Project Runway, anyone?

hate that idiot sustainable guy.....he needs to go.

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I personally am loving all the challenges. I really liked that the judges got up close and personal with the garments.

The eco-friendly Timothy kid annoys the hell out of me.

The black box nearly killed me. NEARLY KILLED ME. I want to know just how much of the vagina was visible! Or was is just profound camel toe?

I think the "black box" was much ado about nothing. If her vag was REALLY just hanging out the judges would have said something and they most certainly would have SHOWN them say something about it.

I thought something more would be said about the vag hanging out other than "I question his taste." Oh well.

that a- hole "sustainable fashion" will probably be kept on because everyone's talking about him. If you ask me, he's trying very hard to be the one that's talked about. I mean, those shoes? Him jumping up and down. the model was crying because she wanted hair and makeup. oy. I don't like him at all.

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Clyde, YES, I thought the same thing about the Poppins comment! So that would put the filming in Jan/Feb? (Which is odd since when they were at the airstrip it was mild weather.)


Hmmmmm......???

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See, I was wondering about that because they never really explained it. If that was the case then they should have introduced that during a challenge where they actually have to buy fabric.

I thought it was just like "we're still going to Mood but we needed another sponsor so you'll just be paying with this card."

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They're going to have to give the designers their season total at Mood. they can't blindly spend thousands in one trip and then be left with nothing.

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Please don't laugh but that show has taught me everything I know about fashion. An ex-girlfriend got me hooked during the 2nd season. It's the only reality TV show that I still watch.

Predictably the 1st episode this season was all about the 'characters' & setting up the feuds. I agree that Mr. Sustainable Wear is one of the most annoying PR designers ever, followed closely by Mr. I'm-Too-Sexy-For-My-Cat Sandro. Sandro screams NARCISSISM. He reminds me of that uber-bitch Elena Slivnyak from season 10. Could you imagine him cast last season when teams were all the rage? I'm so glad they pulled the plug on that team "ish" because poor Michelle Lesniak Franklin suffered early on at the hands of her teammates.

<--Anyone else think the "I don't know how to use a sewing machine" lady looks like SJP's leather sister?-->

Yep...but a much sexier version of SJP in leather to me.

It usually takes 1 or 2 rounds of herd thinning before I rally behind a particular designer or send a few straight to hell. But, I was underwhelmed by the costume designer/drag queen's first showing despite his self-assuredness. I have a sneaking suspicion that he'll be sent to the chopping block by the 4th episode.

The nightmare scenario though is that they'll keep Sandro around until deep into the season for entertainment value. I cannot believe he let the word 'humble' roll off his tongue while attempting to lecture Alexandria over the lunch break. Dude's got stones because I suspect that there are 2 or 3 designers who are going to let him have it real soon on full blast.

I like Kate but I don't know any female over the age of 12 who would be caught dead in anything she's designed either last season or this. She strikes me as a somewhat nice albeit passive-aggressive designer. But everything she designs looks like a garment that my female cousins put on their Barbie dolls back in the 60s. I mean is she designing for Cindy Brady or what?

Gosh I hope they feature more menswear this season.

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Updated On: 7/19/13 at 04:39 PM

No laughter from me, javero. I still wear the same blue jeans and T-shirts I wore in the 1970s. (Well, if I'm honest, the blue jeans now have larger waist sizes.)

And yet I have never missed an episode of PROJECT RUNWAY. I love that we not only see the creative process, but we see the final result. (As opposed to cooking shows where I can't taste the products.)

Homestate pride should have me rooting for the Milwaukee twins but they're both so fobnoxious I just can't stand them.

I like the blind judging -- they should have been doing that all along. How many designers were allowed to stay based on Michael and Nina's defense of their previous work, even though they sucked that week? (Heidi even got in an argument with them and had to remind them of the whole theme: One day your in, the next day you're out.) I don't know how they're going to keep the judges from seeing and hearing them giggle about their own designs though. Unless the lights really are that bright and they can't see across to the contestants.

The blind judging won't really change things that much, especially towards the end. While there may sometimes be a surprise, once you get into the final 8 or so the judges will often be able to tell who sent which look down the runway without even having to have the name in front of them. And of course it's only the runway itself that is "blind," once they get to the critique portion they know who did what.

And in addition to the lights helping to shield the designers' reactions from the judges remember that there is also music (probably blaring) during the runway and the designers are whispering to each other through the whole thing. We can hear them fairly clearly because of their microphones, but those whispers are probably not nearly as likely to make it across the room to the judges.

I think both Mila and Santino put it best in their blogs, what's really going to change outcomes is the judges getting to look at everything up close. Hot glue and safety pins aren't going to go over nearly as well as they have in the past.