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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 7:50 am
She's is an Olympic caliber figure skater, Texannie. The designers get to make a costume for her.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 9:23 am
that will be interesting!
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Spangs
Member
10-07-2005
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 9:37 am
D, I thought you were referring to Ali G.!
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 11:33 am
LOL. No, no one could help Ali G's clothing!
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 12:20 am
If Marla and Diana had had a better outfit, I don't think Santino and Nick would've made it. Santino is so arrogant; you like to see him knocked off his pedestal. While I thought his outfit was nice, it was so not a Banana Republic design. And why does Santino insult the judges like he does? Loved the winners dress and their window. Really was quite nice.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:07 am
I agreed with everything the judges said last night, for maybe the first time ever! Daniel V and Andrae really DID have th best dress and Diana and the other one really did have the worst. Maybe I liked Zulema and the other one's dress less than they did. But I think it's fair of Santino to say that people who don't know Michael Kors DO know Banana Republic. Kors has always been a weak impersonator of a CK kind of sensibility and now he hawks his schmatte on QVC for god's sake. Besides that, people are always less likely to know "designers" than they are stores because retail is so ubiquitous.
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Spangs
Member
10-07-2005
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:22 am
I for one will miss Dirty Diana. She was sweet
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:27 am
I didn't like Santino/Nick's outfit at all for a Banana Republic design. I liked the flowy dress the best and the blond guy/partner's dress too. Santino is too arrogant.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:29 am
Way too arrogant.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:32 am
i so wanted santino to go but the hard part was that nick would go with him
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:37 am
I thought it was a foregone conclusion that Marla and Diana would be out, no matter what any of the other teams did. We know the show plays favorites and neither one of them were in that club so it didn't matter whether someone else may have deserved to go instead. While I thought Marla seemed out of her element, Diana could improve with experience. Maybe. She had some interesting ideas, just couldn't execute (or explain) them very well. And I think she talked in that shaky baby voice due to nerves and stress. After she was out, she sounded better in that short little clip at the end of the show. I did laugh at (with?) Santino when he was complaining about it though, lol. Daniel V is my favorite and has been from the beginning. I've liked or loved most of his designs and he seems to have a likable personality and steady temperament (at least judging from what I've seen). He's just adorable. I don't need the drama class antics some of the others indulge in nor do I care for the arrogance of a couple of the others (there's an overlap between those groups with at least one of the designers, imho). Oh, there's also been beautiful outfits from some of the other designers too - Nick, Andrae, Chloe, and Emmett. I can even find some redeeming qualities in Santino, lol. I like Kara but her designs never stick in my memory. Anyway, I'm enjoying this season so far. And I didn't know Michael Kors sells stuff on QVC! But then, I hate, hate, hate infomercials and home shopping channels so I never watch them. I block the shopping networks from my tv but there's still so many channels that carry "Paid Programming", and it never fails to tick me off when I see those words on my on-screen guide, lol.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:40 am
Forgot to add: I thought that the dress Zulema whipped up at the last minute (literally) was quite pretty. And I was impressed at how easily Chloe and Emmett's model handled that jacket change. Very cool how she pulled those sleeves out.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:49 am
EXACTLY legal! i loved both daniel/andrae dress and the chloe/emmett dress! daniel's model rebecca is my favorite of the models.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 12:02 pm
"i so wanted santino to go but the hard part was that nick would go with him" And maybe that's why Santino didn't go. But also, their personalities are just too strong to get cut this early. Diana is young, 22 years old. For her age and experience, she did quite well.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 12:06 pm
I just think it's funny that Nick is purported to be such a good designer, but then he never expresses a viewpoint with Santino until he gives him his reservations about the design "on the record." LOL. It might be good to assert yourself and put yourself out there before the work has been done, Nick. Maybe you can design yet another bias cut dress. IIRC, Wendy Pepper won the Banana Republic challenge last year, so it's almost perfect to have Daniel V and Andrae win this year's. BR does safe, not particularly interesting clothing, which worked great for the Pep...and for this year's winners, too. Fashion forward designs need not apply.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 12:38 pm
you can buy the winning banana republic dress here: 190592&clink=190592, winning dress! not bad for $268.00!
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 10:33 pm
If you go to the project runway site and listen to Tim's podcast about the show, he basically said that Nick was in a no win position. If he disagreed with santino, Santino would go off an a rant rather than work. He also said that the difference between the points of Diana/Marta and Nick/Santino was the fine tailoring and finish work that Nick did to the pattern. Odd, I swear I posted earlier today, but it is not here. I must have not done the final post.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 9:21 am
My goodness, the dress is already sold out on Banana Republic Online! The site lies, though...says the dress was chosen out of 10 competing designs. There were only 5 designs, just 10 designers. Small error...but really BR web people, fact check or something. Anyhoo, they are donating part of the proceeds to charity, but they say the dresses are extremely limited and only list 4 stores where you might be able to get them now. I was happy to see Daniel and Andrae win. I like them both. It seems to me that Andrae is just a total goofball, which has endeared him to me. Honestly, just the way he dresses...just so goofily adorable. Rebecca is fast becoming my favorite model, too. She looks great in the clothes and just really sells them well. And it was a really cute outfit, though not something I could wear. I was impressed that Zulema & Kara were able to make a dress in such a short period of time. Just like I was with Daniel's dress last week. During the episode I was wishing some of the pairings had been different. I realized the only people I was ready to see go were Marla, Santino and Zulema. I would have preferred to see any of those 2 paired and eliminated rather than see Diana go. While I know the losing design was largely her's, it seemed sad to me that the very week she stopped being so conceptual and quirky with her designs was the week she got cut. I think I would have rather seen her go on a design that seemed more her. Does anyone know if Emmett is still living alone? His original roomies were eliminated and I haven't see him in any of the apartment shots with the other guys. Now THAT would be a great set-up...to have an Atlas apartment all to yourself for most of the competition, while all the others are stuck rooming together!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 9:31 am
I was impressed that Zulema & Kara were able to make a dress in such a short period of time. Just like I was with Daniel's dress last week. My jaw dropped at the speed they not only designed and then cut out and sewed the dress. I have been sewing since I was six years old and I could never do that.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:14 pm
I wish they would have shown the windows more, I couldn't believe how creative they looked in just an hour but I wanted to see all the details. Santino crreeps me out. I think Nick will win
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 2:17 pm
I can't believe the judges put up with Santino's condescending attitude towards them. But, I suppose they are used to wanna be designers that suggest the only reason they don't like a certain design is because they just aren't intelligent enough to "get it." He's gonna tick off the wrong judge at the wrong time, and get kicked out on his egotistical behind. But, I'm sure they will be pressured (by the producers) to keep him around for entertainment's sake as long as possible. I just wish the producers of these reality shows would stop thinking that behavior like this is "good tv" and what we viewers want to see. Sure, they do create talk on the forums. But all they do for me is make viewing painful and distracting, and doesn't exactly entice me to watch more (unless its to eagerly see the look on his face once he's booted).
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 2:28 pm
Pamy, that is exactly what Santino does to me. He's just <79> and arrogant !
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 9:49 pm
I went to the BR site and all I see is that they carry the dress in a size "00" and a "0" what the hell does a 00 look like??? Ok, back on topic. This is my first time watching the show and I am hooked, of course. I can't wait for Santinos comeuppance!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 11:00 pm
I never thought Diana would make it to the end, but I thought Marla should have been gone long ago, so when they paired up I thought right then that Diana was doomed. I'm SICK of Santino. There was no way they would have bumped Nick or Santino, so I hated that they paired up. Nick and Chloe would have been great together, possibly. But this pairing showed that Chloe could work with Emmett and that he had much to contribute.. Santino just couldn't get around his own ego and use Emmett as anything but a scapegoat (which didn't work).
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 11:03 pm
Oh yeah, the windows merited more time, for sure! And the models really brought them to life.
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