Live Blogging Project Runway, Week 8
Fashion Week may have ended today, but the fashion fun has only just begun. That's because it's time for another of our commenter live blogs of Project Runway, and everyone has a ticket to participate. Join us!
If you've never spent a "fashion night in" with us before, here's what to do: Turn on your TV and tune it to Lifetime, and then use the comments section below this post to offer a running commentary on the tonight's episode, which starts at 9 pm Eastern. The rest of us will be doing the same. It's a like one big non-textile, multimedia group art project!
Speaking of Fashion Week, one of the highlights of last week's live blog was when Gawker's Brian Moylan stopped by to dish some dirt on the "Project Runway collections" show at Fashion Week, which he'd just attended that day. Among the revelations he shared: Ivy looked pissed off, and Gretchen looked sad. Could these be clues about whether they really made the final three? Or could their moods just be a result of learning how much millions of people dislike them, now that this season's episodes have started airing?
So that's one potential point of discussion as we live-blog tonight. And here's another one: Is it true, as Tim Gunn said in a promo clip last week, that "Jackie Kennedy would never have camel toe"? I performed a Google photo search on the terms "Jackie Kennedy" and "camel toe" and came up blank, so the Internet evidence would appear to support Tim's assertion. I've also collected some Internet evidence of another claim: That you folks are brilliant and witty live bloggers. I've collected a few of my favorite comments from last week to support this claim.
I've watched a few preview clips from the upcoming episode, and—in addition to already-infamous Tim Gunn utterance cited above—here are a few more things we can expect to see as we live blog tonight:
- The designers will have create an outfit inspired by sportswear, and then supplement it with a piece of outerwear. Last week, you'll recall, they had to make resortwear. It looks to me like this season's challenges were planned by working through a list of words ending in "-wear" and then devoting an episode to each one. If I'm correct about that, don't be surprised to see future challenges focused on menswear, leisurewear, rainwear, sleepwear and underwear.
- The guest judge will be actress January Jones. I wonder if this will give April an advantage, because her name is a month too? It wouldn't surprise me if all these month-named women watch out for each other.
- Michael Kors will describe one outfit as "MC Hammer meets the Beverly Hillbillies' grandmother." Not only is that one of his best quips ever, but it would probably also serve as a good premise for a commercially successful sitcom.
OK, gang, it's almost 9 pm, which means it's time to put on our liveblogwear and head down to the comments section. I'll see you there!