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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


sumi - Mar 26, 2010 6:49:13 am PDT #13234 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Le Nubian - that's too bad. And of course, I'm sad that my top three won't happen. I wonder what happened.


kat perez - Mar 26, 2010 1:58:52 pm PDT #13235 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Like everyone else it seems, I thought it was time for Anthony to go, but I will miss that little peanut. The workroom will be a much quieter place now that he's gone.

I hated Emilio's print, but then again, I hate wearing any garment with the designers name plastered all over it, even if it's the Chanel double C. I don't want to be your walkng billboard, thank you very much. I did love the cut of the dress. And the jacket. The jacket was fierce. I always want to like Maya's work more than I end up liking it. The print was very beautiful, and I can see what she was going for with the collar, but it was a little much for me. I also thought the length was weird, and straight on, I didn't enjoy the pleated black center. Seth Aaron was by far my favorite, as he is almost every week. The print was sassy and while I, myself, wouldn't wear any of that, and certainly not together, I loved the look and thought on some other woman it would be stunning. Mila's look was awful. That print was just all over bad. And the dress was just boring and stiff, although I did like the way the straps were done in the back. I didn't think Jonathan's print was nearly as bad as the judges made it out to be. It was actually kind of pretty. The dress itself was just so sad. And the coat, well, I think disco straight jacket kind of sums it up.


-t - Mar 26, 2010 2:09:05 pm PDT #13236 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I hated Emilio's print, but then again, I hate wearing any garment with the designers name plastered all over it, even if it's the Chanel double C.

Yes, that is exactly how I feel about it.

It occurred to me later, the disco straitjacket needed a lot more disco. If it had been just covered in shiny at least it would have been an interesting kind of bad.


Jessica - Mar 27, 2010 9:36:07 am PDT #13237 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I didn't think Jonathan's print was all that bad, but the disco straight jacket was pure unadulterated AWFUL. I'm also not sure how "working only in shades of pale, paler, and palest" equals "risk-taker" but whatever.

Why on earth didn't Mila just cut a quick slit up the side of her dress after the fitting so her model could walk? Just cut alongside one of the vertical stripes and hem it while the model was in hair & makeup.


megan walker - Mar 27, 2010 9:41:27 am PDT #13238 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I didn't think Jonathan's print was all that bad, but the disco straight jacket was pure unadulterated AWFUL.

Yeah, when I said they were harsh on Jonathan, I was only referring to the print, not the jacket.

Why on earth didn't Mila just cut a quick slit up the side of her dress after the fitting so her model could walk? Just cut alongside one of the vertical stripes and hem it while the model was in hair & makeup.

True, but it was still awful. Mexican serape gay flag wasn't far off. But it mostly looked like she had a Scarlett moment and made a dress out of an L.L. Bean Hudson Bay blanket.


-t - Mar 27, 2010 9:58:17 am PDT #13239 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The thing about Mila's dress, she didn't seem to see that there was a problem, when she was fitting or even on the runway - she said something about the model hiking up the dress like the model was the problem. Could be editing, of course, but still. Not putting in a slit or shortening the skirt or *something* after the fitting tells me she just didn't see the problem. She had her vision and that was that.


Vortex - Mar 28, 2010 4:46:44 am PDT #13240 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

The model couldn't walk in it very well when she tried it on in the workroom. Mila saw that and did nothing.


askye - Mar 28, 2010 9:38:49 am PDT #13241 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

I read Tim Gunn's and he was mystified about why the judges liked Emilio's and he thought Maya should have won.

also he was glad Jonathon stood up for himself. Not to mention being preplexed by Mila's dress.

Personally I don't think Mila really *saw* that her model was having a problem. At least from the editing it looked like she was so enamored by her creation she couldn't see the flaws.


Amy - Mar 28, 2010 9:41:20 am PDT #13242 of 23273
Because books.

It bugged me that Mila called him "TG," too. Don't disrespect Tim Gunn, dude!


sumi - Mar 28, 2010 9:57:44 am PDT #13243 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I couldn't believe that she called him that!

Also, I think that the judges were enamoured at the licensing possibilities of Emilio's pattern.