Project Runway: A few thoughts
We haven’t talked much about the current season of Project Runway. Perhaps Bravo’s contempt and disinterest in the current season has spilled over on my affection for the series, but it’s actually a much more interesting season than last time.
For one, the designers are just a lot more annoying this time around. Well, maybe just Suede and Blayne. Between the unacceptable usage of the third person (although he’s really been consistent — you’ve got to give him that) and Blayne’s desperate attempts to try to enter “–licious” into the pop culture lexicon, they’ve really given previous seasons’ annoyances (PR3′s Angela, for instance) a run for their money.
There are a couple of people I’ve found myself rooting for rather passionately.
First up, there’s Keith. Rowr.
And in case you didn’t hear that, I said “Rowr.”
Between that tattoos, the beard and the ex-mormon kink factor (which doesn’t do it for me as much as other gays I know), he’s probably the hottest designer the show has ever known. I would say — and you can quote me on this — that he completely blows Rami out of the water. And Rami was way buffer. I’m glad Keith won this last episode, even though his dress was weird and peacocky.
The other person I love is Stella. Yes, I fucking love her.
Whenever she comes on the screen, she just cracks me the hell up. The constant discussion of “leathuh,” “black leathuh” and punk rock plus the pounding and hammering she does in the work room. Sometimes I wonder whether she has a fixation or just a really specific point of view (and what’s the difference between the two in this context?). While she hasn’t nailed it every time, she’s managed to do pretty well staying true to her aesthetic.
Anybody else have favorites or non-favorites?
6 comments August 20th, 2008
