I just can't get past the colors. And I'm still astounded -- aside from the eleventh look (i.e. gray-green flour sack), what Gretchen showed them last week was exactly what she showed on the runway. If it was boring and unfashionable last week, I don't get how heels and some bright pink lipstick on the models made a difference.

It was odd to me that Andy's collection got dismissed out of hand right away. There was a lot of really pretty wearable stuff in that collection. A lot of gray, though, and if you don't like that green he put with it ...

If it was boring and unfashionable last week, I don't get how heels and some bright pink lipstick on the models made a difference.

no.shit.

Any weirdness with judging Andy's collection I can understand because there is a side mini (pseudo?) scandal about his use of design techniques found in Japanese pattern books. In any case, clearly all substantive discussion of his collection was edited out in favor of the Gretchen/Mondo argument.

In any case, clearly all substantive discussion of his collection was edited out in favor of the Gretchen/Mondo argument.

This! Also, as soon as they called Mondo's work a "cousin" to Seth Aaron's I knew there was no way they were going to let him win.

EW is not happy about the PR outcome. Here's the recap:

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Ooh, tell us about the side mini-scandal.

I guess I just didn't like Andy's collection. I don't mind gray - there was just so much of it.

Okay, so start here on the TWOP thread:

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a few issues:

1) Andy's 11th look was actually started/completed in Hawaii before Fashion Week

2) Pattern book stuff

The EW recapper's "Down, Kors, down" was hysterical.

God, so disappointing. I want to know how many ritual sacrifices (with pie) Gretchen performed to get that win. Hmph.

Thanks. Interesting.

Flavorwire piece on former PR winners: Where are they now?

That is very cool. It's nice to see that they all seem to be in the game in one way or another.