This season is a sign that some reality shows learn from their previous season's mistakes.

[apocalypsos]

YES! MICHAEL WON A CHALLENGE! MICHAEL WON A BIG CHALLENGE! NAZRI'S GOING TO BE IN ELLE AS PAM MOTHERFUCKING GRIER!

*bounces around the room like a Tigger on crack*

I did not scream at the top of my lungs and flail and do the same dorky dance that Michael did.

I love that man, do you hear me? LOOOOOOVE. He made hot pants. HOT PANTS. My favorite movie is The Poseidon Adventure, damn it, and if there's one thing I've learned from it, it's that every problem anywhere can be solved with hot pants.

My only problem is that they filmed him from the side so that I can't have someone make me an icon of him dancing. Although if somebody can pull it off ... *clings to you*

Also, he called his mama. MICHAEL IS A GOOD BOY. *hugs him*

So, yeah. I'm giddy. Except for the part with Bradley leaving. I know he's not the best designer on the show by far, but what am I going to do every week without his amusing bon mots?! He's immensely quotable, damn it! Can't they just keep him on for color commentary?

And I liked Angela's dress! I did! What the hell is wrong with me? It was a nice update on the Audrey Hepburn style, and Jesus, I'm clinging to the last of my loathing with every fiber of my being but she needs to STOP GOING TO THE TALENT WELL. She sure as hell couldn't find the talent well the first couple of challenges.

I ... er, liked Vincent's dress a lot more than the judges did. It's my favorite thing he's made so far, so I don't know what the hell that says about me. I also like Jeffrey's, Laura's (although it wasn't much of a stretch for her), Kayne's, and Uli's. I thought the fabric for Uli's was awesome.

Oh, Robert. That's all I can really say about that.

I was on Jeffrey's side in the sewing machine argument, whether he was a dickhead about it or not. Angela, I'm starting to not not like you, damn it. Don't screw it up by fucking stuff up and then just migrating from machine to machine. Fix something if you break it, or I'll send Andrae to your house for a lecture. (On the other hand, Laura giving him a piece of her mind was just ... *snickers* I adore her.)

As for the models, I love that we've been given a chance to learn a little more about them. Especially Amanda. BWAHAHAHA. Shut UP, Amanda! You're cute and you seem sweet (dim, but sweet), but your mouth needs to not be flapping when Kayne's fitting you. Don't anger a man with a handful of straight pins.

Comments

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

I was so happy when Michael won. And he did a little dance!!! CUTEST THING EVER!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

He was just so grateful and so cute and so goddamn giddy. I could have watched him dance like a dork for hours. :)

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

I also like that he stood up for Angela. Granted she does bug me, but Jeffrey so clearly has the chip on his shoulder/too cool for school thing going on, and I'm so glad Michael and Laura both called him on it.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. I don't like that she was just screwing up the machines and then migrating, but I think it says a lot about her that after working with her last challenge, both Michael and Laura defended her. Jeffrey was right, but he was being really harsh.

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And you got the vibe that not only was Jeffrey getting on her case b/c she was being a ditz with the machine, but also because he'd singled her out as being enough of an outsider that he could shamelessly pick on her. So to me it speaks even higher of Michael and Laura that they'd speak up, instead of quietly doing their own thing and letting someone get emotionally separated from the herd.

My guess is this is why Laura was a very close second in that Bravo poll.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Michael and Laura working together in tandem make a fabulous team. For all that they are opposites, they share a common train of thought on a lot of things. When they team up on a subject, they're unstoppable.

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

I want them to team up and do their own line when the show is over! :D (And then Bravo can film it and we can have them to ourselves!)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

YES! I want to see that! That would be of the awesome. :)

[mayatawi.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jeffrey. Jeffrey... sometimes I like him, and then he's got that whole "I'm too cool for mainstream America!" thing going on, and that bugs the shit out of me. Like, Jeff, honey, have you stepped into a Hot Topic lately?

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it the TWOP recapper who said something like "Poor Jeffrey, it must be such a fucking burden to be the coolest person in the room"? Because yes, that, exactly. I'd like him more if he didn't come off as constantly trying to make sure we understood he's too punk rock for this.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I get the impression from some of the editing that he's got a comeuppance coming somewhere along the line. I can't put my finger on it, but all that bitching about not winning a challenge has got to come back and bite him in the ass sometime. (I don't think he's going to win a challenge. Somehow it just seems too obvious, considering his style.)

[cacklebang.livejournal.com]

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OKAY I SWEAR I'M DONE NOW BUT OMG YES

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

PAM MOTHERFUCKING GRIER, BABY!

*flails*

[cacklebang.livejournal.com]

MICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAELMICHAEL

OKAY SERIOUSLY I AM WAY TOO HAPPY ABOUT THIS EPISODE BUT FUCK YES

[paranoidgrl.livejournal.com]

I liked Vincent's dress. Would probably have changed the plaid - the orange/red thing was a little harsh, but the style itself with the contrast of the sleeves I liked.

Yay, Michael! When is the Elle out? This is one of those weeks where I pick the longest line at the grocery store so I can flip through the magazine without buying it.

[mayatawi.livejournal.com]

I loved Uli's dress, but I'm starting to wonder whether she even knows how to make sleeves. Step away from the halters, woman. I like halters as much as the next girl, but really.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I imagine she knows how to make sleeves since she did either the top or the jacket of Bonnie's design last week, but it's difficult to say since we didn't see it and all of her personal designs have been halters.

[raindroproses.livejournal.com]

EEE MICHAEL!!!

I just started watching this season last week (thank you, Bravo, for rerunning everything three billion times), and I ADORE Michael. I am filled with glee that he finally won. *glees*

(Goddamnit, now I have to find a PR icon.)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I love him to pieces. You can tell that he adores the hell out of the curves of a woman's body and he's just such a nice guy. He hasn't designed anything yet that isn't gorgeous.

[hadriana.livejournal.com]

Hi there. Been reading your journal and am thinking to friend since my flist is sadly lacking in the project runway-love. Hope that's cool.

YAY MICHAEL!!! I was afraid he was gonna lose since they gave us some of his backstory, like the call with his parents, ad made me really like him, sort of like they did with Malan on the second episode (still not over that...). So happy that he won. His outfit was great. I think I would actually wear it.

And it made Bradley's leaving easier. :/

[scottique.livejournal.com]

WHOO MICHAEL! ATL REPRESEEEENNNNNNNTT! Damn, but I can't wait for his upcoming fashion thing in Atlanta here in a couple weeks!

Regarding Amanda: Remember last season, Santino's model Heather? Y'know how we only heard her speak maybe three times total, but she batted 1000 for saying something incredibly childish/stupid every time she spoke?

Those two--Heather and Amanda--would make great BFFs. Totally sexy fluffbrains R'Us.

I am having the same dilemma with Angela that you are.

Dammit, I really shouldn't let myself read your recap before writing my open letters to designers... we share identical reactions/opinions, but after reading you articulate them, I just feel like I'm ripping them off. ;-)

[umetnica.livejournal.com]

I opened this before the show started to read after and I accidentally read the first line. Best spoilers I've heard for a while. Yay Micheal!

[beanside.livejournal.com]

Eeee! So much love for Michael. Captain-Save-A-Ho!

I may have done a little squirmy dance when he won. And my god, that outfit was hot. So was Kayne's, actually. And how much did I love the "Shut up, already!" So much.

I kinda liked Vincent's. The sleeves weren't great, but I liked the dress itself.

Robert's was just...I don't want Kayne's boyfriend eliminated, dammit!