by WindUpDoll/Ruth Anne Boulet

I decided this afternoon that with the premiere of America’s Next Top Model, I too should make a fresh start and not go incognito anymore. So the mask is off WindUpDoll, much like the makeup off a drag queen. But that’s another episode of Project Runway.

I ended up watching Project Runway on Thursday as ANTM was a whopping two hours last night. Then I felt like I should be a responsible grown up and watch the Republican National Convention. I shan’t make that mistake again tonight. Screw responsibility! It’s time to watch the fierceness! [Read more →]

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by WindUpDoll

So this week the Project Runway designers have to, as Christian Siriano once told us, “make crap out of candy.”

Only this time it’s not candy. It’s car parts. Saturn Vue car parts, to be exact. I don’t know if the parts are hybrid. Can a seat belt be hybrid? Hybrid polyester maybe? Rayon? Green rayon? We open this episode with Kenley talking about missing Daniel. So maybe the stuff Daniel is saying about how he was edited is true. Hmmm.

Love Heidi’s dress at the top of this episode. Very French.

Heidi sends them to the rooftop of another building to find out what their challenge is. Blayne is thinking they need to be ‘rooftop style’ and ‘exclusive.’ Korto also thinks celebrity when she hears rooftop.

Nope, it’s a garage kids. Awaiting the designers are many Saturn Vues and Chris Webb, Saturn’s lead color designer. Oh, the materials are recyclable. Not hybrid. I get it. [Read more →]

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by WindUpDoll

I need to tear myself away from the Olympics for this week’s Project Runway. Have you been watching? You should be, it’s been fabulous. And addictive. I’ve been sleep-deprived because I can’t turn it off and go to bed.

Chris March is here to introduce this week’s challenge. What could tear me away from athletes challenging themselves to new levels? Drag queens.

We get a few different reactions from the designers. Straight guy Joe doesn’t quite know what to do. Terri is, of course, digging this challenge — because she’s secretly Donna Summer!

Our selection of drag queens have a collection of fabulous names to go with their fabulous looks. Drag queen selection goes pretty uneventfully, with the exception of Suede. Since Suede has a heada ocean, he needs a Hedda Lettuce. I was not aware that the blue mohawk was a heada ocean. [Read more →]

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by WindUpDoll

Apparently the designers have enough downtime to get in a workout. Has Heidi Klum gone soft this season? No, she still sends the loser model home. And she does it in a sparkly short dress. Didn’t Michael Kors say something about short sparkly dresses? Or maybe it was Nina Garcia.

The designers try to guess who the ‘professional woman’ they’ll be designing for. Kelli says Nancy Grace, which puts her annoying breathy voice in my head. I suppose professional designers could create variations on a power suit, but it could get boring pretty fast. Stella wants it to be Sharon Osbourne, ’cause then she could work in leatha. Jerell thinks he should focus on the challenge. Like really focus, unlike last time when he way overfocused.

Wrong, it’s Brooke Shields. Or it’s her character Wendy Healy on Lipstick Jungle. It’s got to be able to go from the office to nighttime events. ‘Cause no one else wants that. This challenge is also one of those where the designers have to pitch to Brooke. Brooke will decide who gets to create their pieces. The designers then get to work with another designer to bring their creation to fruition. Designers love that. [Read more →]

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by WindUpDoll

So this week Project Runway is taking the designers to the Olympics. Well, not really since they are starting tomorrow, and Project Runway was filmed months ago. But this week’s challenge is the ultimate fashion tie-in as the designers are challenged by Apolo Anton Ohno to design the outfits for the opening ceremonies for the Olympics.

Now, here’s the thing, I’m a huge Olympics opening ceremony fan. I love the cheese and pageantry. Daniel has never seen the opening ceremonies. I feel for the poor boy. He’s missing out on some good stuff. If you’ve been missing the Olympics opening ceremonies, you can relive some of the latest moments at ChannelGuideMag.com

Tanorexic — Blayne’s tanning bed withdrawal symptoms, as described by Jerell. Poor Blayne. He was driven by a tanning bed, and not given the chance to recharge his orange Michael Kors glow. He thinks he’s going to shrivel up by the time filming ends.

Stella’s thinking gladiator. [Read more →]

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by WindUpDoll

I would like to begin this recap with mentioning something momentous. Suede speaks in the first person. It’s brief — you may miss it if you go get a snack — but it does happen. Suede then lapses back into Suede-speak. It’s reassuring and annoying all at the same time.

Also, with the recap from last week and Nina’s ‘tight, short & shiny’ comment, I have to say — isn’t Heidi wearing a tight, short and shiny dress in the opening credits?

So I also have to mention that this episode begins with Daniel missing newly-departed Wesley. Hmmm, could it be because they’re dating?

We start off with model selection, which Heidi claims is new! It’s not. It’s the same model elimination schtick we’ve seen for 5 seasons now. Then Heidi says the designers have worked hard so Tim’s going to take them out for a night on the town. Yeah, right, keep dreaming designers. [Read more →]

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by WindUpDoll

Our designers are digesting the first cut from the last episode. Suede is just glad it’s not Suede. Cutting Suede is the only incorrect answer according to Suede. Suede is obsessed with speaking in the third person.

We start off with the first model selection. The only potential for drama here is when one designer picks another designer’s model and the first designer gets all huffy about it. But since it has only been one challenge, are the designers really, REALLY that emotionally invested in their model? I think not. I mean, they wouldn’t wish evil things to befall our beauties, but I don’t think they’re all planning a post-Project Runway vacation together either.

Then Heidi does one of her evil Aryan tricks and says she’s going to bring out their ‘new’ models. That really wasn’t the psyche. The models are the same. The catch now is that the models are the clients as well. Designers have to whip up a cocktail dress. Another catch: the fabric must be a green fabric AND the models will do the shopping for the fabric. So the designers are totally at the mercy of their models. Anyone who has watched America’s Next Top Model knows that this isn’t a good thing for the designers. One designer wanted to yell ‘don’t forget closures! Zippers! Buttons!’ Many models are selecting the same fabric, which designers also love. [Read more →]

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by WindUpDoll

It’s that time again, kids. Didn’t that year go fast? Oh, yeah, it has only been about 4 months since the last ’season’ of Project Runway ended. But because of the Bravo/Lifetime/Weinstein drama, we have to have yet ANOTHER season of Project Runway this year. Not that I’m complaining, ’cause I’m not. I love the show; but there is such a thing as overkill. And I’ll reserve my judgment about the decision to move to Lifetime until we start to see the next season. But I’ll tell you one thing, if Lifetime tones down the gay, I’ll be way disappointed.

Again, we’re at the beginning of the season, so there’s a lot of folks to keep track of. Because of this, I’ll merely be supplying the highlights until the personalities shake out as the season progresses. My apologies to those who won’t make it very far.

Suede needs to make millions for Suede. I agree, Suede, as it takes money to keep one in a blue faux-hawk. We’ve also got the silent fashion assassin, but I totally missed her name. Joe is the straight guy who’s doing this to make his daughters proud, which is cool.

Designers are summoned to the roof by Heidi and Tim in typical Project Runway fashion. Heidi has to reiterate that they are in their new home at Atlas Apartments in New York. Tim tells the contestants to knock their socks off. Heidi teases them by making them think that their first challenge is coming up. HAH! It’s not. First they get to booze it up with some Moet et Chandon. Be careful, designers — sometimes Project Runway sets a booze trap of overindulgence and overconfidence.

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by WindUpDoll

Multiple sources are reporting that Project Runway is moving from Bravo to Lifetime. Yeowzah! NBC is fighting back. More to come when I find it.

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by WindUpDoll

Christian wants to win so much it makes him sick. Rami’s just glad he’s in the final three — and he should be, because he kicked Rami’s butt. Apparently Rami thinks that Christian is surprised by his collection. I hope Rami doesn’t win. He’s now completely annoying me.

Tim is concerned about a piece that Jillian created after Tim first saw her collection. She’s got to figure out how to make it fit in her collection.

Rami’s got one piece that’s using strips of antique lace. It’s very pretty. Tim expresses concern about Christian’s collection. He’s losing his cocky confidence, which is too bad. He’s seeing the other collections & he’s questioning he choices. I love the fierce — bring it back!

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