the boob tube: Project Runway s11 e10

i just realized that Project Runway season 11 has finished and a winner has been chosen. oh boy! i still have four episodes to watch. i am going to try my best to not see who the winner is, but i'm sure when i go onto Project Runway's website i'll see who it is. so let's get this party started.

*spoilers! you've been warned.

this episode of Project Runway was a good one -- i think i always say that for every episode, oh well.  this was the episode where the designers get to design there own fabric. i always love this challenge. i love the idea of making one's own fabric, but i am always disappointed because the fabric the designers' designs never looks any good. they are always too geometric for me. let's think outside of the box people.

the other part of this challenge is to make two pieces; a wearable work of art inspired by the Guggenheim and a ready-to-wear complimentary piece. a lot is at stake with this challenge because not only are we very close to the end, the winner of this challenge gets a nice cash bonus. so everyone is in it for the money.

again, the teams have been reorganized:
Stanley and Michelle - a dream team.
Patricia and Richard - impending disaster.
Layana and Daniel - should be okay but i feel that Layana might not play nice.

this episode. oh, this episode. i am going to come out and say it, i don't like Layana. she is whiny and bitchy, and she thinks her shit don't stink, but it does. i like that Heidi questioned her design and taste during the runway show because everything that Heidi brought up about Layana is true. i don't recall any design of hers sticking out as being amazing. i even looked at her portfolio online after this episode to see if i am missing some extraordinary design from her. sure some of her stuff is nice, but her portfolio doesn't justify her cocky attitude one bit.

i even went back to re-watch her and Daniel working together in this episode because of how she acted on the runway. i had to see if i was missing her design the piece that Daniel did. in doing so, i didn't see anything that pointed to Layana working on Daniel's piece like she claimed during the critique. she said that she put in 50% into his piece, but i didn't see it -- this could be an editing issue with the show -- but there was no evidence to support her claim that she put in any effort into Daniel's design. what we saw in this episode was her lack of creativity catching up with her. Daniel had to spend a lot of time talking her off a ledge and getting her to come up with something to send down the runway. i really think that Daniel should have done the wearable work of art and Layana the ready-to-wear piece.

Patricia and Richard were a hoot to see working together. this was the first time Patricia had to play the babysitter with her partner because she has always been the one who was babysat. ha! like when they were at Mood, and Richard was going for the crystals, and Patricia was all like stay away from the crystals. however, Richard was totally out of his league, and his lack of design knowledge caught up with him. he was a fish out of water in this episode. oh poor Richard. i really hate to see him go, but i think this might be his end. working with Patricia didn't help either. Richard, or anyone for that matter, needs a translator to understand what Patricia is up to, and Richard was just out of his element with her. watching Patricia trying to describe what she is doing and Richard not understanding a single thing she is saying was the key moment; he just totally shut down. we cannot forget about that bracelet of Richards. when he was all like "fashion was born this morning," i wanted to die.

Stanley and Michelle were amazing together. they understood each other and were a perfect team. really, there is not much to say about them. no fighting, no misunderstands, just totally collaboration. i even loved the fabric they designed. it wasn't geometric like the other two teams; it was interesting and different. of course Layana had to put her two cents in and say that she didn't like Stanley's dress. i just wanted to say "girl, just worry about your own hot mess of a dress because that shit looks like a high school art piece hot-glued together. how much more shit are you going to tack onto the chest?" good lord, i can go on and on about Layana, but i don't want to waste any more time.  

so let's talk about the designs:

Layana and Daniel
the wearable work of art - it was a disaster. there was no direction. it was a hodge-podge of crap just piled on.
ready-to-wear piece - i felt it was all Daniel, and it was a great piece. the jacket kicked ass. the shoulders were amazing and it was youthful.

Patricia and Richard
wearable work of art - this was all Patricia, and you could tell. i really liked it. it was crazy and bold and outside of the box.
ready-to-wear piece - this was all Richard, and it was not good. the skirt was a tragedy, but at least he did try something different. it just didn't work.

Michelle and Stanley
both of their looks were amazing. i loved them. Michelle's jacket was beautiful and the painted train was an added bonus. Stanley's ready-to-wear dress was lovely, i felt a little big looking, but still lovely. and his idea of making the wearable work of art dress out of bubble wrap turned out really nice. bravo!

the winners: Michelle and Stanley. Stanley went away with the prize. hands down they where the best team. the judges loved their design, they even loved the fabric they designed. that fabric could have gone either way, them hating it or loving it. i loved it.

the losers: Patricia and Richard. and my favorite, Richard was sent home. to quote Richard "i need to stop the cameras and get some oxygen because i am passing out right now." love him and i'm going to miss him. he had some great quotes. it was his time to go, and i did think he was the weakest designer at this point in the competition.

Project Runway airs on Thursday nights on Lifetime.

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