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leia131I watched Yu-Gi-Oh! instead... It's scary how close the Abridged Series is to the actual series. It's always funnier when you're not making it up.
Anyway, here's the PR liveblog!
-This week Thunder from Down Under are both the clients and the models. This should be... interesting.
-I still feel bad for Tu. I miss him already. :( On the other hand, maybe the double elimination will teach some of the other designers about how teams are supposed to work.
-Oh boy, we're switching up teams again. Let me show you my surprised face. :| However, it is interesting that this time, the judges are assigning them to two teams based on what they've shown so far. This is a better system than the 'random' button bag.
-The teams are: 1. Patricia, Daniel, Michelle, and Stanley. 2. Richard, Layana, Samantha, and Amanda.
-Layana basically hates everyone on her team.
-Heidi says this challenge will be fun... Tim sounds FAR too excited about it, and he knows what it's about. Oh man, Tim, please don't show me your sexual side. I'm sure you have one, and I'm ok with that, but, much like if you were my grandfather, I don't want to see it.
-Heidi can't come with them on the 'field trip' because she has, to quote Tim, "absolutely no degree of self-discipline." Aww, now I wish she had gone. It would have been slightly hilarious to watch her man-handle the man-candy.
-They're all excited to do men's clothes... And then the men start dancing, and then... then there is stripping. EVERYONE is enjoying this. Daniel said, "GIRL." I love him.
-However, their costumes could not BE any more stereotypical. Cowboy, construction worker, cop, etc. Not that I'm really complaining. Also, they have matching Australian flag underpants.
-Amanda says her "poor mother" is going to be watching this. I don't think she'll mind, Amanda.
Daniel: "No wonder Heidi wanted to be here. Naughty girl." SO MUCH LOVE.
Tim is "delighted" to introduce the Thunder spokesman. I bet you are, Tim. (Edit: Tim's face in that picture is HILARIOUS.)
-Apparently they are all 100% Australian, "it's not a gimmick." ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
becofoz if this is a sample of what the menfolk are like down where you are, I may have to come visit you.
-Thunder from Down Under needs a tear-away opening costume for their show. That is the challenge. Dear God, I LOVE THIS EPISODE. They have to make something that looks like normal clothes, but tears off quickly and easily. I guess it has to be suit/formal based? They must do three cohesive looks per team.
-Richard says they're designing for Thor and the Avengers. Hell yeah you are!
-They also need team names. Why, Tim, why?
-One day challenge. Again I ask, why?
-Michelle is super concerned about designing for 1. men and 2. big buff men. DEAL WITH IT.
-Stanley rejects Michelle's idea as "too costume-y". HELLO, THEY CAME OUT AS A COWBOY AND A CONSTRUCTION WORKER. I don't think costume-y is really a problem here.
-Stanley's team is called "Shades of Grey." Of course it is.
-Daniel is really happy about making a trench coat. Like, REALLY happy. I still love him. Can he get his own show?
-Michelle, it is not a tragedy that you'll need a lot of fabric to go around their biceps. Stop making it sound like the end of the world.
-Richard wants a style that Samantha describes as RuPaul and Prince.
-WE GET IT, THEY ARE NOT 'NORMAL' BODIES. STOP SAYING THAT. Also, they're still human, they don't have like extra limbs or anything. They're basically normal, right?
-Richard is complaining to Tim about his team not listening to him. We'll see how that turns out, as he wants a Vegas-y aesthetic and they don't. He also said that as the only man on his team they should listen to him, so maybe he's right.
-Michelle would rather take a risk and go home, than play it safe and go home. I agree.
-Tim: "We cannot disappoint the Thunder from Down Under." Michelle: "Amen."
-"Daniel adds some flair." Yes, yes he does.
-I don't care for Samantha's nose ring. Just saying.
-Richard is upset that he can't express who he is as designer. He is taking this out on Amanda for some reason.
-Richard, THERE IS NO CRYING IN FASHION. Have I said that before? I think I have.
-Amanda has just realized that her mannequin has a "penile bump" because it's a male. I don't know how I feel about that.
-NOT EVERYONE CAN BE SKINNY, AMANDA. Why is it such a big deal for them to have muscles?
-Michelle says, "you can look but you can't touch. Only in this case it's kind of your job to touch." LOL
-Oh geeze, Michelle is passive-aggressively picking on Patricia again. Don't make me hate you this week Michelle, you're on my good side right now.
-Amanda's team is named Team Slick and Hip. What an odd name. I have no idea why they chose that.
-Layana's jacket is too womanly. Oops? And Richard is blaming her for it, even though he told her it was all right earlier. Their team's communication sucks.
-Oooh, I can't wait for the fitting. And do they get to rip the clothes off on the runway? Somehow I feel like Heidi won't let them leave unless they do. I'm quite enjoying this challenge. ;D
-Patricia is running out of time to do her shirt, and Tim is worried that their looks are old-fashioned.
-Oh dear, Layana has gone to ask Stanley for advice on her jacket. Can she so that?
-STOP WHINING, MICHELLE.
-You should all be enjoying this fitting, as I am, instead of complaining.
-Aww, Layana feels awkward touching the guys. I think I would... take full advantage of this opportunity.
-Michelle wants her model to say, "Oh Michelle, my crotch has never looked better." LOL FOREVER.
-"By strong personalities, I mean bad listeners." Preach, Amanda. P.S. Amanda and Michelle are totally going to be BFF's.
-Patricia has only made her shirt... Danile is not thrilled by this, but on the other hand their team has like, actual clothes made and the other team is, as he said, "a hot mess."
-I'm going to SMACK the next person on this show who says, "I don't make X". YOU ARE ON PROJECT RUNWAY, YOU MAKE EVERYTHING. YOU WILL DRESS MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, MAYBE EVEN PETS. If you can't handle that, GET OFF THE SHOW.
-HOLY SHIT RICHARD'S HAT. You could kill a man with that thing!
-Michelle is being bitchy about Patricia, which I would be more sympathetic to if that wasn't her default. Because yes, Patricia didn't help that much this week, but you hated her long ago and not because of that.
-Even Patricia is saddened by the fact that she's not been able to help with anything but the shirt.
-Yeah, Michelle's vest is a little... short?
-Surprise, many of the pieces are too tight.
-Oh God, the head makeup guy is introducing the female makeup artists to the models with thoughtful details like, "she's 22 and enjoy long walks on the beach."
-How much makeup can you put on men? And how much hair styling should they need? It seems like you could use this time to make the clothes better,
-OH SHIT, Layana is flirting with one of the single dancers, as she is apparently also single. Michelle says they don't have time to flirt. Silly Michelle, there is always time to flirt when the men look like that. Also, accents are sexy.
-"Your handsome clients." Tim, I'm so glad you went with 'handsome' and not a sexier adjective.
-Michelle has "f'ed up" Stanley's shirt by trying to hot glue the Velcro on. I could have told her that that wouldn't work, especially with a shirt that's supposed to get ripped off at the Velcro part.
-Amanda's pants are both too short and too tight. This is bad, so very bad. SOOOO BAD.
-This challenge is one of Heidi's favorites. Me too.
-The winner's look will really be worn by Thunder Down Under. Woo!
-the guest judge is Emmy Rossum. Why? I like her, but is she in fashion? (Edit: She looks FABULOUS, does she not?)
-Heidi is SO EXCITED.
-Richard and Samantha: The shirt is too long, as they said, and it's kinda boring. And the vest is too short.
Richard and Amanda: That looks awful and ridiculous. Also, what's with that tiny tie?
-Layana: Yours is also too small. Everyone is laughing and it's awful.
-Someone said that this is the "best train wreck ever" and they're kind of right.
-Oh God, they're dancing. They dance very well in the too small clothes. and, to this team's credit, they did rip off easily.
-Zac said it was like a wet dream. Oh my. Also, I don't think they told Emmy Rossum that there was going to be stripping. Stripping that was so distracting that they forgot to vote.
-Daniel and Patricia: The pants are too baggy, the jacket is... weird, and you can't even see Patricia's shirt. After all that work. Oy.
-Stanley: That looks like a normal suit, though a little ill-fitting/baggy.
-Michelle: The vest is the only interesting thing I've seen yet, but it is awfully short. Yes, they're stronger clothes than the other team, but they're still not great. That one guy's ass looks FANTASTIC, however.
-Their tear-away-ness didn't umm.... work. Like, at all. Though the one guy's face when he couldn't get his shirt off was amazing. (He was the one with the glued on Velcro). Poor stripping men, couldn't even get their clothes off. *tear*
-I agree, Heidi, I was excited for this too, and it was a horrible let down. They weren't creative at all; the only not boring thing in six looks was Michelle's vest.
-Yikes, Heidi wants to kick them all out. That's a little harsh.
-Slick and Hip are the losers, and Heidi calls Shades of Grey the winners by default. Wow, I have never see her this pissed.
-After all that, Patricia's shirt kind of looks like crap. Heidi says it looks like a potholder, and I agree.
-They didn't have fun, and there was no fantasy. Nina is spot on.
-Daniel REALLY enjoys pretending to rip off the trench coat.
-At least Michelle's is interesting, and she had an idea behind it. The dance, Alex, loves her vest, but Heidi prefers the way he says "I like". Alex also likes the hankie and the zipper. Thank God for Michelle.
-Yeah, they did kind of lose the office theme.
-Heidi's 'positive' is that the other team's looks are even worse. That's not exactly positive. More like... less negative.
-Don't worry Michelle, you're the clear winner here.
-I'm literally cringing, sitting here looking at their clothes.
-Heidi and Nina can't stop laughing... The one guy's pants are just slowly falling off. Dude, just take them off. It will make everyone happier.
-Nina cannot get it together. Even to give her bad critique. She's so cute.
-I hate to say it, but I do agree that Amanda really dropped the ball with the pants... They're the worst thing up there.
-"He doesn't do menswear, but he is a man." You have a point there, Layana.
-Oh for the love of fuck, STOP CRYING.
-Well, Heidi, what did you expect when you threw them a weird ass challenge, with atypical models, and only gave them a day? That's why they all faltered.
-It's definitely got to be either Amanda or Richard going home, right? Or, as Heidi proposes, both.
-Heidi says Daniel's trench coat made the guy look like a flasher, which Nina says was creepy but Zac thinks works with the Thunder from Down Under thing. I have to agree with Zac.
-There is no winner. Yikes, that's bad. At least Daniel is still in!
-Samantha is in, Layana is in, and the bottom two are Amanda and Richard. Called it.
-Amanda is out. This saddens but does not surprise me. Well, at least I have an excuse to post this picture now, since it's the last time I'll be able to bring up Adam... and it's even appropriate for this challenge!
-Next week: ready to wear, winner's look to be sold at Lord and Taylor. (BTW, the term 'ready to wear' confuses me. Aren't all clothes ready to wear?)
Answer to last Thursday's song: God Help the Outcasts, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as sung by Heidi Mollenhauer (though I also would have accepted Demi Moore, since I had no idea it wasn't her until I looked it up.)
ETA: Now updated with pictures!
