January 29, 2008
SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV
Last week on "Project Runway" local fave Chris March was part of the winning team, along with his partner Feroshi. Kit was sent home...
Which Victorya kept reminding us of this week as she repeatedly called Sweet P. "Kit" as the designers prepared to leave their abode and head to the runway. There was more model boringness, and then Heidi told them they'd be going on a field trip, lead by tour guide Tim. They ended up on a pier, and Chris concluded they'd be designing cement galoshes. Alas, no cement was involved, merely a race for some denim. They met a designer from Levi's and learned that the challenge would involve creating an iconic denim look. They would have to grab all the jeans and jackets they could stuff into a laundry bag, after racing into the warehouse. Another foot race! Poor Chris.
For some reason we were just so completely annoyed with most of the designers this time around, from Rami's pretentious proclamations about being so edgy and fashion forward because he's from Israel, to Jillian's complete and utter emotional breakdown, to Victorya's complete unoriginality, to Ricky's crying, AGAIN, to Christian's non-stop yammering and whining. (The best line of the episode came when Chris said of Christian, "Somebody needs to give him a bottle and send him to bed!") Whatever it was, this episode annoyed us. Or maybe we just hate having to look at that much denim. At least no one made a vest.
Let's jump to the runway. Chris's dress was first, and it was nothing spectacular. He had some rough edging on the pockets, which Tim warned him about, and which the judges didn't like, but overall it wasn't that bad. Next was Ricky's which incorporated some of his lingerie designing experience, or so he says. It had a kind of corset-ish top, so perhaps that counts. Sweet P. took Tim's advice and junked her denim wedding dress idea, instead making a dress with several different washes of denim. Victorya's jacket was a complete disaster. It literally looked like she had sewn a skirt on to a denim jacket. It was ridiculous. The only reason Rami's dress didn't have any of his usual draping was because you can't really drape denim. The zipper detailing was nice, but other than that, meh. Christian's was the most original of the looks, but that doesn't mean it was attractive. Just because you can turn sleeves into pant legs doesn't mean it should be done, and must he put a princess sleeve on every thing he makes? Jillian's jacket was more successful than Victorya's, but it was just a little too ambitious. You can see all the designs here.

The judges liked Christian's look, but didn't like Chris's dress; Heidi said it looked home-sewn. They liked Rami's dress and were thankful he was forced to use a different fabric for once. They loved Ricky's dress, and showered him with praise. You'll be surprised to hear his reaction to that was tears. Heidi could only acknowledge that with an icy "What's up with you?" They thought Jillian's coat was too ambitious, and unflattering, while they heaped praise on Sweet P.'s dress for being ultra slimming and impeccably tailored. Finally, they hated Victorya's jacket and said she was obviously uninspired by the challenge.
The winner was Ricky, who cried at the news, and the loser was Victorya, who didn't cry at the news. You know who else didn't cry over her departure? Everyone.
Those hoping to purchase the limited edition version of Ricky's dress on Levi.com are out of luck, as it's sold out. But if you ever see someone on the street wearing that thing, be sure to snap a picture and send it our way!
All images from Bravo's "Project Runway" site.


At least Ricky didn't make a hat...
Can we post these things in a little more timely fashion? I watched the episode 6 days ago!