learning from experience. Has Josh even helped her? I just remember him always commenting on the fact that people have helped her. Josh is a conniving queen anyway trying to start drama and make us believe Anya is some mastermind villain with a plan.

I think he gave her the idea to dye something early on in one of the challenges, and I remember reading somewhere that a lot of them gave Anya advice on simple things like how to cut sleeves or tricks for getting the models into and out of clothes without taking apart the garment.

There are two good approaches when it comes to helping competitors. You could do like Viktor and refuse to give anyone any help. Yeah, it made him look bitchy at times to not help a competitor, but it's a competition. At least he wasn't playing favorites. The other way would be what Bert seemed to be doing at the end, indiscriminately giving advice to everyone who asked.

There's nothing really wrong with doing what Anya did -- accepting help and helping people for a little while and then stopping -- as far as the competition goes, but it's going to lead to hurt feelings.

 

[silk skin paws]

I don't think Bert's dress was as bad as the judges claimed. I can do without Josh's sack dress.

Viktor thinks everyone is copying him yet again and there was a technical reason why Kimberly made a one shoulder and that's because she didn't have enough fabric. Viktor reminds me of that know it all kid in class. I also didn't hate his dress. I can do without the feathers but it's very ethereal looking.

I definitely didn't like the satin pant and jacket Laura made. I didn't like Anya's dress.

 

[Leeroi]

I'm tired of Josh. He will never be taken seriously in the real world of fashion.

They made a great point in the after the show interview. He isn't the only gay person in the competition, he isn't the only person who has spent money on education, he isn't the only person who has no money in their bank account yet he feels he's entitled to win every competition just because he is all those things.

Anya is by far a better designer than Josh. Josh can be the best seamstress in the world, his designs are basic and utterly distasteful.

 

[happytrail]

I'm tired of Josh. He will never be taken seriously in the real world of fashion.

They made a great point in the after the show interview. He isn't the only gay person in the competition, he isn't the only person who has spent money on education, he isn't the only person who has no money in their bank account yet he feels he's entitled to win every competition just because he is all those things.

Anya is by far a better designer than Josh. Josh can be the best seamstress in the world, his designs are basic and utterly distasteful.

i was thinking the same thing, so thank you for writing it!!

i would also like to add that josh just plain stinks.