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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 10:17 am
Laura's designs are nice. The outfit that Tim didn't like (The Green One) would have been cool as a jacket. Just take off everything below the waist on it. Maybe add a cool pair of slacks. Just no Turtle Poop!
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Missy2
Member
07-31-2001
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 10:18 am
Laura is very interesting. She puts off this personality and appearance where you would NOT expect her to have 6 little ones running around the house. OR saying that if its quiet in our house we would be bored!! She looks glamourous and put together - not like "MOMMY" at all 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 10:26 am
Runway Mommy The last New Yorker standing on Project Runway is also the show’s token real adult. By Jada Yuan I ’m fabulously glamorous,” says Laura Bennett, 43, a pregnant architect, in the opening credits of Project Runway. And she is—while somehow managing to raise five children with a sixth on the way. She spoke to Jada Yuan. So, what are you doing right now? Sewing, believe it or not. It’s like I’ve got nothing to wear myself anymore, I’ve gotten so large. It’s ironic. I just swore over the last couple of months that I would never sew again, but here I sit, sewing. Where do you live? Near the Empire State Building. When I look out my window I can only see the side of it. I have to, like, c•ck my head to see the top. How’d you meet your husband, Peter Shelton? At a dinner party. I must have been the hot babe in the room at the ripe old age of 32 or something. Do you get recognized a lot? My son counts how many sightings per block. The other day we couldn’t walk a block without eight people spotting me. You’re pretty distinctive-looking. Well, I’m also huge and pregnant. As a matter of fact, that started to be a problem at the end of filming. I was too easy to spot. How pregnant are you? Seven and a half months and, I have to say, I feel huge. I think that sitting at a sewing machine for the last two months has not been helpful. This is number six? Yes, my daughter Cleo is 18; she’s from a previous marriage. And then the rest, all boys, are with Peter. Peik, he’s 10 years old. Truman is 7. He was named by a cocktail-party crowd when he was about 3 months old. He didn’t have a name? My husband could never commit to one. So poor Truman just went for months being called “the baby.” His birth certificate said Baby White Male. Finally, we were at this cocktail party with a bunch of my old friends and they voted on Truman. So we started calling him Truman, and then a couple years ago I actually changed his birth certificate. After that, we get very uncreative. The next one is Pierson, which means Peter’s son, who looks just like me. He’s 4. And Larson, who’s 3, looks just like Peter. We got it wrong, but that’s okay. Is this one another boy? Yes. We haven’t discussed a name yet, but apparently the Internet will take care of that. I often see it discussed. On the show, was there any point where they edited you different from what you’d hoped? No. I think the editing was very fair. Sometimes they made me seem like this sort of buttinsky design critic, and sometimes they made me look like this kind of tough fighting girl, and sometimes they made me seem like this sort of hormonal crazy woman. But I think that I was all of those things when I was there.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 10:28 am
With her frequent pregnancies, Laura should come out with a line of dressy, maternity outfits. The black number she had on was nice. It was odd to see her "covered up", after so many outfits where she had the girls out for show-and-tell.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 10:33 am
I agree Darrell.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 10:53 am
Laura has a sense of humor! She does have a lot of class. I also liked the black maternity dress on her. It was beautiful.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 10:56 am
I like her clothes. They are classy and timeless. The maternity dress she had on last night, looked like something that you might see Doris Day wearing in an old movie.
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Spoton
Member
09-16-2005
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:14 am
I love the story of naming Truman!! We should all wait a few months to choose names - They would probably fit thier little personalities better. My own mom was named by a wealthy woman in "town" (mom was born into a farming family) - long story, but I think more interesting than "We found it in a baby names book" which many of us end up doing.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:35 am
That's how Picabo Street got her name. Her parents let her pick her own name when she was a couple years old. She picked "Peek-a-boo"
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:41 am
NOOOOOO, Spoton!!! My parent said that if they'd known I was going to be a redhead they would have named me Penny!!! I happen to like my name as it is! LOL
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:43 am
Oh, and about Jeffrey's studio. WOW! You can't tell me that whole space is for 1 person to work in. The rest of them work in their homes.
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Zummat
Member
01-31-2006
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 2:59 pm
Costacat - I totally agree about the "they don't need it" stuff. I get so tired of hearing that. Bottom line, this is a game and the best designer should win. We only see the surface of these people's lives, not their bank accounts. And I too get a little tired of those that screw up or have some other sob story being rewarded all the time. While those that lead normal, upstanding lives seem to get passed over. I also get tired of hearing that we should excuse behavior because "We just don't know what they've been through." I'm glad Jeffrey saw the light and is now doing good but that doesn't make him more worthy than any of the others. I would be very happy to see Laura win. But won't be unhappy if my fellow Atlantian (is that a word?) Michael won. I like Michael and was happy he won the viewer vote. I just don't know if either of them have what the so-called fashion experts are looking for.
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Chalupa
Member
09-21-2005
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:30 pm
I've decided that whichever designers line I like the least, that will be the one the judges pick to win...lol That seems to be the case just about every week on this show, sooo I am predicting Laura or Uli to win...lol ETA...and about naming kids...my parents decided to allow my older sister, who was 4 at the time, name me. The same girl who just months earlier, after winning a goldfish at a fair, was asked by my mom to "name him", and decided to name that fish "Namehim". Thankfully, she named me after her best friend at the time in preschool...Jamie.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 8:24 pm
Funny name story (funny to ME anyways...) I worked with a 5 year old at my preschool who brought a different toy to school in his backpack every day. He brought a stuffed animal one day and I asked him what his name was. He said, "madeinchina." I knew what he said, but made him repeat it 'cause it was so funny that he said it as one word! I asked him where he got that name from, and he told me (very matter of factly and in a completely serious tone)..."read the tag!" Geesh, he sure told me!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 2:28 am
Finally watched the end of this week's show, and I think Jeffrey might be just little bit guilty. When Tim held up a vest to ask about it and said, "Including the finishing?" Jeffrey hesitated a second before saying yes, and it seemed to me to be one of those "well mostly yes" yeses.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 4:37 am
Jeffrey's responses struck me differently. I thought that he seemed incredulous that he was being questioned that he was capable of finishing a garment. They had two months to make 12 garments. During the show, they had at most 2 days per garment. During the show, that translated into 24 days per 12 garments. For a two month time period, assuming 30 day months, they had 60 days which is 5 days per garment. Plus now they have access to their own materials and machines, patterns, pattern books and people at home who can cook for them/give massages/etc. So I am thinking that he is legit. If you look at who had what done at the midpoint when Tim went to see them, you would note that Michael only had 2 garments done which only gave him 30 days to finish 10 garments. Laura managed to have something done on all 12 garments 30 days into it when Tim went to see her AND is pregnant AND has 4 small children at home - why was there no question as to how she could get that far in 30 days given her circumstance? Even she said that she was basically done at that point but had a lot of handwork to finish embellishing the garments. They knew that they had to hand in their receipts - if Jeffrey really was cheating, don't you think that he would have been ESPECIALLY sure to have his stuff together - of course he would have, because if you are trying to hide something you don't want to hesitate and draw attention to yourself. I just hope that when they go through his receipts with a fine tooth comb they also do the same for the other contestants. Jeffrey was in good shape at the halfway point - some of the things that Laura said made it seem like she believed he had nothing at halfway - not true at all and she was not there to see that he had already accomplished a lot. I was not a big Jeffrey fan through the show but NOW I want him to win.
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Chalupa
Member
09-21-2005
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 5:57 am
Well I still want Michael to win but I get what you are saying Alison. Like I said earlier, this is the biggest moment of their life career-wise. If it was me, I would have everything done before I came, and would just have to worry about fitting the models. It doesn't make sense to me why all the designers usually have so much work to do when they get to NY. It seems to happen like that every year and I don't get it...lol
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 6:34 am
I completely agree with you Alisons. I thought the same things when I watched the episode last night. It bothered me that they seemed to be basing their suspicions (at least in part) on the fact that they had not seen that kind of craftmanship from him during the competition. As I don't think what you see in the competition really reflects how well-crafted their garments are in real life. Is Jeffrey the only one who already has his own line? I know Michael and Uli also do this professionally, just wasn't sure whether they produced a line or just made things to order for clients (sorry, my vocabulary is failing me...I know there is a word for that!). I don't like this at all. And, honestly, if they disqualify him, I think I might turn the TV off right there. Oh, and on a lighter note: Did Laura's son really try to give Tim Gunn turtle poop? Oh, and I was loving Uli last night, even though I hadn't liked her much before. Loved her views on America. And I liked her responses to Laura's accusations of Jeffrey.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 6:42 am
Innocent til proven guilty. Laura has 5 kids, Jeffrey has one. That alone will give him a lot more time to sew. And his child is also at a younger age where he probably sleeps more, so there is likely a few hours every afternoon when he'd nap! Not to mention Jeffrey had the studio away from home where he could work uninterrupted. Laura did not have that luxury.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 8:14 am
I suppose Jeffrey's muted reaction could be a sign of guilt or it could be editing or it could be that he was just stunned by the accusation. I don't know...I just felt bad watching it unfold. I don't blame Laura and Michael for voicing their concerns as they seemed to really believe something wasn't right. But I was also sympathetic to Jeffrey because no matter how this plays out, there's going to be doubt and gossip about him - and he may be completely innocent. As I've said before, I know he occasionally (often?) acted like a big-time jerk on the show but I still found him to be an interesting and even rather likable person most of the time. And I also admired a number of his designs. Try as I might to avoid spoilers, I did hear about this latest controversy before the episode aired so I was expecting Jeffrey to have nothing to show when Tim visited him. But that was clearly not the case, which confused me, and that's when I really started wondering how much merit there was to the accusation. I also remembered that on the team challenge with Keith and Alison, Jeffrey was assigned to do the pants and he did a great job on them. So it didn't seem at all farfetched to me that the ones in his FW collection would be meticulously well done (but I still don't like him using leather!). But it is something to think about, his being "all done", when all the other finalists I can recall were still working feverishly almost up to the last minute to finish their pieces. (It's also funny that during season one I thought that was strange - that the designers weren't prepared before returning to NYC.) See what I mean about that doubt now forever shadowing him! It's too bad that with so many talented and experienced designers this season, it's ended up being kind of a disappointment what with the scandals and sniping. Quick comments on the other designers - Laura, whom I've come to like despite what she said about dogs and Ohio, I loved her home and family. Her designs are glamourous but not that original or exciting. Michael, he's just such a nice guy and has a great family. I thought that white dress he showed Tim was gorgeous but then I read above that there was spangles and sequins on it by the time he got to NYC. No way! Did he really do that?! Uli, I liked most of her designs on the show - even though she did repeat herself most of the time. I'm looking forward to seeing if she came up with anything different for the FW show. I can't say for sure 'til I see their collections, but right now, I'd be happy with any of the final four winning.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 8:23 am
The dress he did originally and the tunic with the spangles were two separate pieces.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 9:48 am
But if it's so easy to have your collection completely finished why is Jeffery the first one in all 3 seasons to have done so? Every other finalist has come back with something that need to be finished.
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Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 9:53 am
Tim said in his podcast that he specifically told Jeffrey that his collection was ambitious and that he'd better have it done before they got to NY because the production always throws in a surprise, like a 13th garment, etc. Maybe that's why? I don't know if he's guilty or not, but his reactions in the epi and in the promo could definitely be interpreted two different ways. I do think that Laura making an accusation like that on a "hunch" is really ridiculous, though. And I don't care if it ends up that he was guilty, in my opinion, you don't make accusations without being to back them up at least a little bit. In the still pics from the runway shows, Jeffrey's collection disappointed -- I think I even said it looked "mall." But after seeing Wednesday's episode, I feel differently. Very beautiful.
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Jami
Member
10-08-2003
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 10:33 am
I never really liked Jeffrey. His personality was just mean at times. And his designs were usually not anything I'd pick (Except I thought the newspaper dress was really interesting,,,and I do see that he is very talented). But I don't really understand why it would be shocking that he finished everything. He had such a great space to work. It appeared that he had all the top of the line gadgets that really save time. He probably stayed at his shop 18 hours a day. There was a time when my daughter was little that I took a spell of sewing all her dresses. ONce I had done several I even tried my hand at "creating" a few designs and made them for her. Now, of course, my "creations" were nothing compared to the time and work Jeffrey or any of the others put out. But if I was in the zone I could put out a cute little, pretty well made, outift in a couple of days. And that was with my 3 children here, under the age of 5, me sitting at my dining room table with $200 machine. I have to say that no house work got done those 2 days and we ate frozen pizza,,,but I did it. But I also believe that if Laura really thought the situation was fishy she had every right to bring it up. I've enjoyed this season and can be satisfied with whomever wins.
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Chalupa
Member
09-21-2005
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 10:42 am
Tex...that's true that every other finalist came with things to finish but... I know if I was a designer, and had watched last seasons finale where they had to make another outfit in that day or whatever...I would be prepared for anything to be thrown my way this year and I would have everything done when I showed up.
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