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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Project Runway: A foreign affair
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The high: Some nice prints in tonight’s episode.
The low: Blayne’s headband(s).
Here I sit, surrounded by fat September issues of fashion magazines and nursing a burning desire to haul out cashmere sweaters and tall boots. Ah, fall!
It’s too early for sweaters, so I have to get my fashion fix elsewhere. Using a movie as sartorial inspiration is a wonderful idea — except tonight’s “Project Runway” episode gave little indication that the designers actually watched the movie (Billy Wilder’s Oscar-nominated “Foreign Affair”) that inspired their challenge. Did anyone bother to research ’30s fashions or Marlene Dietrich beyond Diane von Furstenberg’s look book?
Shanghai, Berlin, the rest is all white noise — well, at least they got the gist of it. While Blayne continued his love affair with unflattering breeches for women (right, courtesy Bravotv.com), Kenley found a champion in von Furstenberg but failed to pull off the one challenge that she should have nailed. (Note to designers: When everybody else says, “You’re not going to make three pieces?” you might want to go with that flow.)
Final Four prediction? Korto, Leanne, Terri and Kenley. Yes, an all-girl finale. I like Korto to win, though. She has an innate sense of how to handle fabric, the willingness to experiment with shape, and the ability to innovate with texture (leather and linen; vinyl and kale). She also has few flubs on her record and no close calls at all. Unless she goes way off course, Season 5 should be hers. Leanne’s her closest competition.
For Season 6, Lifetime Network should air “Project Runway All-Stars,” pitting the best and most interesting designers of the past five seasons. My picks would include the five winners, as well as Mychael Knight, Uli Herzner, Wendy Pepper, Austin Scarlett, Santino Rice, Sweet P and Jack Mackenroth.
Whaddya think? Who would top your All-Star list?
The last word: Blowout. “Project Runway” ended in just enough time to catch veep candidate Sarah Palin’s new subdued ‘do at the GOP convention.
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